The Credit Bank for Lifelong Education in China: Research Status, Hotspot Analysis, and Future Outlook - A Visual Analysis Based on CiteSpace

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515635

Author(s)

Wu Nuonan

Affiliation(s)

School Of Information, Guangdong Communication Polytechnic, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

Abstract

Taking "lifelong education" and "credit bank" as the key words, and the relevant literatures from CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) from 2006 to 2025 as the research objects, this study uses CiteSpace software to conduct quantitative and visual analysis from the aspects of the number of published papers, cooperative authors, research institutions, and key words, so as to explore the research status, hot issues, and development trends of the credit bank for lifelong education. The research finds that the research on the credit bank for lifelong education presents three-stage characteristics: early start-up, rapid development, and then entering a steady stage; core authors have made important contributions but cross-team cooperation is insufficient; research institutions have formed a cooperation network but with low density; the research hotspots revolve around "building a lifelong learning system", showing a progressive development context and forming a "system-technology-scenario" trinity pattern, but there is still room for deepening in some fields. Based on this, in the future, research and practice can be promoted from aspects such as adapting to regional differences, focusing on special groups, and improving the quality assurance system.

Keywords

Lifelong Education; Credit Bank; Bibliometrics

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