Data Analysis and Exploration of the Research Status of Ecoliterature at Home and Abroad

With the increasing influence of ecology and culture, ecoliterature has entered people's view. Discussion of ecoliterature is always the concern of ecology. So what does ecological literature study? And where is its future? Based on the core and CSSCI-sourced documents from CNKI and literature from Web of Science on ecoliterature as data source, this paper carries out CiteSpace visualization mapping analysis of Chinese and foreign studies of ecoliterature in the recent 20 years. By analyzing the lead authors, research institutes, high frequency keywords, highly cited literature, etc., this paper discovers the core topics, research hotspots and frontiers in recent years, and the new forms of ecoliterature, the change of international frontier, and the new opportunities of ecoliterature research are found. The paper presents a direct view of the study on ecoliterature both at home and abroad. In the end, this paper offers guidance and expectation with regard to future research.