Author(s)

YanQi Dong, LiJiang Zhang^*

Affiliation(s)

School of Health Management, Henan Medical University, Xinxiang 453000, Henan, China.

Corresponding Author

LiJiang Zhang

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the research hotspots and evolution trends in China's participation in international health cooperation through bibliometric methods, with the aim of providing references for improving research in this field. Method: Data was extracted from the VIP Chinese Journal Service Platform. The retrieval period was from 1998 to 2024. CiteSpace software was used to analyze the selected literature to form a visual scientific network map.  Result: Research on China's participation in the field of international health cooperation has increased significantly since 2019. The author collaboration network has taken shape initially.  The research mainly focuses on "public health", "international cooperation", "global governance" and "COVID-19 pandemic", etc. Conclusion: International cooperation, global health governance and public health have become the key points of continuous attention for China's participation in international health cooperation research. In the future, theoretical discussions should be further deepened, multi-disciplinary integration should be strengthened, new issues in global health governance should be focused on, and innovation in international cooperation mechanisms should be promoted to achieve a fairer, more effective and sustainable global health governance system.

KEYWORDS

China's participation in international health cooperation; Global health governance; CiteSpace 

CITE THIS PAPER

YanQi Dong, LiJiang Zhang. Visual analysis of literature on China's participation in international health cooperation based on CiteSpace. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2026, 4(1): 46-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3210.

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