Table 1_Factors of crisis and culture in international and Chinese death education researc

A comparative bibliometric analysis of 2,311 publications on death education from international and Chinese databases. The dataset, created by Yufei Lin and last updated in May 2026, uses tools like CiteSpace to analyze evolutionary trajectories and thematic distributions. It covers literature from 1971 to 2025, identifying 2020 as a pivotal growth year and highlighting cultural divergences between research paradigms.

Use Cases

• Compare publication trends and growth patterns in death education research based on the described international and Chinese bibliometric data.
• Analyze thematic clusters and keyword evolution over time based on the co-occurrence and cluster analyses mentioned.
• Investigate cultural divergences in research focus, such as the shift from 'death education' to 'life education' in Chinese contexts as described in the results.
• Identify foundational literature and its lasting influence based on the described betweenness centrality analysis of early works.

Strengths

• Includes 2,311 publications, providing a substantial corpus for analysis.
• Covers a long time range from 1971 to 2025, allowing for longitudinal trend analysis.
• Employs a comparative design between international and Chinese contexts, as described in the methodology.
• Uses multiple analysis techniques (co-occurrence, cluster, timeline, burst detection) for a multi-faceted view.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 36.2 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited scope, likely containing summary analysis rather than raw bibliographic records.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable; the structure and fields of the underlying data must be inferred.
• The description notes a post-2023 downturn in Chinese publication volume, which may indicate a temporal coverage bias for recent trends.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Yufei Lin.

Collection Method

Comparative bibliometric analysis using literature retrieved from Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI).

Time Range

1971 to 2025 for international databases; 1980 to 2025 for the Chinese database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:10:58.

Geography

International (Western) and Chinese (Eastern) research contexts.