Progress in Remote Sensing and GIS-Based FDI Research Based on Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Methods and Data
2.1. Research Methods
- (1)
- The collection of publications according to specific topics;
- (2)
- The selection of relevant journal articles and dissertations;
- (3)
- The documentation of these materials in a coherent structure;
- (4)
- The study and analysis of these materials;
- (5)
- The summary of the findings.
2.2. Data Sources and Screening
2.3. Data Processing
3. Subject Categories and Publication Trends
3.1. Subject Evolution
3.2. Trends in the Number and Cited Times of Published Papers
4. The Intellectual Structure
4.1. Quantitative Analysis
4.2. Qualitative Analysis
4.2.1. Macro-Environmental Research at National, Regional, and City Scales
4.2.2. Global Industrial Development and Layout
4.2.3. Research on Global Value Chains
4.2.4. Micro-Information Geography of TNCs
4.2.5. Internationalization and Commercialization of Geo-Information Industry
4.2.6. Multiple Data and Interdisciplinary Approaches
5. Discussions and Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
1 | The website of UCS is https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database (accessed on 13 July 2024). One date of launch is missing from the data set, but this has a minimal impact on the overall trend. |
2 | The CiteSpace software (Version 6.3.1 at https://sourceforge.net/projects/citespace/files/, accessed on 13 July 2024) is selected as the primary quantitative analysis tool in this paper. |
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Step | Description | Details |
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1 | Topic identification | Identify a knowledge domain using the broadest possible terms |
2 | Data collection | Collect data of commonly used sources of scientific literature |
3 | Terms extract | Extract research front terms |
4 | Time slicing | Build time series models over time |
5 | Outcome layout | Analyze domains and generate visualizations |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Zifeng. 2024. "Progress in Remote Sensing and GIS-Based FDI Research Based on Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis" Land 13, no. 8: 1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081313