Zhengfeng Chen, Jiaxuan Qiao

Jiaxuan Qiao

July 24, 2025

Ideological and political education, Foreign language courses, CiteSpace, Visualization analysis.

This study conducts a systematic review of academic research on ideological and political education in foreign language courses in China over the past two decades. Utilizing CiteSpace for visual bibliometric analysis, the researchers examine publication trends, disciplinary distribution, and collaboration patterns among authors and institutions. Through co-occurrence mapping, cluster analysis, and burst keyword chronology, the researchers identify evolving research priorities and activity levels across different phases of the field's development, while projecting future research trajectories. Current limitations are critically examined, and evidence-based recommendations are proposed to inform subsequent scholarship.

© 2025, the Authors. Published by ISCCAC

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