In order to analyze the current status and development trend in the research of university academic
power in China, and reveal the connotation, correlation and development of related subjects, the authors conduct a
bibliometric analysis based on the dataset of CNKI for the period 1993-2012. Key words, authors, institutions and
cited literatures from 399 papers focusing on academic power are analyzed and a knowledge map is drawn
accordingly. The findings are summarized as follows: academic power and executive power are the largest keyword
nodes in the knowledge map; the hot issues in the research of university academic power include the concept of
academic power, the relationship between academic power and administrative power, the legitimacy of academic
power, academic management, and academic organization; the major research institutions in this realm include
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Soochow University and Jilin University; some articles with high
citation frequency become the source of knowledge and theoretical basis of academic power research; the authors of
the most cited articles include Bie Dunrong, Gui Yifan, Wang Yingjie, etc. |