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A Review on Digital Humanities at Home and Abroad

Gao Shenghan, Zhao Yuxiang,Zhu Qinghua   

  • Online:2016-10-15 Published:2016-10-25

Abstract:

The concept of digital humanities evolves from “humanities computing” and is a typical interdisciplinary subject. Based on the clarification of this concept, the authors focus on researches in digital humanities by bibliometric analysis, analyzing publishing years, distribution of disciplines and high quoted literature. Then the authors point out differences between researches at home and abroad,as well as knowledge base and research hotspots. They also predict future development in the field, with brief introduction to typical institutions and projects in digital humanities. The purpose is to integrate achievements and to provide effective reference for future researches in digital humanities.

Key words: Digital Humanities (DH), Humanities computing, Bibliometric analysis, Case study