Evolution and Trend of Green Technology Innovation Research: Visual Analysis Based on CiteSpace

Systematically understanding the global characteristics of green technology innovation research and studying the hotspots and trends of international green technology innovation research can provide beneficial directional references for subsequent scholars’ research. Papers on green technology innovation published in the core database of Web of Science from 2007 to 2021 were selected as the research objects. Knowledge map analysis method and CiteSpace software were used for visual analysis, and the trend of published papers,research countries and institutions, authors and keywords of green technology innovation research was summarized. It is found that the research on green technology innovation is on the rise and is the focus of most scholars at present; The publication of papers mainly comes from China, and universities are the main force of research; The research is mainly gathered in technological innovation, environmental regulation and sustainable development, which has very important theoretical value and reference significance for the development of green technology innovation