Research Progress, Hotspots, and Trend Analysis of Emotional Design Based On Bibliometrics

Abstract

Objective systematically understand the global characteristics of the research on affective design in the international context, to grasp the current research hotspots and theoretical foundations of affective design, and to explore the new trends of future development based on the current research hotspots. Methods The literature on emotional design collected by Web of Science was used as the data source, and VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to draw the scientific knowledge map from the distribution of year and output of the literature, countries, research institutions, authors, citation status of references, and keyword clustering, etc., and visual analysis was carried out to sort out the research lineage. Conclusion The results indicate that the overall number of literature within the search scope is on the rise, with countries such as China and the United States at the forefront of research. Research hotspots mainly focus on learning emotions, psychological cognition, product and user experience, and design evaluation. The research status is relatively mature, forming a theoretical system mainly based on three-level theory and sensory engineering. Multimedia learning, product is new trends in future development. The lack of close collaboration between research institutions and authors, as well as the limited number of high-yield authors, are the main limitations of current research.