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Evolution of the United Nations Peacekeeping Research: A Visualized Bibliometrics Study

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  • Xiaojing Wang
  • Yuqing Geng
  • Xinying Jiang
  • Qinjun Xiang
  • Mingyu Song

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The United Nations peacekeeping has recently played a more proactive role in maintaining global peace and security. However, the majority of the literature lacks a comprehensive, visualized bibliometric analysis and forecast for emerging fields. This study employed CiteSpace to conduct a bibliometric analysis of 937 publications between 2000 and 2022, aiming to gain a comprehensive understanding of the research status and development trend of the UN peacekeeping research. Via the fundamental and in‐depth analysis, we find that the overall publication trend has experienced a nonlinear but steady upward evolution due to the mature and stable cooperation research network established at the country, institution, and author levels; representative keywords such as peace, intervention, and civil war illustrate the dynamic evolution characteristics of hotspots and frontiers. This article is innovative because we use fundamental and in‐depth analysis to depict a panorama of this field; identify the hotspots through macro‐, meso‐, and microlevels; and provide the knowledge framework with future research characteristics, which help scholars continue future research effectively.

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  • Xiaojing Wang & Yuqing Geng & Xinying Jiang & Qinjun Xiang & Mingyu Song, 2025. "Evolution of the United Nations Peacekeeping Research: A Visualized Bibliometrics Study," Complexity, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2025(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:complx:v:2025:y:2025:i:1:n:3438043
    DOI: 10.1155/cplx/3438043
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