Review of Research Methods, Trends and Hotspots on Rural Residents’ Transportation Behavior

doi:10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.230103

Abstract

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In the context of global urbanization, the rural pattern has changed dramatically, and the related issue of daily transportation behavior of rural residents has become a hot research issue concerning society, environment and economy. In the last decade, there has been increasing research on the traffic behavior of rural residents, and the contents and methods of such research are also increasingly rich. These studies have yielded fruitful results and provided valuable references and suggestions for the development and construction of rural areas. Based on 140 literatures related to rural residents’ transportation behavior, this study identifies journals, scholars and countries that have made significant contributions to rural residents’ transportation-related research since 2000 through an integrated method of bibliometrics search, scientific mapping, and qualitative discussion, and reveals the main research topics through keyword analysis. According to statistics, the United States, China and Australia are the three countries with the most published literature. In terms of journals, the Journal of Transportation Geography, the Journal of Transportation Research Records and the Journal of Transportation and Health are the most widely published and cited journals. In terms of scholars, Ao, Wang and Zhao have published abundant literature. In addition, the research results show that the main research directions are green travel and energy-saving emission reduction, youth and elderly groups, built environment and travel patterns, and emerging traffic and transportation disadvantages. Based on literature review, this study constructed a research methodological framework in the field of rural residents’ transportation behavior, summarized the main influencing factors and their influential paths of action, identified the mainstream research topics and existing research gaps in this research field, and proposed future research directions for this field, providing a multidisciplinary guide for practitioners and researchers.

Key words: rural area, transportation behavior, science mapping, scientometric analysis, literature review

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AO Yibin, ZHENG Junjie, XIAO Shan, et al. Review of Research Methods, Trends and Hotspots on Rural Residents’ Transportation Behavior[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition), 2023, 51(10): 31-45.

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关键词	频次	平均出版年限	平均被引数	平均标准化引用率
Travel Behavior（出行行为）	50	2017	25.98	1.29
Transport（交通）	37	2018	16.19	0.96
Mobility（流动性/移动性）	37	2017	26.68	1.08
Walking（步行）	33	2016	25.30	0.83
Built Environment（建成环境）	30	2016	25.57	1.01
Physical-Activity（身体活动）	28	2015	24.32	0.76
Travel（出行）	25	2016	27.28	1.18
Health（健康）	23	2015	29.91	0.66
Impacts（影响）	22	2017	22.23	1.11
Land Use（土地利用）	18	2016	18.33	0.91
Accessibility（可达性）	17	2016	27.18	1.07
Rural（农村）	16	2016	18.19	0.58
Social Exclusion（社会排斥）	14	2017	31.00	1.24
Urban Form（城市形式）	13	2016	19.46	1.00
Urban（城市）	13	2017	18.62	0.67
Neighborhood（社区）	11	2016	22.91	1.17
Mode Choice（模式选择）	11	2017	21.91	0.96
China（中国）	10	2019	11.30	1.25
Car Ownership（车辆保有量）	9	2018	19.89	1.20
Adults（成年人）	9	2017	11.89	0.56
Choice（选择）	9	2015	25.11	0.93
Determinants（决定因素）	9	2015	32.89	0.73
Patterns（模式）	8	2017	23.75	0.76

学者	发表量	总被引数	平均出版年限	平均被引数	平均标准化引用数
AO Yibin	6	105	2019	17.50	1.47
WANG Yan	5	71	2019	14.20	1.24
ZHAO Pengjun	4	50	2020	12.50	1.73
Witlox Frank	3	167	2012	55.67	1.28
Wood Lisa	3	78	2014	26.00	0.95
YANG Dujuan	3	49	2019	16.33	1.49
YANG Linchuan	3	62	2020	20.67	1.60
YU Zhao	3	32	2021	10.67	1.76
CHEN Chuan	3	49	2019	16.33	1.49
Giles-Corti	3	78	2014	26.00	0.95
Nathan Andrea	3	78	2014	26.00	0.95
Shergold	3	161	2014	53.67	1.26
Sugiyama Takemi	3	23	2018	7.67	0.62
Van Acker Veronique	3	167	2012	55.67	1.28

国家	发表量	总被引数	平均出版年限	平均被引数	平均标准化引用数
USA	38	1 302	2015	34.26	0.88
China	21	270	2018	12.86	1.11
Australia	20	406	2016	20.30	0.90
England	17	535	2016	31.47	1.00
Netherlands	13	304	2018	23.38	1.19
Germany	12	280	2017	23.33	1.52
Sweden	9	210	2017	23.33	0.90
Canada	9	128	2016	14.22	0.57
Japan	7	46	2017	6.57	0.45
Belgium	5	285	2013	57.00	1.39
Scotland	4	94	2018	23.50	1.16
North Ireland	3	126	2013	42.00	1.42
New Zealand	3	48	2017	16.00	0.80
Switzerland	2	25	2021	12.50	2.05
Finland	2	14	2018	7.00	0.63
Ireland	2	18	2016	9.00	0.39
Spain	2	2	2020	1.00	0.09