Abstract The scientific literature of humor processing between 2000 and 2016 was reviewed by means of scientometric methods. The clustered and visualized document co-citation network of the humor processing knowledge domain was analyzed in terms of common topics and content of co-cited references. Emerging trends of humor processing were detected through reference citation bursts. The combined dataset of 816 bibliographic records and 42,687 references was compiled through a basic topic search. In order to ensure adequate coverage of the field, the search was expanded to include literature that referenced literature found in the initial basic topic search. Results produced a document co-citation network of humor processing with ten clusters, which showed that social cognition and fMRI study both served as important foundations for work in this knowledge domain. Personality studies in humor processing as well as research about the right hemisphere’s role in humor processing also received considerable attention. These key areas of study accounted for 4 clusters. The remaining six clusters included studies on sexual selection, figurative language, prejudice, facial expression, sleep deprivation and infant humor perception associated with the knowledge domain. In this study, burst detection in references revealed topics of high interest to researchers as well as emerging trends in humor processing research.

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可视化幽默处理的知识领域：科学计量回顾（2000-2016）

摘要运用科学计量学方法对2000年至2016年幽默处理的科学文献进行了综述。幽默处理知识领域的群集和可视化的文档共引网络进行了分析，从共同的主题和引文的内容。通过参考引文猝发检测到幽默处理的新兴趋势。通过基本主题搜索，汇总了816个书目记录和42687个参考文献的组合数据集。为了确保对该领域有足够的覆盖范围，搜索范围已扩大到包括引用最初在基本主题搜索中找到的文献的文献。结果产生了一个包含10个类的幽默处理文档共引网络，这表明社会认知和功能磁共振成像研究都是在该知识领域开展工作的重要基础。幽默处理中的人格研究以及有关右半球在幽默处理中的作用的研究也受到了相当大的关注。这些关键研究领域占4个类。其余六类研究包括与知识领域相关的性选择，比喻语言，偏见，面部表情，睡眠剥夺和婴儿幽默感的研究。在这项研究中，参考文献中的爆发检测揭示了研究人员非常感兴趣的主题以及幽默处理研究中的新兴趋势。这些关键研究领域占4个类。其余六类研究包括与知识领域相关的性选择，比喻语言，偏见，面部表情，睡眠剥夺和婴儿幽默感的研究。在这项研究中，参考文献中的爆发检测揭示了研究人员非常感兴趣的主题以及幽默处理研究中的新兴趋势。这些关键研究领域占4个类。其余六类研究包括与知识领域相关的性选择，比喻语言，偏见，面部表情，睡眠剥夺和婴儿幽默感的研究。在这项研究中，参考文献中的爆发检测揭示了研究人员非常感兴趣的主题以及幽默处理研究中的新兴趋势。