Weak measurement has enabled fundamental studies in both experiment and theory of quantum measurement. Numerous researches have indicated that weak measurements have a wide range of application and scientific research value. In our work, we used bibliometric methods to evaluate the global scientific output of research on Weak measurement and explore the current status and trends in this field from 2000 to 2020. The R bibliometric package was used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of publication outputs and author contributions. In total, 636 related articles and reviews were included in the final analysis. The main results were as follows: The number of publications has increased substantially with time. Physical Review A was the most active journal. The country and institution contributing the most to this field were The United States and University Rochester respectively. The analysis of the conceptual structure of keywords indicated that weak measurements were involved a variety of metrology, quantum communication, and nonclassical features of quantum mechanics. Our bibliometric analysis shows that weak measurement research continues to be a hot-spot. The focus has evolved to study quantum information and amplify weak signals.

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基于 Biblioshiny 的过去几十年弱测量研究的历史回顾和文献计量分析

弱测量使量子测量的实验和理论的基础研究成为可能。大量研究表明，弱测量具有广泛的应用和科研价值。在我们的工作中，我们使用文献计量方法来评估弱测量研究的全球科学产出，并探索该领域 2000 年至 2020 年的现状和趋势。 R 文献计量包用于对出版物产出和作者进行定量和定性分析贡献。共有 636 篇相关文章和评论被纳入最终分析。主要结果如下： 随着时间的推移，出版物数量大幅增加。Physical Review A 是最活跃的期刊。对该领域贡献最大的国家和机构分别是美国和罗彻斯特大学。对关键词概念结构的分析表明，弱测量涉及多种计量学、量子通信和量子力学的非经典特征。我们的文献计量分析表明，弱测量研究仍然是一个热点。重点已经发展到研究量子信息和放大弱信号。