In recent years, sustainability at the community level has drawn attention from academic circles. However, no studies attempt to comprehensively explore the research field reflecting sustainability at the community level (hereinafter referred to as SC field). To fill this knowledge gap, this study makes an unprecedented attempt to draw the general aspects, intellectual structure and conceptual evolution of the SC field from 1992 to 2020. Using a set of sustainability-related terms to delineate the boundary of the SC field, a total of 416 journal articles published in the databases of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) were used to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. Interpretation of main findings of the bibliometric analysis and implications for future trends of the SC field have been discussed. This study can provide a new reference for scholars to better understand the research status and knowledge domains of the SC field.

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社区层面的可持续性：围绕一组可持续性相关术语的文献计量之旅

近年来，社区层面的可持续发展引起了学术界的关注。然而，没有研究试图全面探索反映社区层面可持续性的研究领域（以下简称SC领域）。为了填补这一知识空白，本研究进行了前所未有的尝试，描绘了 1992 年至 2020 年可持续发展领域的一般方面、知识结构和概念演变。使用一组与可持续性相关的术语来描绘可持续发展领域的边界，使用科学引文索引扩展 (SCIE) 和社会科学引文索引 (SSCI) 数据库中发表的 416 篇期刊文章进行全面的文献计量分析。已经讨论了对文献计量分析的主要结果的解释以及对 SC 领域未来趋势的影响。本研究可为学者们更好地了解SC领域的研究现状和知识领域提供新的参考。