Topic Analysis of Digital Preservation Based on BERTopic

Digital Preservation refers to the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary, which has garnered widespread attention from institutions and individuals and has undergone extensive research.This study constructs a literature dataset based on Web of Science and Scopus, and applies the BERTopic model to identify topics and analyze development trends in the literature.The results show that research topics in digital preservation mainly include data preservation, cultural heritage preservation and related technologies, metadata and models, risk assessment and management, preservation of personal information, and website preservation.The peak publication years for different research topics vary, indicating fluctuations in the level of attention each topic receives.Digital preservation of personal information and cultural heritage has seen a steady rise in attention in recent years, marking them as emerging and popular research topics.