Scientific Econometric Analysis of Cultural Heritage Digitization in the Past Five Years: Based on CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SciMAT

This article aims to systematically review and analyze the research laws, key technological elements, and cutting-edge development trends in the field of digitalization of cultural heritage, laying a theoretical foundation for future research plans and providing reference for promoting further development in this field. Using bibliometrics and CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SciMAT software based on the Web of Science database, a qualitative and quantitative analysis was conducted on the digital literature knowledge graph of cultural heritage from 2020 to 2024. The results obtained econometric maps from macro to micro perspectives, combined with background information, current trends, and knowledge structure analysis of spatiotemporal, co word, clustering, theme evolution, and other charts, exploring the evolution of this field from various angles. The digitization of cultural heritage has gradually developed from the initial stage to a new stage of global cooperation and policy application. The characteristic of this transitional process is that the research focus gradually shifts from the attention to culture itself to the application of technological means, and ultimately expands to the display and dissemination of cultural heritage. This article also summarizes several development trends in this field, including integration, proceduralization, technologicalization, standardization, intelligence, etc., while also exploring the current limiting factors.