Understanding the social integration process of rural–urban migrants in urban china: a bibliometrics review

Liyan Huang, Hong Ching Goh () and Rosli Said
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Liyan Huang: Universiti Malaya
Hong Ching Goh: Universiti Malaya
Rosli Said: Universiti Malaya

Journal of Population Research, 2023, vol. 40, issue 4, No 1, 34 pages

Abstract: Abstract The social integration of internal migrants has been one of the most critical and dynamic research areas in migration studies. Tracking emerging trends and key turning points in the development of research on the social integration of China’s rural–urban migrants is crucial to understanding the diversity of knowledge in internal migration studies. This study uses bibliometric visualization techniques to provide mapping and presentation of bibliometric data related to the social integration of internal migration in China. Findings indicate that research on the social integration of migrants has shown rapid growth in recent years and is characterised by multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Scholars generally acknowledged that social integration is a dynamic and multidimensional process and the development of social integration started with the circle migration stage and then to the urban settlement stage and finally deduced to the urban integration stage. The mechanisms of social integration research are mainly conducted in the institutional path and the migrant individual path and the consequence of social integration focuses on the impact on their settlement intention, mental health, and well-being. Future research trends will place a greater emphasis on the stable urbanisation of individual and family migration in a two-way urban–rural integration. These findings enable a general grasp and a deeper understanding of research in the field. Our results may help researchers to further identify potential views on research gaps, research frontiers and hot topics.

Keywords: Social integration; Rural–urban migrants; Bibliometrics; Visualisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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