Abstract:In order to understand the current situation and development trend of international sheep studies in the past about 30 years, this study adopts "TI= (sheep OR ovine)" as the search method for advanced search in the Web of Science core collection database and CNKI database using Excel, Citespace and other analysis tools. The country/region, author, institution, journal, research direction and key words of the international "sheep" research literature published between January 1992 and June 2023 were analyzed. The results showed that the number of published papers in the field of sheep research showed an increasing trend year by year. International sheep research focuses on the fields of agriculture, veterinary medicine and breeding. This study analyzes the international research situation in the field of sheep, provides references for researchers to understand research hotspots and publish relevant papers in international journals, and also provides ideas for further enriching research in the field of sheep as well as developing scientific information for sheep breed.
