中文摘要：

为了解反刍动物胃肠道微生物研究领域的研究历史,作者通过Web of Science数据库查找得到1940年到2017年2月20日为止6 372篇该领域的文献,通过CiteSpace软件分析其参考文献、关键词、作者、机构等元素,挑选重要的文献进行仔细阅读、分析、归纳和总结,展示该领域的研究方法发展史、研究内容发展史以及当前的研究热点。微生物研究方法在不断进步,人们对反刍动物胃肠道微生物的认识也越来越深入,研究者们不仅探究胃肠道微生物于宿主消化的意义,也开始发掘与宿主健康、生理、生产性状的直接联系。对于如何开展反刍动物胃肠道微生物的相关研究,建议全面收集相关研究信息、谨慎选择研究方法、有选择地研读科技文献。

英文摘要：

To understand the developmental history of the study based on ruminal, gastrointestinal microbes, by using Web of Science, authors found 6372 scientific literature of the year ranges from 1940 to 20 February 2017. The references, key words, authors and institutions of the scientific literature were analyzed by using CiteSpace software which enable the authors to select the most influential and important scientific literature to read, analyzes, and summarize carefully. In this review, the authors characterized the developmental history of research methods, contents about ruminal gastrointestinal microbes and introduced some popular topics in this field. Research techniques of microbes keep advancing, people learn more and more about ruminal gastrointestinal microbes. Researchers study not only the significance of gastrointestinal microbes to host digestion, but also the direct relationship between gastrointestinal microbes and host health, physiology, and production traits, In order to characterize the ruminal gastrointestinal microbes convectively, authors suggested a study to collect the information about the objective of research thoroughly, choose the techniques to use in research study carefully, and read the scientific literature selectively.