Abstract: There is a research field called kansei research. It originates from Japan. However, in recent years, more and more scholars from various field and countries pay a significant attention to it. To reveal the significance and status of this research field, bibliometric analysis is conducted in this paper. To do so, totally 354 relevant articles published during 19982010 and indexed by Web of Science are collected. Then, by statistically analyzing the titles and authors, we present the stateoftheart in this field. By keyword analysis, the research topics are outlined. The result shows that this research field is a very popular and has great potential. It also shows that this field has the property of industry cross and disciplinary cross. Thus, it may be an interesting research field for the Chinese scholars.

Key words: kansei research, bibliometrics, Web of Science, kansei engineering