Comparative Analysis on Domestic and Overseas Ergonomics Research

Based on the research direction and scope of ergonomics, and according to the keywords of papers raised in all areas of ergonomics from 2001 to 2005, this paper analyzes the content and characteristics of ergonomics in recent five yeas of 21st century through the understanding and comparison on the searched papers, and do some development on domestic and overseas hotspots of ergonomics at present. The study shows that the same research hotspots in and out of China contain body measurement, ergonomics in organizational management, the research of profession adaptability and occupational disease; research hotspots outside of China but not in China include working load and occupational health, research of ergonomics of the products and tools design, research on how to improve work methods and areas, and especial crowd research; research hotspots in China but not out of China are made of research of human profession and his ability quality, research on working environment, errors by human and security and human-machine system research. And it has done the comparison on the used research method and applications targets. In the end, combining with the domestic scientific technology and social environmental developing status, the paper forwards the development trend on ergonomics in China, and gives the suggestion on the research direction