Abstract:At present, there are some problems in the construction of mapping knowledge domain for discipline, such as ambiguous goals, unclear perspectives, simple methods and non-standard processes, and so on, which are difficult to effectively support the development of discipline construction. Therefore, the authors research the connotation, value and type of discipline construction and mapping knowledge domain for discipline, and expound the construction goals, construction principles, construction ideas and construction mechanisms of mapping knowledge domain for discipline. According to the connotation of discipline construction, the mapping knowledge domain for discipline can be divided into mapping knowledge domain for discipline schools, mapping knowledge domain for discipline communications, and mapping knowledge domain for discipline contexts. On the basis of following the principles of timeliness, reliability, standardization and simplicity of data, support and simplicity of knowledge units, universality of processes, standardization of steps, diversity of types and understandability of the map, the mapping knowledge domain for discipline comprehensively makes use of the methods of citation analysis, multivariate statistical analysis, and social network analysis and etc, and then identifies the core knowledge units of discipline and their exchange from space dimension, determines the structural relationships and evolution of disciplinary units of the same kind from time dimension, and assists in accurately identifying the connotation and structure of discipline construction, scientifically positioning the development stage and characteristics of discipline, stereoscopically presenting the cooperative relationship between discipline agents, dynamically revealing the evolution, research direction and frontier trend of discipline knowledge. Finally, it assists discipline connotation construction and decision-making of discipline construction.