Abstract:This study is based on the Chinese social science citation index (CSSCI) database and retrieve the literature data of intellectual property (IP) research in China from 2008 to 2017. Using bibliometric and visual analysis methods, drawing scientific knowledge map with visual analysis tools, study the number of literature trends, institutions and author cooperation network, keyword co-occurrence. And then come to the domestic temporal and subject distribution, important communication carriers and influential research institutes and scholars of IP research literature over the past decade. Research shows that IP research hotspots in recent ten years including IP protection, copyright and copyright law, library IP issues, IP and innovation research. Leading themes of weakness include national intellectual property strategies, library IP and the frontiers of strong research include IP and innovation, IP pledge financing and IP courts.