Abstract:Data mining and literature analysis of international intellectual capital research results will help researchers assess the current status of intellectual capital research, determine current research hotspots, and predict future development trends. Taking "intellectual capital" as the Keyword, taking 1454 references included in SSCI from 2001 to 2018 as samples, it analyzes the knowledge structure and its dynamic evolution process in the field of intellectual capital research in the world. The results show that the knowledge structure of intellectual capital includes four parts: the study of knowledge-based entrepreneurship, the study of organizational information management, the study of enterprise knowledge value and the study of enterprise competitive advantage. The results show that the subject of intellectual capital research is still in the development stage. At present, the topic of intellectual capital research is still in the development stage, relationship between entrepreneurship, intellectual property and venture capital, the optimization of organizational management and the promotion of information disclosure to management, the improvement of knowledge management and intangible assets to performance and the enhancement of enterprise innovation and competitive advantage have become the hot spots of scholars’ research.