Abstract:Ambidextrous innovation takes into account both exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation, which is an important strategy for China enterprises to achieve sustainable competitive advantage, therefore, the research status of ambidextrous innovation in China needs further analysis. In this paper, 851 papers related to ambidextrous innovation in the CSSCI database are taken as research objects, and CiteSpace software is used to quantitatively analyze the research status, research hotspot and research frontier of ambidextrous innovation. The results show that since 2000, the research on ambidextrous innovation has experienced three stages: germination, development and stability. The research status is that the core authors and research institutions have established a relatively stable cooperative relationship, but there are few connections between different cooperative groups. The research focuses on innovation performance, ambidextrous learning, ambidextrous leadership, human capital, firm performance and ambidextrous competence; The research focus has evolved from ambidextrous capabilities, enterprise performance and ambidexterity to intellectual capital, technological capabilities and technological innovation, and then to ambidextrous innovation and intelligent manufacturing; The research frontier in the field of ambidextrous innovation is # 1 entrepreneurial performance and # 2 ambidextrous learning. These conclusions supplement the quantitative literature review and provide a reference for further research on ambidextrous innovation.