Abstract: This paper adopts the data from the core database of China Journal, and makes systematic analysis on the numbers of paper published, the high-ranking authors, the important institutions, the high-volume journals, and the subject distribution, to find the research progress and the research hotspots in the field of biological control in China. In this study, the knowledge map of biological control in China was made using the VOSviewer analytic software. Through cluster analysis of keywords, the research hotspots in the field of biological control are obtained, so that the scientific research progress in the field of biological control in China could be clearly revealed, and thus to make reference for policy-making in the field of biological control in China.

Key words: biological control, documentation analysis, knowledge mapping, visualized analysis, VOSviwer