Abstract: On the basis of the circulation of academic papers in the field of polymer materials which were published in 2011—2015 by representative countries and institutions, references with the top 10 % high citations, and numbers of average citations and total citations, research and development status of polymer materials were investigated by a bibliometric method using the Scopus database and SciVal research evaluation tool. The hot spots of studies were analyzed according to the key words in global academic journals on polymer science and materials. Moreover, this paper also explored situations of international collaborations in China and the competitive advantages in the cross disciplinary researches in fields of polymer science and engineering.

Key words: polymer materials, subject of polymer science and engneering, research status, focus, literature metrology