Abstract:CiteSpace visual analysis software is used to conduct visual analyses of author and institution co-citationꎬ key ̄ word co-occurrence and clustering based on 1125 journal articles related to eco-efficiency in the CNKI database from 2001 to 2021ꎬ so that we can understand the current statusꎬ dynamic hot spots and frontier trends of eco-efficiency re ̄ search. The results: the eco-efficiency research is currently in rapid developmentꎻ the researchers and institutions play a key role in eco-efficiency researchꎬ but the authors and institutions are not well connectedꎻ there are many research direc ̄ tions on eco-efficiencyꎬ but the evaluation on eco-efficiencyꎬ its impact on regions and industriesꎬ and the research from a meso-level perspective are heated topicsꎻ eco-efficiency research centering around the Yangtze River Economic Zone is the current frontier issue. Research prospects: to promote the exchange and cooperation of authors and institutions between regionsꎻ to attach importance to eco-efficiency researches on micro and individual targetsꎻ and to promote the practical ap ̄ plication of eco-efficiency research results.