As an important part of China, alpine meadow plays an extremely important ecological system functions such as climate regulation and water conservation, and is an important strategic resource reserve area and ecological security barrier in China. In order to understand the research trend of alpine meadow, from the perspective of bibliometrics, based on 8505 papers published at home and abroad in the past 36 years, this paper analyzed the number of papers published on alpine meadow, source of publication, citation frequency, main authors, research institutions and research hotspots. The results showed that : (1) after 1999, the number of papers on alpine meadow increased rapidly, with an annual average of 355.09 papers published, and English papers had the largest increase, but the quality of papers needs to be further improved.; (2) Li Yingnian, Zhou Huakun, Du Guozhen, Zhao Xinquan et al are the major contribution of the alpine meadow, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University, Gansu agricultural University and other units cooperation has played an important role in research institutions, but there is little cooperation between the relevant scholars and research institutions, give priority to with the same unit or group of research team, There were few exchanges and cooperation with different institutions and teams at home and abroad; (3) The research focus mainly focuses on the characteristics and construction mechanism of alpine meadow vegetation community, the mechanism of alpine meadow vegetation degradation and its management and utilization, and the response of alpine meadow vegetation-soil- microorganism to climate change. In the future, people should pay attention to original and breakthrough papers, improve and expand the international influence of alpine meadow research results, and strengthen the diverse cooperation between different research institutions, different disciplines, theoretical innovation and practical application, so as to inject new strength into the research of alpine meadow. It is expected that this paper will provide a reference for expanding the breadth and depth of alpine meadow research.