Liu Yashu, Zhang Haitao, Xu Hailing, Li Tiyin
[Purpose/Signficance]This paper examined the papers and their bibliographic data publiashed for the past three years(2015~2017),which were SCI and SSCI included in the top 50% of the impact factors of the library and information science,in order to reveals the hot research topics in the international LIS field,then using the famous scientific analysis management tool ESI to track the research frontiers in the field of LIS.[Method/Process]Using the self-developed program tool to divide the knowledge community based on the louvain algorithm,and the domain knowledge subject division and research hotspots analysis are realized,then using the scientific analysis management tool ESI to determine the frontier of research in the LIS field.[Result/Conclusion]Through research,the hot topics of international library and information science in the past three years are bibliometrics,e-government and university libraries,online social media research,management,health,technology,information retrieval,enterprise management,and e-commerce; the research frontiers are mainly focus on academic platform and alternative analysis,online user review,political text content mining,smart city,text reading,and social media related research.