Abstract:

Based on the database of Web of Science information platform，the bibliometrics visualization tools are used to analyze deep-water oil and gas resources research，including Thomson Data Analyzer and the Ucinet and excel et al．Annual distribution，journal distribution，mainly countries，instituations and its influence are compared and analyzed． From the perspective
of literature metrology，it's showed that the studies of deep-water oil and gas resources are mainly concentrated in universities，research institutions and government departments in the United States，Britain，Germany，France，Canada and China; The United States is well ahead of other countries in the total publication numbers，the strength of cooperation between countries and the papers' total citation rates．The university of California in the main institutions are identificated advantage in the total publication numbers; the papers cited frequency of university of California are also above other institutions．In the last three years( 2013 ～2015) ，the publications of China is better than other countries，the most numerous of publication instituation is the Chinese academy of sciences．For the last three years，the deep-water oil and gas resources related international researches are focused on the oil spill，the gulf of Mexico，Cold-seep ecosystem，stable isotopes，deep-water environmental pollution research．

Key words: deep-water oil and gas resources, bibliometrics analysis, SCIE-database, status and trends