Abstract: Because of its unique natural geographical environment, complex geological structure and its impact on the global environment and climate change, the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, which is called "the roof of the world" and "the third pole", has long been the focus of international geoscientists. With the launch of TPE international science program and the second comprehensive scientific investigation on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, a number of significant achievements have emerged in recent years.Based on SCI and ESI high cited papers as data sources, this paper uses bibliometrics and comprehensive analysis methods to analyze the current situation and trend of research on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau from four dimensions: the distribution trend of the age, the main countries/regions, the main research institutions and the distribution of research topics.On the whole, in recent years, the number of papers published on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau has increased rapidly, and the influence of papers has increased significantly. China occupies a leading position in the study of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and has active cooperation with the United States.Among them, Chinese Academy of Sciences ranked first in the number of papers, the number of first author papers, the number of high cited papers, and the number of high cited papers of the first author, but the number of cited papers was relatively low.The study of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau is mainly focused on its tectonic evolution, involving uplift, collision, crustal structure, etc., among which the impact of uplift and expansion on climate change is also one of the research hotspots. In recent years, there have been new technical methods such as medium resolution imaging spectrometer to study global climate change.