Abstract: In order to reflect the research situation of university's network ideological and political education in China, the paper tries to do analysis on the research strength and hotspots by using the method of bibliometrics and social network analysis and taking the journal papers on university's network ideological and political education included in the CNKI as samples. It reveals the characteristics and laws of the development of the research field and does a reflection on the existing research in order to promote the further development of the university's network ideological and political education research in China.