论文采用“web of science~(TM)核心合集”2005—2015年的面板数据,运用知识图谱法(CiteSpace)对国际生态旅游的研究文献进行实证分析,研究结果表明:1)国际生态旅游的研究规模逐渐扩大,且多集中在经济发达和生态资源丰富的地区。2)旅游、保护和管理是生态旅游研究的核心:“旅游”研究内容包括旅游资源、旅游活动影响和游客环境教育,“保护”研究内容包括生态资源保护和保护区研究,“管理”研究内容包括社区管理、管理指导原则和评价方法。3)学科发展经历了资源导向、社区经济和发展旅游三个阶段:资源导向阶段(2008—2010年),自然和文化资源是生态旅游目的地选址的重要条件;社区经济阶段(2010—2012年),广泛开始对社区生态旅游经济效益的分析;发展旅游阶段(2013—2014年),生态旅游市场研究、生态旅游者行为分析成为学科研究的又一重要方向。4)生态旅游活动的普及与地域性研究的深化、生态旅游市场化的研究和跨学科方法的运用将是未来生态旅游发展的三大趋势。 The dissertation uses panel data of “web of science ~ core collection” from 2005 to 2015 and uses the CiteSpace to analyze the research literature of international ecotourism. The results show that: 1) International ecotourism Research scale gradually expanded, and more concentrated in the economically developed and rich ecological resources areas. 2) Tourism, protection and management are the core of ecotourism research: “Tourism ” research content includes tourism resources, tourism activities and tourists environmental education, “protection ” research contents include ecological resources protection and research on protected areas, Management studies include community management, management guidelines and evaluation methods. 3) Disciplinary development has experienced three stages of resource-oriented, community-based economy and tourism development: the resource-oriented stage (2008-2010), and natural and cultural resources are important conditions for the eco-tourism destination selection. The community economy stage (2010-2012 Year), the economic benefits of ecotourism in the community have been started extensively. It is another important direction for the research of the tourism development stage (2013-2014), ecotourism market research and ecotourism behavior analysis. 4) The popularization of ecotourism activities and the deepening of regional studies, the research on the ecotourism market and the application of interdisciplinary methods will be the three major trends in the development of ecotourism in the future.