近些年来,困境儿童的问题引起了社会的广泛关注,而学术界也对困境儿童展开了多方面的研究。文章运用CiteSpace文献计量与分析方法,以中文期刊和Web of Science核心合集中的困境儿童文献为对象,通过对发文量、研究作者与机构、关键词聚类、时间线图谱等分析,梳理了近二十年国内外困境儿童的研究现状、研究热点和未来方向,为之后该领域的研究提供一定的借鉴作用。In recent years, the problem of children in distress has attracted wide attention from the society, and the academic circle has carried out many researches on children in distress. By using CiteSpace literature metrology and analysis method, this paper takes literature on children in distress in Chinese journals and the core collection of Web of Science as the object. By analyzing the number of publications, authors and institutions, keyword clustering, and time line graph, this paper reviews the research status, research hotspot and future direction of children in distress at home and abroad in the past two decades. It can be used as a reference for future research in this field.