Abstract: As a kind of water-saving irrigation technology, drip irrigation plays an increasingly important role in the process of agricultural modernization in our country, and it will greatly ease the global water crisis in the future. The author analyzed the drip irrigation research literature data published from 2002 to 2014 by Excel and used the research method of literature metrology based on SCI-E database as the data source, revealed academic research progress more than a decade with quantitative and qualitative methods from the aspects of publishing time of the researched literature, country/region, source of research institutions, publications, research direction, authors and quotations, analyzed drip irrigation research strength distribution and development trend in the world, and showed publish condition of countries, scientific research institutions, core authors and research hot spot about drip irrigation. Comparing the literatures of drip irrigation research in both China and abroad, the author analyzed China’ s international status of drip irrigation research, and provided reference for the further study of Chinese scholars.