Abstract: Gingkgo is native to China, has 1 family, 1 genus and 1 species, but has some mutations, e.g. G.biloba var. pendula Carr.,G. biloba var. lacinia Carr.，G. biloba var. aurea Beiss.，G.biloba var varie Carr.，G. biloba var. epiphylla Mak. and G.biloba var. heterophylla T.B.Chao et Z.X.Chen．Commercial cultivation began in the last seventies of the 20th century, but cultivation and research developed rapidly. Bibliometric analysis of gingkgo literatures published in professional journals during the period from 1994 to 2004 showed the the gross volume of literatures was 2284 papers and the number of onymous literatures was 2269. The primary authors were 1348, mainly research staff of research institutions. The paper has confirmed 57 core authors and 11 core journals.