鉴于世界各国对黄金的巨大需求及探寻新的金矿资源的紧迫性日益增加，以汤森路透Web of Science数据库为数据来源，利用TDA数据分析软件对1980—2013年发表的3 061篇国际金矿勘探与成矿研究文献进行了系统定量分析，揭示了国际上金矿勘探和成矿研究的主要国家和机构，并从发文篇均被引频次的角度对比分析了研究实力处于国际领先地位的国家和顶尖机构的分布，剖析了国际金矿勘探和成矿研究领域的学科和研究热点的分布规律，对其驱动因素进行了探讨。

Based on the huge demand for gold in the world and the urgency of exploring new gold resources is increasing，taking Web of Science database as the data source，using TDA software to quantitatively analyzed the research 3 061papers published during 1980—2013 about gold exploration and metallogenic.By bibliometric analysis,we reveals the distribution of international leading coutries and institutions engaged in gold exploration and metallogenic researches in the world，and comparatively analyzes their influence from the perspective of average cited times per paper.At the same time，we analyze the distribution of disciplines and research hotspots in the field of gold exploration and metallogenic，and discusses its driving factors.