This study analyzes highly cited papers on the study of network public opinion in China, and traces the course of development and change of subject in the study of network public opinion in the last 10 years.It then analyzes the distribution of those highly cited papers on the study of network public opinion in terms of their domains,years of publication and subjects in which they are published,in order to identify the course of development of the study of network public opinion in the past 10 years and point out the common problems inherent in the current studies of network public opinion. <<