Abstract: Objective To analyze developing trend of global mycology research.Methods The global and China mycology research-related publications were retrieved from the Web of Science database from 2004 to 2013, and Excel 2007, Matlab softwares were adopted to analyze the searching results quantitatively, including the cited frequency, h-index, fund paper ratio, high contribution organization etc.Results Global mycology research is on the rise in recent years, the United States has the absolute leading, China, Germany and Japan are also importmant contribution to the research. The total Chinese literature on mycology research ranked the 2th, with main contribution since 2007 (98.79%). Chinese universities are the main research institutions; the main sustentation fund were from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.Conlusion Since 2007 Chinese mycology research is in the good development opportunity, but still research level remains to be improved.

Key words: mycology, bibliometric study, China