Abstract: In order to visually show the research situation and hot spots of testing and identification of combustion improvers in fire field in China and other countries, in this paper, using the databases of CNKI and WoS, and using the methods of bibliometric analysis, knowledge map analysis, visual analysis, etc., the literature on the inspection and identification of combustion supporting agents in fire scene is statistically analyzed. Through CiteSpace visualization software, this paper comprehensively analyzes the published articles, core authors, research institutions, core journals, research hotspots and other issues in the field of fire accelerant inspection and identification in China and other countries, trying to visually show the general situation of domestic and foreign research, and draw a network map to visually present the above contents.

Key words: fire investigation, combustion improver identification, CiteSpace, bibliometrics