Abstract: CNKI and Web of Science are chosen respectively as the Chinese and foreign literature data-sources, and through bibliometric analysis, value co-creation research is analyzed from the dimensions of time, place, subject, research level, key words and citation, based on which, three features are summarized, that is, the research shows a certain periodic characteristic; basic researches are dominant in quantity while practice and application research is few; the definition of value co-creation is not clear, and the number of the influential achievements is small

Key words: value co-creation, bibliometrical analysis, Web of Science, social network analysis, information visualization;