Abstract: Objective: To analyze the classical literature, the important author and the active research area of transcultural nursing research. Methods: Based on the Web of Science database, we used HistCite analysis tools and the bibliometrics method and searched and collected the research papers on transcultural nursing from 1950 to 2015. Results: We found 3455 papers, and the amount of transcultural nursing papers was increasing, and the developed countries such as the United States had a significant research achievements in this field. The most type of articles is treatise, and the popular keywords are cultural background differences and blend, cultural ability and quality of care, the development of transculture nursing evaluation tools, and the related research methods, etc. Conclusion: The research in the developed countries in the field is in the leading position, and in some special topics they have made a breakthrough progress. There is still a large climbing space in this research field in our country.