Abstract: In order to deeply understand the latest research progress, hot spots and development trends of virus research in the field of environment, and to objectively reflect the scientific contribution and influence of relevant countries, institutions and individuals in this field, Web of Science^TM core collection database of ISI Web of Knowledge was adopted, and bibliometric analysis carried out on the relevant literatures collected in the database during 2000 to 2020 using HistCite Pro citation atlas analysis software and VOSviewer analysis software. The status of virus research in the environmental field in recent 20 years was analyzed from Top10 countries (regions), high productive authors, source journals, important research institutions, and research hotspots. The results indicated that the number of papers published in journals of virus research in the environmental filed showed an increasing trend from 2000 to 2020. Particularly, the number of articles of virus research in the environmental filed increased sharply in 2020 due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus epidemic; the country with the most published papers in this field was the United States, followed by China, although the average citation frequency was low. The Top3 most productive authors were Gerba C P, Sobsey M D and Katayama H. Top3 journals in this field were Water Research, Food and Environmental Virology and Environmental Science & Technology. The University of Arizona, the University of Barcelona and the US Environmental Protection Agency were among the Top3 institutions with the most publications in this research area. Keywords analysis found that most research focused on the field of water environment, including drinking water, wastewater, groundwater and surface water, etc, and the main viruses studied were norovirus, hepatitis A virus, adenovirus and other enterovirus. Detection of virus in environment and inactivation and removal of virus in environment media were hot topics of virus research in the environmental filed.