Abstract: With bibliometrics method,base on the Web of Science Database,we reviewed literatures on land reclamation and ecological reconstruction,between 1982 and 2013.The annual change trend,nations and organizations,journals,researchers,paper impact and research topics were explored through the number of published papers and citations.We found 1745 articles,on 1077 journals,by 4760 authors,from 1633 organizations in 104 countries.The world annual trend of literatures was in line with the law of linear growth.Literatures from the USA had stronger impact.Chinese Academy of Sciences had published the largest number of papers in this field.High quality literatures were published on the Journal of Ecological Engineering,which is from Netherland.Hot topics for land reclamation and ecological reconstruction involved soil quality,land management,conservation,vegetation,growth,evolution,succession,dynamics,GIS,remote sensing,model,etc.