Abstract:Throughout the 70 years of development of the Landscape Architecture Discipline of Tongji University, the structure and scale of the discipline have been growing, and the scientific research output has been fruitful daily. Using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) as the literature source, based on CiteSpace visual analysis software, this study analyzes the academic research achievements of 41 scholars in the Landscape Architecture Discipline of Tongji University from 1986-2021 in three aspects: scientific research content, disciplinary development hotspots, and research development trends. The development of the discipline is generally divided into three stages. Furthermore, the study attempts to sort out the research focus of many scholars in the longitudinal and horizontal dimensions from the perspective of the “three-whole” system of landscape architecture scientific research in the whole domain, the entire process, and the whole scale. The research shows that with the spirit of “thinking carefully and drawing on other’s successful experience”, the scholars of the Landscape Architecture Discipline of Tongji University have gradually formed a comprehensive framework system and scientific research results with the theme of “landscape architecture” as the core, covering six primary research directions: history and theory of landscape architecture, landscape planning and ecological restoration, landscape design, landscape heritage conservation, plants and planting, and landscape technology, with theoretical and practical research covering the whole process of conservation, planning, design, construction, management and operation, and covering the whole scale of landscape space. Following the disciplinary tradition of serving national strategic needs and social development, scholars have focused on four strategic development research hotspots and priorities: landscape culture and heritage conservation, ecological civilization construction and climate change, rural landscape construction and spatial governance, and park city construction and urban renewal. Moreover, the scientific research on Tongji Landscape Architecture presents the development dynamics and trends of systematic framework structure, scientific evidence-based research, and digital technology tools. The study aims to reveal the development characteristics and evolution of the Landscape Architecture Discipline of Tongji University in terms of scientific research, to clarify the critical leading role played by Tongji Landscape Architecture in the field of scientific study of this discipline in China, to strengthen the discipline’s self-confidence and to look into the future.