This article analysed the core Chinese and foreign literatures related to government image in emergencies coming from CSSCI，CNKI，Web of Knowledge and GOOGLE. By using quantitative and qualitative research methods concluding content analysis，citation analysis and comparative analysis，it described and analysed the history，authors，fields，research methods，highly cited literatures and authors and the issues.

The conclusions were as follows：Chinese research was late but developed quickly compared with foreign research. Research in this area with low numbers of researchers and single subject was short of quantitative study，independence，core literatures and authors and needed theoretical study.