Abstract: A survey of 458 papers published in Journal of Tea Science during 2002 to 2009 is reported in this paper. The scope, the research laboratory, organization, main author, geographical distribution, timing of publication, co-authorship and high citation distribution are statistically investigated by using biblio-metrical method. Results showed that the rationality of the filed in the past 8 years was confirmed. The quality of the papers published was significantly improved; the core-authors for it were formed and the co-writer's rate was high. Some questions were been found through this study at the same time, and some solutions and outlooks were put forward. This study will be resulted in the further development of the Journal of Tea Science.

Key words: authors, biblio-metrical method, Journal of Tea Science, analysis of papers