本文应用文献计量学的方法和信息可视化软件CitespaceV的文献分析功能，从文献总量、年度文献量、文献来源机构、文献作者、文献来源期刊、关键词等方面对比分析了中美十五年来的社科类非洲研究；搜集和整理了较详实的数据、文献等与中美社科类非洲研究有关的资料，总结了当前我国社科类非洲研究的特点，就进一步加强中国社科类非洲研究提出意见建议。
Based on the bibliometrics method and the analysis function of Citespace V，this paper compares the total amount of literature，the annual literature，the institutes of the literature，the authors of the literature，the journals of the literature，the keywords，etc. of the Chinese and American social studies about Africa in the past fifteen years. Meanwhile，this paper further collects more detailed data，literature and other materials related to Chinese and American social studies about Africa. Based on this basis，it summarizes the characteristics of current Chinese social studies about Africa. Moreover，this paper also puts forward some suggestions on strengthening Chinese social studies about Africa in the future.
