Abstract: 【Objective】To explore the development trajectory,research hotspots,and frontiers of research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land in China.【Methods】Using 300 articles from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure（CNKI） database spanning 2004—2023 as the sample,visualization tools were employed to analyze the basic publication characteristics,research disciplines,research teams,research institutions,keywords centrality,keywords burstiness,research hotspots,and frontiers related to the multifunctionality of cultivated land.【Results】Research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land had attracted increasing scholarly attention in recent years,with the number of documents increasing annually. The research was strongly policy-oriented and had became increasingly diversified. The research field of the multifunctionality of cultivated land involves interdisciplinary integration,including both natural and social sciences,primarily agricultural basic sciences and agricultural economics. Collaboration among authors and institutions exhibits a pattern of small clusters with wide dispersion,with limited cooperation between research teams and a lack of enterprise involvement in research institutions. Current research hotspots include functional transformation,cultivated land use,scale effects,and the entropy weight method. National level funds provide the most support for research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land,accounting for 81% of funded publications.【Conclusion】Research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land is rich and interdisciplinary,yet inter-team collaboration remains limited. In the future,the research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land should be developed from four aspects：establishing a standardized and unified evaluation system for the multifunctionality of cultivated land,developing scientific and efficient assessment methods of the multifunctionality of cultivated land,building a multi-party cooperation platform for information sharing,and strengthening the application of big data and related disciplines in supporting research on the multifunctionality of cultivated land.

Key words: Cultivated land function, CiteSpace, Production-living-ecological functions, Research progress