Abstract:[Purpose/significance] This paper aims to comb and review the research status of the research methods of Intelligence Science in China,and provide guidance to future work in related fields[Method/process] A total of 498 journal articles on research methods of Intelligence Science are retrieved by CNKIBy using literature investigation method,the paper summarizes the research topics of these journal articles and forms the literature review[Result/conclusion] Results show some problems,for example,the traditional methodology system can hardly further develop and the statistical survey of research methods needs to break desperatelyThe new methodology construction idea based on similarity is proposedThe paper can contribute to the indepth grasp and understanding of the research status of Intelligence Science and provide guidance to other scholars’ future work[Limitations] The discussion only focuses on the relevant research on research methods,and the attention to the application of different research methods is not enough