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Based on the high-quality literature in the CNKI database such as the Peking University core, and SCI, EI, CSSCI, and CSCD source journals, a total of 1,535 valid studies were retrieved for this study. "Incubator" was used as the theme term and non-directly relevant literature was filtered to explore the characteristics of China's incubator research and help scholars understand the current research situation so as to effectively promote China's incubator research. This study conducts a visualization analysis of the existing research status, hotspots, and development trends in this field with the help of the "Citespace" visualization tool. Through a visualization analysis of the time distribution of publications, it is clear that research on incubators in China is divided into three stages: the exploration, development, and maturity stages. Moreover, according to the visualization analysis of high-impact institutions, the distribution of incubator research institutions in China is relatively loose, mainly limited to resource-concentrated areas, and has not formed a certain scale of cooperation. Analysis of research hotspots shows that the incubator research hotspots in China mainly focus on three aspects: research on the category of the incubation platform and object, capital input and technology research, and innovation and entrepreneurship research. Analysis of the incubator research trend in China shows that the recent incubator research trend distribution includes research on the essence of incubators, and research on the evaluation and direction of incubator development. Furthermore, incubator research in China is evolving from research on the essence to research on high-quality development. Thus, this study proposes the future development direction of incubator research in China. It is necessary to strengthen research on improving the quality and efficiency of incubators, establish and improve the incubator development evaluation system, and enhance inter-institutional cooperation and co-construction. This study further explores the limitations of previous studies and presents several subsequent research directions: the in-depth study of improving the quality and efficiency of incubators; the comparative study of incubators in resource-rich and resource-deficient areas; the study of the capital introduction and utilization of incubators with different subjects; and the study of the operational mode of incubators jointly built by universities, governments, and enterprises.