Abstract: In order to clearly understand the hotspots and evolution of land security research in China, this paper uses CiteSpace software to analyze the keyword co-occurrence and time zone distribution of the literature based on CNKI data. The study found that land exchange security, rural social security system, and land system reform are the main research hotspots and knowledge groups,which are closely linked to China’s national policy guidance; from the time series, the academic research on land security is based on the land security function, which can be divided into the germination stage (before 2002), the development stage (2002—2006), the diversification stage (2007—2012), and the deepening and application phase (2013—now). In the follow-up study, cooperation between different disciplines and different institutions should be strengthened. Combined with China’s social security urban-rural integration and rural land system reform practices, we should explore the issue of rural revitalization strategy deployment and land security and farmers’ social security in the context of new urbanization.