Abstract: This research is organized based on foreign innovation policy literature retrieved from the Web of Science. First, quantitative analysis and influence analysis towards foreign innovation policy research are proposed using Bibliometrics. Second, LDA theme model is applied to extract six research themes including industrial development, national innovation policy and the using of innovative policy tools, the effect evaluation of technology innovation policy, enterprise innovation ability promotion, innovation network and regional innovation policy. Third, this paper uses CARROT2 (information-clustering engine) and keywords bursting method to analyse the new trend of foreign innovation policy research. The research result shows that the researches of knowledge, policy performance, data using, empirical-evidence research, and dynamic change research of innovation policy are the main research trends.