[Purpose/significance] In this paper,we classify the intelligence analysis research methods and their corresponding research topics in the era of big data in China,also we summarize general characteristics and the future development trend of the intelligence analysis methods.[Method/process] After counting the frequency of research methods keywords from the intelligence analysis literature,this paper takes methods of co-word analysis,factor analysis,one-way ANOVA,cluster analysis and multi-dimensional scale analysis to determine the number of classification categories for intelligence analysis methods.Then the characteristics of each category of research methods were summarized,the corresponding research topics of each type of methods were sorted out.[Results/conclusion] It was found that the methods of intelligence analysis in China can be divided into seven categories.This paper summarizes the seven categories of intelligence analysis research methods from two perspectives,and we believe the intelligent intelligence analysis method for all-source data will be the future development trend.The topics closely related to seven categories of intelligence analysis methods are disruptive technological innovation,resources construction of library,semantic calculation,risk prediction,technology cooperation and competition,system evaluation and method system conception.