Zihan Yang,1,* Miaomiao Zhang,2,* Yan Guo,3 Rui Wang,4 Fei Xie5 1First Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 2Emergency Department, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 3Administration Department, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 5Nursing Department, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fei Xie, Email 15265827878@163.comObjective: To investigate the current situation, trending subjects, and future directions in the field of burnout among nurses, and to serve as a resource for researchers conducting related research.Methods: The bibliometric analysis was carried out using R package “bibliometrix”, bibliometric online analysis platform (https://bibliometric.com/) and VOSviewer (1.6.18).Results: The leading countries that had a significant impact on this field were the USA and China. University of Pennsylvania was the most influential institution. Journal of Nursing Management was the top productive journal. Critical care, oncology care, acute care, and infectious disease care were more likely to lead to symptoms of burnout among nurses. “Mental health”, “job satisfaction”, “stress”, and “COVID-19” were the current hot topics in this field.Conclusion: Our study not only provides a thorough outline to assist researchers in understanding the leading countries, institutions, journals, and potential collaborators, but it also examines the current and upcoming trends in this field and inspires researchers to select research directions.Keywords: burnout, nurse, mental health, COVID-19, hotspots, trends