China's heroic culture has a long history, but the study of heroic culture started very late, and does not match the rich resources of heroic culture. Since the beginning of the 21st century, heroic narratives have made a splash in the field of popular culture, and the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the heroic culture since the 18th National Congress, triggering a keen interest in heroic culture in academia. Based on CSSCI journal papers, this paper makes a statistical analysis of the time distribution, main topics and highly cited papers of the valid papers, and it can be learned that:firstly, the quantity of research paper of heroic culture maintains a steady growth trend in the new era. In terms of time, 2013-2017 focused on the elaboration of heroic culture and heroic image in literary and art works, while after 2018, the heroic culture of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the heroic culture of the new era, the heroic theory and the system have become the hotspot for the research. Secondly, there are four main topics in this field:first, the ontological exploration of heroes and their conceptual clusters, the interpretation of the concepts of "hero", "hero culture", "heroism", "hero spirit", "hero image", "hero narration", etc., is gradually improving. Second, the study of the heroic culture of the CPC, including its formation logic, development process, own characteristics and other holistic studies, the study of labourer heroes during the war period and people's heroes in the new era, as well as the targeted studies of the heroic outlook of major leaders. The third is the analysis of the heroic writing in literary and art works. The images of anti-epidemic heroes and superheroes reflect the new development and connotation of hero in the context of the new era, and the characteristics of "peoplehood", "individuality", "loftiness" and "everydayness" of heroic writing are emphasized. The fourth is the discussion of history and current heroes as a whole or individual heroes. Thirdly, according to the most highly cited papers in this field, studies of ideological and political education, historical culture, law, film and literature, and sociology are the most popular. Generally speaking, the research on heroic culture in the new era is still at the initial stage. We should grasp the theme of the times, gather research power, and respond to the concerns of the times with a problem-oriented approach, and consciously merge the research into the torrent of the times and highlight practical value. At the same time, it should highlight contemporary orientation of ordinary heroes in the construction of multi-hero images, and strive to explore its own characteristics from the inheritance of excellent traditional cultural resources and revolutionary heroic culture, and the creation of cultural industries, so as to build a research system of heroic culture in the new era that tells China's stories and presents China's images.