In recent years，the theory and practice of emergency management in public hospitals have been widely discussed in domestic academic circles. Based on 616 literatures on public health emergency management in public hospitals from 2003 to 2023 in the CNKI journal database，this paper used a scientific bibliometric method to trace the current status，hot spots and development trends of public health emergency management research in Chinese public hospitals. The results showed that the number of research literature in this field has increased in general，with the outbreak of COVID-19 as the separating point to form a period of low stability and explosive growth，and several influential research authors and research institutions emerged. Emergency management，public hospitals，emergencies，emergency capacity，emergency rescue and emergency evaluation have become hot topics in this field. Among them，the construction of emergency management system，emergency capacity evaluation，and emergency response strategies of public hospitals have become the main focus of research. In the future，it is necessary to expand the scope of research themes，strengthen the theoretical system and interdisciplinary research of public health emergency management in public hospitals， enrich research methods and strengthen cooperation.