经过近30年研究，甲烷直接合成乙烯研究终于取得突破，正迈向工业化。为了对甲烷直接制乙烯研究的发展历程和关键技术有一个全面了解，该文利用汤森路透公司的Thomson Data Analyzer等工具，以
科学引文索引数据库扩展版和德温特创新索引数据库为数据源，对甲烷直接制乙烯领域的论文和专利进行了统计分析，展现了该领域的整体发展态势，重点分析了重要研究机构和专利权人，揭示了关键核心技术的发展历程。

The directly converting methane to ethylene has been the target of intense scientific and commercial interest for more than thirty years due to the tremendous potential of the technology to reduce costs, energy, and environmental emissions in the production of ethylene. In order to obtain a complete picture of the latest technology and understand development trend of this field, herein the Thomson Data Analyzer was used to analyze all the articles and patents in the field. The analyze results discovered the core technologies by exploring the development trend, important research institutes and patent assignee in this field.