International sanction is an important starting point for countries to resolve international confl icts and safeguard their own interests, has a profound impact on the international political landscape. With the help of CiteSpace literature econometric analysis tool, this paper takes 3791 Chinese and foreign literatures related to international sanctions before 2023 as research objects, uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to explore the research context and hot trends of international sanctions, and summarizes the motivation, infl uencing factors and anti-international sanctions policy means. The fi ndings of this study are as follows: (1) According to the bibliometric results, Chinese literature pays more attention to how China adapts through strategic policies and legal system to mitigate or off set the negative impact of sanctions in the context of the great power game between China and the United States, while foreign literature is more diversifi ed, focusing on global governance, human rights protection and international law. (2) Countries initiate international sanctions based on domestic and foreign motivations, including domestic political motivations and domestic economic motivations, including domestic political motivations, including diverting domestic political grievances, increasing political electoral advantages, and sending political signals, and domestic economic motivations include establishing of market protection barriers, coping with domestic economic recession, and preventing the import of economic risks. International motives include international political motives and international economic motives, among which international political motives include assisting allies in their operational strategies, expressing political positions, and strengthening external political control, while international economic motives include enhancing the status of international division of labor, enhance hegemony in global governance, and counteracting foreign sanctions. (3) The factors influencing the eff ect of international sanctions include the intended purpose of sanctions and the ways of sanctions. The intended purpose includes promoting democratization, stopping wars and combating terrorism, and the ways of sanctions are divided into trade sanctions, arms embargo and fi nancial sanctions. (4) The sanctioned countries can deal with the negative impact of international sanctions by broadening the network of partners, strengthening regional integration, and innovating the international fi nancial system. This paper provides important theoretical reference and policy suggestions for countries to improve the design of antisanctions strategies, make rational use of multilateral mechanisms and international rules, and practice global security initiatives.