Taking 211 articles about the influential mechanism of leadership on creativity and innovation performance which are based onCSSCI from 2001 to 2016 as the research object, this paper makes the visual analysis on research strength, research focus and researchevolution process ofthe relationship between leadership and innovationin China by Citespace III, SATI3.2 software. The results showthat the study has shifted as follows: From focusing on transformational leadership which is based on the western context ...