：科学应用研究方法是提升图书情报学术竞争力的有效途径，考察海外图情学科方法结构有助于认识国际学术研究的整体趋向。文章将5本国际一流图情期刊的275篇论文分为2013年和2018年两个时间窗开展内容分析，分析其方法应用情况。结果显示计算测试（35.06%）、统计分析（16.45%）、内容分析（11.26%）是近年海外图情应用的主要实证方法，实证研究与理论研究的整体比例趋于稳定，海外图情学科已发展成为以实证研究为主导、理论研究为辅助的格局。

Scientifical applying research method is an effective way to enhance the academic competitiveness of library and information science, and it is helpful to understand the overall trend of international academic research by investigating the method structure of library and information science overseas. 275 papers of international first-class journals about library and information science were divided into 2013 and 2018 time windows to carry out content analysis and analyze application of the methods. Results show that calculation test (35.06%), statistical analysis (16.45%) and content analysis (11.26%) are the main empirical methods overseas in recent years, and the overall proportion of empirical research and theoretical research tends to be stable. Overseas LIS discipline has developed into a pattern with empirical research as the leading and theoretical research as the auxiliary.