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To gain a comprehensive understanding of historical progression and current status, and future trend of remote sensing researches and applications in the field of crop growth monitoring in China, a study was carried out based on the publications from the past 20 years by Chinese scholars. Using the knowledge mapping software CiteSpace, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of research development, current hotspots, and future directions of crop growth monitoring using remote sensing technology in China was conducted. Furthermore, the relationship between high-frequency keywords and the emerging hot topics were visually analyzed. The results revealed that Chinese researchers paid more attention on keywords such as \u201cvegetation index\u201d, \u201ccrop growth\u201d, \u201cwinter wheat\u201d, \u201cleaf area index (LAI)\u201d, and \u201cmodel\u201d in the field of crop growth monitoring, and \u201cLAI\u201d and \u201cunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)\u201d, appeared increasingly in frontier research of this discipline. 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