Brain glioma is a hot topic in recent years; however, brain glioma remains poorly understood.A bibliometric analysis based on the Science Citation Index (SCI) published by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) was performed to identify the global research and to improve the understanding of research trends in the brain glioma field from 2001 to 2010.During 2001 to 2010, there were 8 413 papers addressing brain glioma added to the SCI, and this trend is increasing annually.Of these reports, 6 945 papers are written in English.Journals published in the United States had the most papers, including ten core source titles.The Journal of Neuro-Oncology published the most articles followed by Cancer Research.Furthermore, the University of California, San Francisco, is the most productive institution for publishing articles in the brain glioma field.Finally, this study highlights the topics in brain glioma research that are being published around the world.