Based on the chinese citation database of CNKI，uses bibliometrics principle and method for the citation statistics and analysis of academic papers published in Packaging Journal from 2009—2013. The results show that in the 370 published papers，258 papers were cited，accounting for 69.7%，the total cited frequency is 813 times，the average citation rate of the cited papers is 3.15，the highest citation of a single paper is 15 times，and the cited frequency is increasing every year；the papers are cited by 44 journals such as Packaging Engineering, Journal of Hunan University of Technology, etc. The cited papers in the columns of the development discussion，food packaging，new materials & new technology and new process have bigger average cited ratios. The papers of Packaging Journal has higher academic quality，and the attention on the journal is bigger. In order to expand the influence of the journal，tries to shorten the papers published time and organizes high quality articles, especially strengthens manuscripts efforts and publish requirements for the column of green packaging and security.