Abstract: The social value of ecosystem services measures the human-land relationship, reflects the needs of human spirit and the development characteristics of the era, providing the strong support for ecological planning management and environmental protection decision-making. Based on literature statistics and combined with Vosviewer software, this paper analyzes the main relevant research on the social value of ecosystem services. Vosviewer software is used for the co-occurrence and cluster analysis of literature keywords, and analyze the main content, evaluation methods and its impact on planning management. The results show that: (1) the social value of ecosystem services can be divided into seven categories, with the focus shifting from aesthetics and entertainment to education, cultural heritage, religious spirit and local identity, and then evolving into health care experience; (2) The evaluation methods are increasingly diversified, and research technologies such as participatory mapping and big data continue to deepen, improving the visibility of research results; (3) The evaluation of social value provides the direct data source for land, environment, ecology and other related planning and management, fully reflecting the needs of the public and ensuring the efficient operation of management. Future research should expand more types of social values, strengthen the analysis of driving force, and seek ways to improve the awareness of social value and residents' participation.