Based on the Essential Science Indicators database, this study analyzed 2,536 top papers in the subject category of Environmental Studies about eleven years from 2011 to 2021, which included 2,524 highly cited papers and 66 hot papers and belonged to 45 Web of Science categories and 35 research areas. All the top papers written in English, were from 10,495 authors, 3,129 organizations and 119 countries or regions, and published in 112 journals and two book series. The top five Journals are Energy Policy, Nature Climate Change, Tourism Management, Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions and Landscape and Urban Planning. Top five countries were USA, Peoples R China, England, Germany and Australia with more than 307 papers. The top five organizations were University of California System, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of London, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, Wageningen University Research. The top five authors were Shahbaz, Muhammad; Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Van Vuuren, Detlef P.; Liu, Yansui; Verburg, Peter H. All keywords were separated into eight clusters for different research topic. Visualizations offer exploratory information on the current state in a scientific field or discipline as well as indicate possible developments in the future.