Based on the core collection database of the Web of Science (WoS), the related papers research on pesticides in global soil system were analyzed. The development history, present situation and dynamic development trend of pesticides in soil system all over the world were analyzed by using the CiteSpace knowledge map analysis tool. The results showed that it was an active period of rapid development after 21 century in this field with number of annual papers was 143.95. The institution with the greatest number of papers, the highest total global citation frequency and the highest H index was the Chinese Academy of Sciences; the researchers with the greatest number of papers and the highest total global citation frequency were Qi S.H. from the College of the Environment, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and Kookana R.S. from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, respectively; and the highest citation per paper was Jones K.C. from Lancaster University. The hotspots in this field mainly were pesticide degradation, the content of pesticide in the water, pesticide residues, organochlorine pesticides, pesticide sorption and so on. The research shows that the effect of pesticides on soil ecosystem and the evaluation of ecological toxicity, the remediation methods of pesticides in soil, the management and control strategy of pesticide application in soil will be paid more attention to in the future.