Abstract: [Abstract]　Based on literature about digital publishing research from 1998 to 2018 in the WOS， this paper used the visualization software CiteSpace to conduct literature measurement and presented its academic layout， research status and frontier hot spots through mapping its knowledge domains. Found that the hot topics of digital publishing research mainly focus on digital scholary publishing and its policy mechanism， the use of digital media， and the discussion on the business models of digital publishing. The achievements of multiple disciplines constitute the interdisciplinary academic landscape of digital publishing. In addition， under the technological environment， the establishment of digital-humanities subject， knowledge production， the education and training of talents has also gradually been paid attention to. Finally， gave some thoughts on the prospective research fields of digital publishing.