ABSTRACT
ObjectiveTo understand the current status and development of research on the subject of domestic violence， and to grasp the main research hotspots in the field. MethodsThe literature in the core database of Web of Science were retrieved， and 20 417 literature related to domestic violence from January 1966 to September 2021 were sorted by using the CiteSpace software， and the number of literature， authors， research institutions and keywords were analyzed. Results①The volume of literature on domestic violence grown rapidly since 2015. ②Among the authors， Kelsey Hegarty， Gene Feder and others had large number of publications on domestic violence， moreover， the authors' cooperation formed some small collaborative groups and research groups of a certain scale. ③The research institutions were closely collaborating， among which University of North Carolina was the institution of highest number of publications， and Boston University was the institution with the strongest research centrality. ④Hot keywords kept developing and changing， and the current hot keywords were mainly dating violence， sexual violence and the perception and perpetration of domestic violence. ConclusionThe field of domestic violence has been studied by a large number of researchers and has given rise to many research hotspots.