Taking 2809 articles about scientific data management in SCI,SSCI,A&HCI and CPCI database from 1976 to 2015as the data source,this paper makes quantification and visualization analysis on the research situation of foreign scientific data management by bibliometrics and co-word analysis methods and Cite Space.The overall perspective and stages features of foreign scientific data management research are described.It distinguishes the research hotpots:scientific data management for different subjects;methods a...