The coastline landscape is a beautiful landscape of the coastal city, which not only increases the beauty of the city, but also a sign of the spiritual civilization of the city. Tourism and related industries driven by it have become a major economic pillar of coastal cities. The study of coastline landscape has also become the focus of scholars in various countries. This paper uses CiteSpace software to visually analyze and summarize the literature on the status quo of coastal landscape research in China and other countries, and points out the shortcomings and solutions, as well as the future research direction, with a view to enlightening future research work.