【Purpose/significance】To explore the development trends and future research directions on information integration domain, this paper overall analyzes the development and research focus in this field from the perspective of bibliometrics.【Method/process】We collected 5725 relevant documents from 1969 to 2017 in information integration field included in Web of Science database by preset search strategy, by using the methods of bibliometrics and information visualization, and with the help of several tools including Cite Space, Hist Cite, Excel, and we conducted a bibliometric analysis and visual representation for relevant literature data in terms of the temporal changes of documents, the distribution of research subject and journals, and the evolution of research themes, etc.【Result/conclusion】The results revealed the research situation in information integration domain, and explored and concluded the development trends and future research directions, this paper also provided valuable reference information for future further research in the field of information integration.