【Purpose/significance】With the development of semantic web technology, the research and practice of the linked data are deepened. The scholars in the fields of library and information science have paid great attention to this research area. Sorting out the development of linked data, and the research and practice at home and abroad timely, can indicate the development direction for the study of the linked data, and can provide a reference for the follow-up study.【Method/process】This paper takes WOS and CNKI as the data source, and uses the methods of graphing statistics, co-word analysis and cluster analysis to draw the visual knowledge map. Through the processing of the author, the research institutionand the key word data, the research status of the linked data are sorted out and analyzed, and the situation at home andabroad are compared.【Result/conclusion】Linked data research has become a hot research field of the Internet. The re-search of linked data at home and abroad has differences in the author relationship, the research topics and application practice. On the one hand, domestic scholars and research institutions need to break the restrictions of institutions, strengthen cooperation, and constantly open up the new research field,on the other hand, library and information institutions should actively use semantic web technology to integrate and distribute their resources.