[Purpose/significance] Library science, information science and archival science are important subjects to cultivate new type of information knowledge talents. This paper reveals the research hotspots and trends of Chinese and foreign periodicals in Library Information and Archives discipline during the 13th Five Year Plan period, in order to provide some ideas for the future subject research in China, which would promote the discipline development of Library Information and Archives and enhance the academic discourse power. [Method/process] This paper selected domestic CNKI and foreign web of science databases as the data sources, took the core journal papers of Library and information archives from 2016 to 2020 as the research samples, and used the visual software such as Citespace,VOSviewer and Gephi to reveal the research hotspots and development trends of Chinese and foreign periodicals. From the following aspects, the number of publication and citations, the distribution of co-occurrence and timely distribution of keywords, the research hotspots and development trends of Chinese and foreign periodicals were revealed. [Result/conclusion] During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the number of papers published in Chinese journals decreased slightly, while the number of papers published in foreign journals showed an upward trend. The research in the field of disciplines was gradually internationalized. The characteristics of research hotspots are as follows: the research topics are diversified; The research on related topics of "library" is gradually deepened. Chinese and foreign papers follow the research hotspots and trends of this subject closely, but each has its own emphasis. As a whole, papers in Chinese and foreign journals show a research trend of adhering to and deepening the traditional research field, integrating with other disciplines and expanding to the public domain.