Rural revitalization has put forward new requirements for rural grassroots governance,and it is urgent to strengthen the relevant research.In order to understand the research status and trends in this field,the article adopts the literature measurement visualization research method.Through the multi-domain comparative analysis,it is found that the rural grassroots governance research is enjoying a higher degree of concern in academic circles in recent years.However,the quality of the results needs to be improved; the cooperation between the authors and institutions lacks; the research strength,dissemination and impacts of basic literature are not strong enough.The clustering features of Key words are obvious.Analysis of the co-occurrence and time distribution of Key words shows the evolution of research hotspots and concerns.Analysis of the content of clustering literature clearly shows the response of rural grassroots governance research to problems in reality and the concern to the modernization process of governance system.The strategy of rural revitalization is expected to activate the rural governance,an area urging for solutions.