Abstract: The rapid development of information technology has had a subversive impact on all professions and trades, including the geological data management.In order to improve the level of geological data management, grasp the frontiers and hotspots of geological data management in China, clarify its development trend in the “14th Five-Year Plan” and even a longer period of time, and further focus on the key points of work, the author uses CiteSpace to carry out visual cluster analysis on the academic papers about geological data management collected by CNKI since 2000, including the cluster analysis of annual number of papers issued, authors, institutions, keywords, research topics, etc.By the analysis, the author finds that the frontiers and hotspots of current geological data management research, mainly focusing on the informatization of geological data management, the construction of geological data digital resources and geological data utilization services, etc.Based on the analysis, the author predicts that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the focus of domestic geological data management will mainly focus on three aspects.Firstly, the construction of geological data resources with electronic records as the object and related work, including the construction of incremental data resources, the format optimization of electronic records archiving and collection, the authenticity, integrity, availability and security detection of electronic records, the online integration and archiving of original electronic records, the long-term storage strategy of electronic records,and so on.Secondly, the construction of regional and national geological data center with data resource aggregation as the way and related work, including the application of emerging technologies to guide the construction, the integration and aggregation of diversified and heterogeneous data, the security and confidentiality management of the center, and so on.Thirdly, the development and socialized utilization of geological data resources based on the Internet and related work, including the intelligent development of service products, the knowledge service transformation of geological data, the deep excavation of data utilization needs, all weather unattended service, and so on.