Gene editing, as a breakthrough in life science and medicine, makes significant scientific im-pact. The entire development process of gene editing through bibliometric analysis is studied to ex-plore the distribution features and research focus with visual tool. The number of annual publications distribution, joal distribution and country distribution are analyzed in the basic distribution analy-sis. The keywords and co-citation are analyzed with CiteSpace to explore the research hotspots. The number of publications related to gene editing is increasing year by year. USA is the main publishing countries for gene editing research. CRISPR/Cas system is a hot topic in the field of genetic editing in last few years. Gene editing is opening up a world of possibilities for the treatment of genetic dis-eases.