As one of the important types of humanities and social science research achievements and publishing products，since the introduction of the year book into China，many publishing houses represented by social science literature publishing house have published plenty of the Pishu，which have produced great academic influence and policy influence. The Pishu also have been increasingly valued by academia，government decision-making departments and the public. This paper summarizes the attributes，classifications，and functions of the Pishu，uses VOSviewer and other visualization software tools to conduct bibliometric analysis and visual display of the number of the year book’s publications at different stages，the distribution of its content topics and the number of the editors participating in the compilation. This paper finally sorts out and summarizes the overall overview and characteristics of the Pishu’s development at different stages，and proposes countermeasures for the future development of the Pishu.