The scientific visualization is the research domain of the computer graphics. It has close relation with other subjects. Besides, it is widely applied in the domain of research, science education, and science popularization. This paper focuses on the scientific visualization from the viewpoint of science communication and graphic communication. Starting from the visual form difference of the domestic and foreign achievements, it points out that the scientific visualization generates new form through constant evolution under new social environment. Besides, it analyzes three-layer communication relation during the process of scientific visualization. Moreover, it indicates that, with the increasing degree of the public understanding and participation in science, 5W elements of the scientific visualization has already been changed. Under new historical background, researching and improving communication effect of scientific visualization from the viewpoint of the communication has become a new subject.