In order to understand the research status and development trends of evacuation lighting in disaster scenarios，based on Citespace and literature visualization tools，408 articles as samples up to July 2023 were selected from the core journal database of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WOS)，and analyzed from the aspects of publication year，journal source，author organization，topic clustering and keywords. Results show that this topic has appeared a rapid upward trend in English literature in the past 10 years. Most of the researchers are from the United States and China. There has been no significant growth in Chinese literature during the same period. The research in China focuses on building fire evacuation，and some nighttime disaster-appropriate lighting. English focuses on a variety of disaster scenarios，which tends to extend from indoor evacuation lighting to outdoor evacuation lighting. The research method is mainly technical application and problem induction in Chinese，and experimental simulation and behavioral research in English. Its research method from real scene simulation to model calculation combined with virtual reality is worthy learning. It is necessary to strengthen research on evacuation lighting in various disaster types and multiple scenarios，and explore evacuation lighting methods suitable for disaster evacuation in outdoor environments in the future.