To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Control and Decision, based on the visualization tools, i.e., Vosviewer and CiteSpace, this paper conducts a comprehensive analysis for the documents from 1986 to 2020 published in this journal. Firstly, the basic characteristics of the publications are explored, including annual numbers, the cooperation relationship of authors, the co-occurrence relationship of institutions, and the influence of publications. Based on visualization tools, we research the hot topics in Control and Decision by the co-occurrence of Keywords in different periods. On the other hand, this paper analyzes the research frontiers by timeline analysis and burst detection analysis to highlight the dynamic development of the popular research topics. Finally, the analysis results are summarized by concentrating the current research foci and directions to encourage scholars to catch up the hot topics and improve the quality of the journal in the future.