Bibliometric Analysis of SGLT2 Inhibitor Research for Diabetic Kidney Disease, 2013–2025

A bibliometric analysis of 2,415 academic articles on Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for diabetic kidney disease, published between 2013 and 2025. The analysis was conducted by Dan Hu using data from the Web of Science Core Collection and tools like CiteSpace and VOSviewer. It identifies leading institutions, journals, research clusters, and trends in the field.

Use Cases

• Identify leading research institutions and collaboration networks based on publication and citation analysis.
• Track the evolution of research focus from clinical trials to cardiorenal mechanisms based on keyword burst analysis.
• Analyze co-citation clusters to understand core research directions like drug action mechanisms and clinical strategies.

Strengths

• Includes 2,415 articles with a defined time range from 2013 to 2025.
• Identifies specific top contributors, such as the University of Groningen (167 papers) and the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (163 publications).
• Analysis reveals 7 distinct research clusters and a shift in research focus over time.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 131.0 KB DOC file; the underlying bibliographic data is not provided in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the original article database is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection.

Collection Method

Systematic bibliometric analysis performed with CiteSpace and VOSviewer.

Time Range

2013–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 23:20:03; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with the United States noted as the leading country in publication volume.