Research Article

Bibliometric Study of Trends in the Diabetic Nephropathy Research Space from 2016 to 2020

Table 3

Individual centrality of DN (2016-2020).

RankMajor MeSH terms/MeSH subheadingsDegreeBetweennessClosenessRankMajor MeSH terms/MeSH subheadingsDegreeBetweennessCloseness

1Diabetic Nephropathies/drug therapy116735.649028786129Oxidative Stress/drug effects2067.04493665779
2Diabetic Nephropathies/metabolism89827.92659956330Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/physiopathology1608.69830226976
3Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications104635.633621226131Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/therapeutic use2486.35740613982
4Diabetic Nephropathies/genetics45826.979068766432Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics1423.72422766786
5Diabetic Nephropathies/prevention & control62635.0732466033MicroRNAs/metabolism1666.19787979179
6Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy71426.348062526634Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism17416.1225013769
7Diabetic Nephropathies/diagnosis56229.098148356435MicroRNAs/genetics1286.31104135582
8Diabetic Nephropathies/pathology46633.638229376036Podocytes/pathology1463.6325697982
9Diabetic Nephropathies/etiology49146.170173655737Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology1706.25020790182
10Diabetic Nephropathies/epidemiology39311.706442837438Diabetes Mellitus993.60986208992
11Diabetic Nephropathies/physiopathology33422.463418966439Signal Transduction/drug effects1332.6328065483
12Diabetic Nephropathies/blood32514.885965357140Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/drug therapy1541.70711684293
13Diabetic Nephropathies/therapy19916.035882957141Glomerular Filtration Rate1646.62259006579
14Kidney/drug effects47611.096819887642Biomarkers/blood1262.4214136683
15Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy4015.411080368043Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/epidemiology1175.46377515885
16Diabetic Nephropathies1003.0548336519644Albuminuria/drug therapy1373.15961456388
17Diabetic Nephropathies/complications16110.93696697445Podocytes/drug effects902.38055491483
18Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use39114.73210437046Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/urine1216.47960424477
19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications26911.970520027747Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2631.60986554696
20Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood2799.5584135067548Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy740.74831616993
21Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications27012.858535777549Signal Transduction1052.20195603485
22Kidney/pathology27820.105905536750Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis1361.49956750984
23Kidney/metabolism25614.140105257151Glucose/metabolism875.03188276379
24Podocytes/metabolism2289.3367071157952Plant Extracts/pharmacology1291.89539194188
25Diabetic Nephropathies/urine1789.5770692837453Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide900.40281832296
26Kidney/physiopathology26414.807875637054Albuminuria/diagnosis1333.0409786783
27Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology2498.5959396367655Mesangial Cells/metabolism850.78911954290
28Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism2386.17293167180