Department of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 9;101(36):e30328. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000030328.
Exposure to excessive heat can impact kidney health. Climate change is projected to aggravate this impact. An analysis of articles published between 1958 and 2021 was conducted to explore the progress of the research on this issue.
This study included a bibliometric analysis wherein Web of Science was used to generate a list of all published articles related to the impact of heat on kidney health. Basic information about the articles, such as titles, authors' names, keywords, and citations, were recorded and analyzed.
A total of 226 published articles related to the impact of heat on kidney health were identified as of November 20, 2021. Most of these articles (93%) were published within the last decade. The United States was the most prominent country in terms of research productivity and collaboration. Researchers from the United States were well represented among the top 20 contributors of published articles on the study issue. The productivity of the top 20 authors varied between 6 and 32 articles each. A total of 25 common words used by the authors were identified. The most frequently used keywords were chronic kidney disease, heat stress, acute kidney injury, Mesoamerican nephropathy, and climate change. Keyword analysis revealed 3 distinct major research clusters in the existing scientific research on the impact of heat on kidney health: chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, heat stress and renal physiology, and the effect of climate change on kidney health.
Research on heat-related kidney injury has witnessed rapid development in recent decades, motivated by the emergence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and climate change. Developing countries in hot regions must increase their productivity in this research area through international collaboration and partnerships.
暴露于过热环境会影响肾脏健康。预计气候变化将加剧这一影响。本研究对 1958 年至 2021 年间发表的文章进行了分析，以探讨该问题研究进展。
本研究采用文献计量学分析，通过 Web of Science 生成了与热对肾脏健康影响相关的所有已发表文章的列表。记录并分析了文章的基本信息，如标题、作者姓名、关键词和引用。
截至 2021 年 11 月 20 日，共确定了 226 篇与热对肾脏健康影响相关的已发表文章。其中，93%的文章发表于过去十年内。在研究成果和合作方面，美国是最突出的国家。在研究该问题的发表文章的前 20 位贡献者中，有许多来自美国的研究人员。前 20 位作者的生产力在 6 到 32 篇文章之间不等。共确定了 25 个作者共同使用的常用词。使用频率最高的关键词是慢性肾脏病、热应激、急性肾损伤、中美洲肾病和气候变化。关键词分析显示，目前关于热对肾脏健康影响的科学研究存在 3 个主要研究集群：病因不明的慢性肾脏病、热应激与肾脏生理学，以及气候变化对肾脏健康的影响。
近几十年来，由于病因不明的慢性肾脏病和气候变化的出现，与热相关的肾脏损伤研究得到了快速发展。炎热地区的发展中国家必须通过国际合作和伙伴关系增加在这一研究领域的生产力。
