title: Diabetic nephropathy research in China: Data analysis and review from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
abstract: As the largest funding agency of natural science of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has made great efforts in promoting the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) research in recent years. The aim of the current study is to summarize the diabetic nephropathy research in China by analyzing NSFC-funded projects. Data on all projects in the DN field funded by NSFC from 1986 to 2013 were collected. The funding tendency, funding areas, and hotspots in the DN field, and major research institutions, were analyzed. As one output of this support, outstanding research groups in China, and their representative studies, are also highlighted. From 1986 to 2013, the NSFC has funded a total of 248 projects in the DN field, with a total funding amount of 91.5 million RMB (US$14.9 million). A rapid increase could be seen in the past 5 years, with an average annual 30% increase in projects numbers and a 52% increase in funding amount. All fields in DN research have been covered by the NSFC, including etiology, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Along with increased funding of the DN research, there has been a growth in the papers published in Science Citation Index journals by Chinese scholars. In the past decade, the funding scale and funding budget have increased dramatically. Benefiting from this, DN research in China has also made considerable progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing, China; Department of Nephrology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Yanying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Erdan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002681:China; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005582:Foundations; D006801:Humans; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: National Natural Science Foundation of China funding profile; diabetic nephropathy; 关键词：糖尿病肾病，国家自然科学基金。