Ubiquitination in diabetes and its complications: A perspective from bibliometrics

Table 1 Top 10 countries and institutions with the highest number of publications

Items	Rank	Name	Centrality	Year	Publications
Country/region	1	China	0.22	2003	361
	2	United States	0.43	2001	242
	3	Japan	0.08	2004	54
	4	Germany	0.37	2002	48
	5	South Korea	0.07	2007	39
	6	Canada	0.03	2005	37
	7	England	0.19	2008	25
	8	France	0.13	2004	23
	9	India	0	2012	23
	10	Australia	0.06	2004	21
Institution	1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	0.07	2018	29
	2	University of California System	0.17	2003	28
	3	Chinese Academy of Sciences	0.09	2012	24
	4	Harvard University	0.15	2001	23
	5	Sun Yat Sen University	0.03	2006	21
	6	Harvard Medical School	0.05	2001	20
	7	Huazhong University of Science & Technology	0.05	2015	18
	8	Harbin Medical University	0.01	2017	18
	9	Nanjing Medical University	0.07	2015	15
	10	Fudan University	0.02	2013	14

Table 2 Top 10 authors and co-cited authors with the highest number of articles

Items	Rank	Name	Centrality	Year	Publications/count
Author	1	Wei-Hua Zhang	0	2017	6
	2	Yi Liu	0	2007	5
	3	Peter MT Deen	0	2006	5
	4	De-Chao Zhao	0	2020	4
	5	Miao Yu	0	2020	4
	6	Hai-Ming Xiao	0	2022	4
	7	Yu Sun	0	2020	4
	8	Shuo Peng	0	2020	4
	9	Fang-Ping Lu	0	2020	4
	10	Fang-Hao Lu	0	2020	4
Co-cited author	1	Zhang Y	0	2006	54
	2	Liu Y	0	2011	42
	3	Li Y	0	2012	33
	4	Li X	0	2018	29
	5	Zhang L	0	2018	27
	6	Wang Y	0	2009	26
	7	Liu J	0	2019	25
	8	Li J	0	2015	25
	9	Li W	0	2017	25
	10	Zhao Y	0	2013	24

Table 3 Top 10 most co-cited journals involving ubiquitination in diabetes

Rank	Co-cited journal	Year	Count	Centrality	IF	JCR
1	Journal of Biological Chemistry	2001	625	0	4.8	Q2
2	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	2001	529	0	11.1	Q1
3	Nature	2001	468	0.01	64.8	Q1
4	Cell	2001	441	0.01	64.5	Q1
5	Science	2001	399	0.01	56.9	Q1
6	Diabetes	2002	394	0.01	7.7	Q1
7	Journal of Clinical Investigation	2001	368	0.01	15.9	Q1
8	PLOS One	2009	361	0.01	3.7	Q2
9	Molecular Cell	2004	329	0.01	16	Q1
10	Molecular and Cellular Biology	2002	310	0.01	5.3	Q2

Impact factor and Journal citation report are both 2022. IF: Impact factor; JCR: Journal citation report.

Table 4 Top 10 most co-cited references involving ubiquitination in diabetes

Rank	Author	Ref.	Citations	Year
1	Ruisheng Song	Central role of E3 ubiquitin ligase MG53 in insulin resistance and metabolic disorders	13	2013
2	Wenyan Gong	CKIP-1 affects the polyubiquitination of Nrf2 and Keap1 via mediating Smurf1 to resist HG-induced renal fibrosis in GMCs and diabetic mice kidneys	7	2018
3	Stewart H Lecker	Multiple types of skeletal muscle atrophy involve a common program of changes in gene expression	6	2004
4	Chenlin Gao	MG132 ameliorates kidney lesions by inhibiting the degradation of Smad7 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy	6	2014
5	Ruey-Hwa Chen	Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of autophagy	5	2019
6	Guanghong Jia	Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: An Update of Mechanisms Contributing to This Clinical Entity	5	2018
7	Michael H Glickman	The ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway: destruction for the sake of construction	5	2002
8	Wolfgang H Dillmann	Diabetic Cardiomyopathy	5	2019
9	Saeed Yadranji Aghdam	High glucose and diabetes modulate cellular proteasome function: Implications in the pathogenesis of diabetes complications	5	2013
10	Qi Wu	CHIP Regulates Aquaporin-2 Quality Control and Body Water Homeostasis	5	2018

Table 5 The 20 keywords with the highest frequency

Rank	Keyword	Centrality	Year	Count
1	Expression	0.21	2003	161
2	Activation	0.13	2001	114
3	Oxidative stress	0.08	2008	89
4	Phosphorylation	0.1	2003	87
5	Ubiquitination	0.11	2002	77
6	Degradation	0.14	2006	75
7	Insulin resistance	0.11	2007	74
8	Protein	0.07	2008	74
9	Gene expression	0.16	2001	61
10	Mechanisms	0.03	2002	54
11	Diabetic nephropathy	0.04	2013	53
12	Apoptosis	0.06	2003	52
13	Cells	0.05	2003	47
14	Metabolism	0.02	2012	42
15	Pathway	0.04	2007	42
16	Glucose	0.06	2010	38
17	Nf kappa b	0.06	2010	37
18	Mice	0.03	2002	35
19	Diabetes mellitus	0.08	2003	32
20	Inhibition	0.02	2003	31