Exploring Research Trends in Chronic Kidney Disease and Sedentary Behavior: A Text Mining Analysis of Article Titles
Akihiro Yokoyama, Nobuhiro Nasu, Akihiko Katayama, Shuhei Hishii, Keiichi Namio, Kentaro Sugahara, Hiroaki Kataoka, Hiromi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Miyatake · 2026
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Akihiro Yokoyama and colleagues take, in a 2026 study, an unusual route to mapping a research field: mining the titles of papers linking chronic kidney disease with sedentary behavior. Sitting time has emerged as a health risk separate from exercise, and kidney patients are notably inactive. On January 1, 2026, the team pulled every title from PubMed, 178 articles in all. They ran text mining over their 2,890 words, comparing themes across three time periods and between Japan and elsewhere.
The vocabulary of the field centers on physical activity, as the top word counts show. Correspondence analysis found cohort language spread across periods. The word randomize marked the most recent years, 2021 to 2025, signaling a shift toward higher-grade evidence such as trials. Only eight studies came from Japan despite the Japanese authorship of the analysis. The authors read the trend optimistically: rigorous designs are arriving in a young field, though mostly outside their home country.
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| CREATOR | Akihiro Yokoyama, Nobuhiro Nasu, Akihiko Katayama, Shuhei Hishii, Keiichi Namio, Kentaro Sugahara, Hiroaki Kataoka, Hiromi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Miyatake |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |