Objective To Analyze the projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)in the field of gout and hyperuricemia from 2014 to 2023,explore the hotspots and current status of basic research in the past decade in order to provide references for future research in this field.Methods Data were retrieved from databases such as The NSFC official website and so on,with the search keywords being"gout" and "hyperuricemia",covering the time span from 2014 to 2023.Establish a project database and clean the included keywords for statistical analysis and visualization.Results In the past decade,a total of 203 projects have been ap-proved,with a total funding amount of 84.588million yuan.The funded projects include 5 types,involve 4 faculties,include 27 first-level disciplines,and the first-level discipline with the largest number of projects is Traditional Chinese Pharmacy.Shanghai has the lar-gest number of projects,and Qingdao University has the largest number of projects and funding amounts.There are a total of 178 research-ers,and 21 of them have received two or more grants,among which Li Changgui from Qingdao University has the largest number of ap-proved projects.The researches focus on the pathophysiological links primarily centered on"inflammation",signal pathways and key tar-gets,pathogenic genes and the discovery of new genes,multi-system damage,studies on traditional Chinese medicine,new technologies and new methods.Conclusion It is hoped that in the future,the NSFC can increase the funding support for projects in the field of gout and hyperuricemia.Researchers should employ more cutting-edge technologies and innovative methods,carry out interdisciplinary re-search,integrate the essence of Chinese and Western medicine,further explain the disease mechanism,and provide new ideas for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of gout and hyperuricemia.

Objective To Analyze the projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)in the field of gout and hyperuricemia from 2014 to 2023,explore the hotspots and current status of basic research in the past decade in order to provide references for future research in this field.Methods Data were retrieved from databases such as The NSFC official website and so on,with the search keywords being"gout" and "hyperuricemia",covering the time span from 2014 to 2023.Establish a project database and clean the included keywords for statistical analysis and visualization.Results In the past decade,a total of 203 projects have been ap-proved,with a total funding amount of 84.588million yuan.The funded projects include 5 types,involve 4 faculties,include 27 first-level disciplines,and the first-level discipline with the largest number of projects is Traditional Chinese Pharmacy.Shanghai has the lar-gest number of projects,and Qingdao University has the largest number of projects and funding amounts.There are a total of 178 research-ers,and 21 of them have received two or more grants,among which Li Changgui from Qingdao University has the largest number of ap-proved projects.The researches focus on the pathophysiological links primarily centered on"inflammation",signal pathways and key tar-gets,pathogenic genes and the discovery of new genes,multi-system damage,studies on traditional Chinese medicine,new technologies and new methods.Conclusion It is hoped that in the future,the NSFC can increase the funding support for projects in the field of gout and hyperuricemia.Researchers should employ more cutting-edge technologies and innovative methods,carry out interdisciplinary re-search,integrate the essence of Chinese and Western medicine,further explain the disease mechanism,and provide new ideas for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of gout and hyperuricemia.