OBJECTIVE：To study the research status ，hotspots and frontier cha nges of drug-induced kidney injury （DIKI）， and to provide reference for the research of DIKI in China. METHODS ：Literatures related to DIKI published from 2001 to 2020 were retrieved from Web of Science database. CiteSpace 5.7.R2 software was used to conduct visualization analysis for DIKI related literatures from aspects of the number of publications ，authors and cited authors ，institutions，countries，related disciplines ， co-cited journals ，co-cited literatures and keywords. RESULTS ：A total of 1 320 literatures were included ，and the number of published literatures about DIKI researches showed an upward trend during 2001-2020. The most studies and the highest co-citations were devoted by the Yale University scholar Mark A Perazella （18 literatures，cited for 137 times）. There were 76 countries carrying out research in this field ，among which the United States had the first advantage （445 literatures，accounting for 34.29％ of the total number of literatures ）. A total of 2 175 institutions participated in this field ，of which Yale University contributed the most publications ；pharmacology，nephrology，toxicology and other related disciplines were involved in this field ；Kidney International（652 literatures，USA）published the most research in this field ；the most frequently cited literature was “Drug- induced nephrotoxicity ：clinical impact and preclinical in vitro models ”，published by Tiong et al in 2014. Through the keyword cluster analysis ，the research hotspots in this field mainly focused on the risk factors of DIKI ，the research of DIKI in special groups，the mechanism of DIKI related drugs ，the exploration of DIKI biomarkers ，and the preclinical research of DIKI. CONCLUSIONS：DIKI’s research has been paid more and more attention by scholars ，but the cooperation between China and other countries in this field is limited. In the future ，more attention should be paid to the research hotspot in this field and international exchanges and cooperation should be strengthened.