Abstract:Objective To analyze the hot spots and trends of diabetes frailty research at home and abroad, and provide reference for the study of diabetes frailty in China. Methods The literatures related to diabetes frailty were retrieved from CNKI and Web of Science database from 2011-01-01 to 2022-03-31. The literatures were visualized by CiteSpace, and the authors, institutions and keywords of the literatures were analyzed by co-occurrence network. Results A total of 89 domestic and 146 foreign papers were included, and the overall annual publication volume presented a upward trend, with Liao Li as the most published in Chinese and Sinclair AJ as the most published in English. Domestic research hot spots mainly focused on the status of senile diabetes frailty, influencing factors of diabetes frailty, the relationship between diabetes frailty and depression, while foreign research hot spots mainly focused on the risk of diabetes frailty, the relationship between diabetes frailty and sarcopenia. In addition, gait characteristics and management of diabetes frailty would become research trends. Conclusion There are some differences in the study of diabetes frailty at home and abroad. The hot spots and trends of international research on diabetes frailty should be refered to, and a suitable research system of diabetes frailty in China should be explored to reduce the incidence of diabetes frailty.