ANALYSIS OF THE 50 MOST CITED ARTICLES IN THE LITERATURE ON THE ORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV/AIDS IN THE HAART ERA

Abstract

<h3>Objectives</h3> Investigate by bibliometric analysis the top 50 most cited articles in the literature on oral manifestations associated with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in individuals undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and verify the metric, characteristics, and research trend. <h3>Study Design</h3> A search for articles in the electronic database SCOPUS was carried out by a trained and calibrated reviewer to collect variables of interest and analyze the metrics for citing the articles included in the sample. <h3>Results</h3> Among the 50 most cited articles, the number of citations varied between 4 and 135, with an average of 30 citations per article, and the country with the most publications was the United States (<i>n</i> = 10). The <i>Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine</i> was the journal with the largest number of publications (<i>n</i> = 8) and frequency of citations (<i>n</i> = 340). Most publications were cross-sectional studies (78%) that investigated the prevalence and risk factors associated with oral manifestations in individuals using HAART. <h3>Conclusions</h3> The trend for publication is cross-sectional studies that investigated the prevalence and risk factors associated with oral manifestations in individuals on HAART. The articles with the highest citation metrics were published in journals with a high impact factor and H index.