Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles on HIV/AIDS

Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic remains a significant global health issue with currently around 38 million people living with the illness. In 2019, 1.7 million new infections were recorded and 33 million people had died of related causes globally. This study aims to examine and analyse the scientific research progress on HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) through a study of the 100 most cited articles during the years 2010 to 2020 by using bibliometric methods.