A Bibliometric Analysis of the HCV Drug-Resistant Majority and Minority Variants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent decades, research on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) drug-resistant variants has expanded; however, critical gaps remain in our understanding of global contributions, emerging trends, and future research directions. Here, we present a bibliometric analysis to understand the research themes and trends in research related to HCV drug-resistant variants published between 1999 and 2025.

Methods

Publications related to HCV drug-resistant variants published between 1999 and 2025 were searched on the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Publication metadata and content-based data were extracted and analyzed using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer for keyword co-occurrence plot and cluster analysis.

Results

The analysis of 653 articles revealed a clear paradigm shift, d

SUBMITTER: Immanuel OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652138 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature