AUTHOR=Nguyen Tham Thi , Do Anh Linh , Nguyen Long Hoang , Vu Giang Thu , Dam Vu Anh Trong , Latkin Carl A. , Hall Brian J. , Ho Cyrus S. H. , Zhang Melvyn W. B. , Ho Roger C. M. 

TITLE=Scholarly literature in HIV-related lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies: A bibliometric analysis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1028771

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1028771

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people are marginalized and understudied. Analyzing research activity worldwide is vital to better understand their needs in confronting the HIV epidemic. This study aimed to evaluate the global literature to identify the research collaboration, content and tendency in HIV-related issues among the LGBT populations. Peer-reviewed original articles and reviews were achieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Country's collaborations and co-occurrence of most frequent terms were illustrated by VOSviewer software. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and the linear regression model were utilized to uncover the hidden topics and examine the research trend. From 1990 to 2019, a total of 13,096 publications were found. Stigma, sexual risk behaviors and HIV testing were the major topics in the LGBT research during the study period. Lack of publications was found in bisexual, transgendered and lesbian populations. Among 15 topics, topics about HIV/Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prevalence, Outcomes of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, and Opportunistic infections in HIV-positive LGBT showed decreasing attention over years, while other topics had a slight to moderate increase. Our study underlined the exponential growth of publications on the LGBT in HIV research, and the needs of more empirical data on lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. The finding suggested the importance of performing regional collaborations in improving research capacity. Moreover, further research should focus on examining the manner to increase the coverage of HIV testing and treatment, as well as implement HIV-interventions with low cost and easy to scale-up.