Bibliometric Analysis of Worldwide Publications on Antimalarial Drug Resistance (2006–2015)

Table 3

Most frequent terms in title/abstract of publications on AMDR (2006–2015) using VOSviewer technique.

Terms related to drug resistance, gene mutations, or countries	Number of occurrences
Cluster # 1 (red) = 138 items
Chloroquine resistance transporter	20
Chloroquine-resistant	15
Chloroquine-resistant malaria	21
Chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum	11
Chloroquine-resistant parasites	12
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum	26
Chloroquine-resistant strain	20
CQR (chloroquine resistance)	38
pfcrt mutation	15
Transporter	38
Protein	92
Phenotype	62
Cluster # 2 (green) = 123 items
Antifolate drug resistance	25
dhfr gene	18
dhps gene	33
dhps mutation	18
pfdhps gene	20
Pyrimethamine resistance	38
pfcrt gene	39
pfmdr1 gene	35
Cluster # 3 (blue) = 89 items
Artemisinin resistance	90
Artemisinin-resistant malaria	17
Sub-Saharan Africa	23
Thai-Myanmar border	10
Papua	15
Asia	81

AMDR: antimalarial drug resistance.