Abstract
Objective: To identify the bibliometric profile of international scientific production on the vertical transmission of HIV in the field of nursing. Methods: The search took place in the Scopus database using the descriptors from the MeSH: “HIV”; “Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical”; "Nursing". This study analyzed 36 articles from the last 10 years of publication (2010-2020). Results: All articles were in the English language. There was a high number of publications in 2015, with a total of 08 articles published. There was a highlight of publications in the Curationis journals and the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, which are located on the African continent. 17 authors stood out as major producers on the subject and most of them come from institutions in the United States of America. The most common descriptors were "HIV", "Vertical Transmission" and "Protection and prevention of vertical transmission". Final Considerations: The analysis contributed to discover the journals that most publish in the area, as well as the countries that develop more research on the topic and the authors that have more publications and citations, in addition to the relevant H-Index. Which generate international credibility for researchers to carry out their foundations and disseminate relevant information in several areas.