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An analysis of scientific activities in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
Objective: COVID-19, a contagious disease which is caused by novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), is still spreading globally. Bibliometric analyses assess the current status and trends in a spesific research domain by using several (Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science) databases. The aim of present study is to evaluate the scientific activities in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific output.
Method: Web of Science software was used for the search and the analysis. All scientific papers published about COVID-19 included in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) from January 1st to December 13th 2020; the date of the study, were searched by using the terms of “COVID-19”, “2019-n-CoV”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “Coronavirus disease 19” and “2019 novel coronavirus” as scientific nomenclatures of COVID-19 in the topic search section of the software.
Results:Overall; 47368 scientific papers related to COVID-19, indexed by SCI-E, were found related to COVID-19 between January 1, 2020 to December 13, 2020. The biggest contribution for publications was from United States of America, the most of the publications was articles, the authors that contribute to the literature ≥ 150 papers were all from China and the journal that published the most paper was British Medical Journal.
Conclusions: The present analyse reports an overview of the literature on COVID-19 since the beginning. These kind of periodic analysis provides interesting insights regarding the past and progress of each area of scientific knowledge and also can guide the rethinking of scientific data.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
September 30, 2021
Submission Date
July 14, 2021
Acceptance Date
September 29, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 43 Number: 3