Dissemination of Information During Public Health Crises: Early COVID-19 Data From The Laryngoscope.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

During a public health crisis, it is important for medical journals to share information in a timely manner while maintaining a robust peer-review process. This review reports and analyzes The Laryngoscope's publication trends and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and during previous pandemics.

Methods

Comprehensive review of two databases (PubMed and The Laryngoscope) was performed. COVID-19 manuscripts (published in The Laryngoscope during the first 4 months of the pandemic) were identified and compared to manuscripts pertaining to historic pandemics (published in The Laryngoscope during the first 2 years of each outbreak). Keywords included "Laryngoscope", "flu", "pandemic", "influenza", "SARS", "severe acute respiratory synd

SUBMITTER: Chern A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature