How the scientific community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic: A subject-level time-trend bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has triggered an avalanche of research publications, the various aspects of which need to be assessed. The objective of this study is to determine the scientific community's response patterns to COVID-19 through a bibliometric analysis of the time-trends, global contribution, international collaboration, open-access provision, science domains of focus, and the behavior of journals.

Methods

The bibliographic records on COVID-19 literature were retrieved from both PubMed and Scopus. The period for searching was set from November 1, 2019, to April 15, 2021. The bibliographic data were coupled with COVID-19 incidence to explore possible association, as well as World Bank indicators and classification of economies.

Results

A total of 159132 records were

SUBMITTER: Malekpour MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483337 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature