Spotlight on Early COVID-19 Research Productivity: A 1-Year Bibliometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), one of the most serious public health crises in over a century, has led to an unprecedented surge of publications across all areas of knowledge. This study assessed the early research productivity on COVID-19 in terms of vaccination, diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, risk factors, nutrition, and economy. The Scopus database was searched between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 to initially examine the research productivity on COVID-19, as measured by total publications by the 20 highest-ranked countries according to gross domestic product. The literature search was then refined, and research productivity was assessed across seven major research domains related to COVID-19: vaccination, diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, risk factors, nutrition, and econ

SUBMITTER: Giannos P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197383 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature