Contribution of Saudi Arabia to regional and global publications on COVID-19-related research: A bibliometric and visualization analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At the global level and in Saudi Arabia, COVID-19 remains a major public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed substantially to a surge in publications on the novel coronavirus responsible for this pandemic. This research is intended to assess the increasing contribution of Saudi Arabia to the global research on COVID-19.

Methods

A bibliometric analysis of all Saudi-affiliated publications on COVID-19 documented between December 2019 and October 2021 was conducted in October 2021 using the Web of Science advanced search builder.

Results

A total of 175,615 global publications on COVID-19 were retrieved in the search. Among these, 9118 (5.2%) publications were from Arab nations. Among the Arab nations, Saudi Arabia (n = 3615) had the highest numbe

SUBMITTER: AlBloushi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9473701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature