Global Research on COVID-19 Disease: A Scientific Assessment of Publications during 2020-21
BM Gupta, SM Dhawan, KK Mueen Ahmed, Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur
Abstract
The study aims to evaluate global research output (103054 records) on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on quantitative and qualitative indicators. It presents a bibliometric profile of most influential countries, organizations, authors and journals and their collaborative linkages, besides identifying broad subject areas of research, most significant keywords and highly-cited papers related to COVID-19. During 2020-21, more than 150 countries participated in COVID-19 research, of which top 10 countries accounted for a 82.93% global share. The USA, China and U.K. produced the most articles (25.86%, 10.77% and 10.7% respectively).
Topics & Concepts
ChinaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Library scienceDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Political scienceVirologyLawInternal medicineOutbreakComputer scienceCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI