Farooq Rai K, Rehman Shafiq Ur, Ashiq Murtaza, Siddique Nadeem, Ahmad Shakil
Department of Neuroscience Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 2021 Jan-Apr;28(1):1-7. doi: 10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_332_20. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, turned into a pandemic in record time. Communication of disease presentation and mechanism of spread remain keys to getting ahead of the virus and limiting its spread beyond the capacity of management. Owing to huge academic focus and pandemic concern around the globe, this bibliometric analysis investigated research productivity related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic using the Web of Science database. The relevant data were harvested, and search query was further refined by publication years (2020 OR 2019) and document types (article, book chapter, and proceedings paper). Finally, 6694 records were imported and downloaded in Plaintext and BibTeX formats on August 1, 2020. The data analysis was performed using MS Excel, VOS viewer, and Biblioshiny software. Of the 6694 publications that appeared in that period, the USA and Chinese research institutions topped the numbers. At the same time, the Journal of Medical Virology and CUREUS (Cureus Journal of Medical Science), remained favorite journals for publications. The pattern of multi-author publications has outstripped that of single-authors. Apart from COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus, the important keywords mentioned included pandemic, pneumonia, epidemiology, public health, outbreak, epidemic, China, infection, and treatment. The analysis shows a strong local research response from China, with large teams reporting on the disease outbreak. Subsequent studies will document a global response as the virus spreads worldwide. The initial research related to the current coronavirus outbreak was reported from within China. The data and patterns were supposed to alter as the virus spread globally.
中国武汉爆发的冠状病毒疫情在创纪录的时间内演变成了一场全球大流行。疾病表现和传播机制的信息交流仍然是战胜该病毒并限制其传播至管理能力之外的关键。由于全球范围内对该疾病的高度学术关注和大流行担忧，这项文献计量分析利用科学网数据库调查了与冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行相关的研究产出。收集了相关数据，并通过出版年份（2020年或2019年）和文献类型（文章、书籍章节和会议论文）进一步优化搜索查询。最终，于2020年8月1日以纯文本和BibTeX格式导入并下载了6694条记录。使用MS Excel、VOS viewer和Biblioshiny软件进行数据分析。在该时期出现的6694篇出版物中，美国和中国的研究机构数量位居榜首。同时，《医学病毒学杂志》和《CUREUS》（《Cureus医学科学杂志》）仍然是最受欢迎的出版物期刊。多作者出版物的模式已经超过了单作者出版物。除了COVID-19和新型冠状病毒外，提到的重要关键词还包括大流行、肺炎、流行病学、公共卫生、疫情爆发、流行病、中国、感染和治疗。分析显示中国有强烈的本土研究反应，有大型团队报告疾病爆发情况。随着病毒在全球传播，后续研究将记录全球的反应。与当前冠状病毒爆发相关的最初研究是在中国国内报道的。随着病毒在全球传播，数据和模式应该会发生变化。
