Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jul;167(1):65-72. doi: 10.1177/01945998211041933. Epub 2021 Sep 7.
To assess the high-volume 2020 COVID-19-related surgical literature, with special attention to otolaryngology articles in regard to content, level of evidence, citations, and public attention.
A scoping literature review was performed with PubMed and Web of Science, including articles pertaining to COVID-19 and surgical specialties (March 20-May 19, 2020) or otolaryngologic subspecialties (March 20-December 31, 2020).
Scoping literature review.
Otolaryngology-specific COVID-19-related articles were reviewed for publication date, county of origin, subspecialty, content, level of evidence, and Altmetric Attention Score (a weighted approximation of online attention received). Data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficients, analysis of variance, independent tests, and univariable and logistic regressions.
This review included 773 early COVID-19 surgical articles and 907 otolaryngology-specific COVID-19-related articles from 2020. Otolaryngology was the most represented surgical specialty within the early COVID-19-related surgical literature (30.4%). The otolaryngology-specific COVID-19 surgical literature responsively reflects the unique concerns within each otolaryngologic subspecialty. Although this literature was largely based on expert opinion (64.5%), articles with stronger levels of evidence received significantly more citations (on Web of Science and Google Scholar, < .001 for both) and public attention (according to Altmetric Attention Scores, < .001).
Despite concerns of a surge in underrefereed publications during the COVID-19 pandemic, our review of the surgical literature offers some degree of reassurance. Specifically, the COVID-19 otolaryngology literature responsively reflects the unique concerns and needs of the field, and more scholarly citations and greater online attention have been given to articles offering stronger levels of scientific evidence.
评估 2020 年与 COVID-19 相关的大量外科文献，特别关注耳鼻喉科文章在内容、证据水平、引用和公众关注度方面的情况。
使用 PubMed 和 Web of Science 进行了范围广泛的文献回顾，包括与 COVID-19 相关的外科专业（2020 年 3 月 20 日至 5 月 19 日）或耳鼻喉科亚专业（2020 年 3 月 20 日至 12 月 31 日）的文章。
范围广泛的文献回顾。
回顾了耳鼻喉科特定的 COVID-19 相关文章的出版日期、原籍国、亚专业、内容、证据水平和 Altmetric 关注度得分（一种在线关注度的加权近似值）。使用 Pearson 相关系数、方差分析、独立 t 检验、单变量和逻辑回归分析数据。
本综述包括 773 篇早期 COVID-19 外科文章和 907 篇 2020 年耳鼻喉科特定 COVID-19 相关文章。耳鼻喉科是早期 COVID-19 相关外科文献中最具代表性的外科专业（30.4%）。耳鼻喉科特定的 COVID-19 外科文献及时反映了每个耳鼻喉科亚专业的独特关注点。尽管该文献主要基于专家意见（64.5%），但具有更高证据水平的文章获得了更多的引用（在 Web of Science 和 Google Scholar 上，均 <.001）和公众关注度（根据 Altmetric 关注度得分，均 <.001）。
尽管人们担心在 COVID-19 大流行期间会出现未经审查的出版物激增，但我们对外科文献的回顾提供了一定程度的保证。具体来说，COVID-19 耳鼻喉科文献及时反映了该领域的独特关注点和需求，并且提供更强有力科学证据的文章获得了更多的学术引用和更大的在线关注度。
