College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Ermita, Manila, Philippines.
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The publications on COVID-19 have tremendously increased. Thus, there is a need to summarize and curate this evidence from the literature. This study determined the characteristics and trends of published articles about COVID-19 in Southeast Asia (SEA) through a bibliometric analysis.
A systematic review of literature on COVID-19 in SEA countries was performed using the Scopus database from 2020 to August 2021. Bibliometric information was obtained from Scopus and network visualization was conducted using VOSviewer software.
A total of 706 articles were obtained in this study. The number of publications increased exponentially from 2020 up to present. Most of the research outputs were produced by authors and institutions from Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The other countries with highest cases of COVID-19 in SEA such as Indonesia and Philippines have lower scientific output in this field. GDP, research and development expenditure, number of researchers and physicians, and international collaborations were significantly correlated to research productivity in COVID-19 in SEA.
This study showed the trends and gaps for research in SEA and the facilitators of research productivity in COVID-19. SEA countries should consider increasing the support for COVID-19 research to generate knowledge that can be used in controlling COVID-19 in the region.
关于 COVID-19 的出版物大量增加。因此，需要从文献中总结和整理这些证据。本研究通过文献计量学分析，确定了东南亚（SEA）地区关于 COVID-19 的已发表文章的特征和趋势。
使用 Scopus 数据库对 2020 年至 2021 年 8 月期间 SEA 国家的 COVID-19 文献进行了系统回顾。从 Scopus 获得文献计量信息，并使用 VOSviewer 软件进行网络可视化。
本研究共获得 706 篇文章。出版物数量从 2020 年开始呈指数级增长。大部分研究成果是由马来西亚、新加坡和泰国的作者和机构产生的。东南亚其他 COVID-19 病例较多的国家，如印度尼西亚和菲律宾，在该领域的科学产出较低。国内生产总值、研发支出、研究人员和医生数量以及国际合作与 SEA 地区 COVID-19 研究的生产力显著相关。
本研究显示了 SEA 地区研究的趋势和差距，以及 COVID-19 研究生产力的促进因素。SEA 国家应考虑增加对 COVID-19 研究的支持，以产生可用于控制该地区 COVID-19 的知识。
