Department of Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry, India.
Cataract, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Squint Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 May;70(5):1522-1532. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2301_21.
To perform a comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 publications published in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO) during the two years of the pandemic and to study their impact on ophthalmic literature.
: A retrospective analysis was performed of all expedited COVID-19 articles published in IJO from April 2020 to March 2022. The data was obtained from the official website of IJO, editor IJO monthly emails, and PubMed database. The data was then extracted as XML into Microsoft Access for scientometric analysis. The expedited articles were segregated into different categories: original, review, case report/series, letter to the editor, commentary, current ophthalmology, consensus criteria, perspective, innovations, ophthalmic images, photoessays, research methodology, and surgical techniques. The monthly data was analyzed and COVID-19 articles were assessed for subspecialty-wise distribution, number of citations, monthly growth rate, and their impact on ophthalmic literature.
A total of 431 COVID-19 related articles were published during the study period. The majority of the articles were letters to the editor (158, 36.65%) followed by original articles (97, 22.50%), and commentaries (53, 12.29%). The least were perspectives and ophthalmic images (2, 0.46%) each followed by consensus criteria (1, 0.23%). The maximum publications came in July 2020 (44, 10.20%) followed by December 2021 (37, 8.58%) and October 2021 (36, 8.35%), and the least were in April 2020 (1, 0.23%). Considering subspecialty, a majority of the articles were related to general ophthalmology (156, 36.19%), and the least was in oncology (2, 0.46%). The maximum number of citations were attracted by original articles (97, 1146 (11.81)), which were approximately 1.5 times higher than the letters to the editor (158, 743 (4.70)) and 3 times higher than review articles (9, 387 (43)). Among specialties, the maximum number of citations were gathered by general ophthalmology (156, 1320 (8.46)) followed by oculoplasty (36, 592 (16.44)) due to the concurrent mucormycosis epidemic.
: IJO opened a window of opportunity for authors by publishing quality expedited articles. Evidence-based orbital mucormycosis and general ophthalmology publications gathered most of the attention due to their heterogeneous presentation. The peak of the first wave (June-July 2020) and the October and December 2021 issues had maximum number of COVID-19 articles.
对《印度眼科杂志》（IJO）在大流行的两年中发表的所有 COVID-19 出版物进行全面分析，并研究其对眼科文献的影响。
对 2020 年 4 月至 2022 年 3 月期间在 IJO 上发表的所有加速 COVID-19 文章进行回顾性分析。数据来自 IJO 的官方网站、IJO 每月电子邮件和 PubMed 数据库。然后将数据提取为 XML 并输入 Microsoft Access 进行科学计量分析。加速文章分为不同类别：原始文章、综述、病例报告/系列、给编辑的信、评论、当前眼科、共识标准、观点、创新、眼科图像、照片文章、研究方法和手术技术。每月分析数据，并评估 COVID-19 文章在专业领域的分布、引用次数、每月增长率及其对眼科文献的影响。
在研究期间共发表了 431 篇与 COVID-19 相关的文章。大多数文章是给编辑的信（158 篇，占 36.65%），其次是原始文章（97 篇，占 22.50%）和评论（53 篇，占 12.29%）。最少的是观点和眼科图像（各 2 篇，占 0.46%），其次是共识标准（1 篇，占 0.23%）。最多的出版物出现在 2020 年 7 月（44 篇，占 10.20%），其次是 2021 年 12 月（37 篇，占 8.58%）和 2021 年 10 月（36 篇，占 8.35%），最少的是 2020 年 4 月（1 篇，占 0.23%）。考虑到专业领域，大多数文章与普通眼科（156 篇，占 36.19%）有关，最少的是肿瘤学（2 篇，占 0.46%）。原始文章吸引了最多的引用（97 篇，1146 篇（11.81%）），大约是给编辑的信（158 篇，743 篇（4.70%））的 1.5 倍，是综述文章（9 篇，387 篇（43%））的 3 倍。在专业领域，普通眼科（156 篇，1320 篇（8.46%））吸引了最多的引用，其次是整形外科学（36 篇，592 篇（16.44%）），因为同时发生了毛霉菌病流行。
IJO 通过发表高质量的加速文章为作者提供了机会。基于证据的眼眶毛霉菌病和普通眼科出版物因其异质性表现而引起了大多数关注。第一波高峰（2020 年 6 月至 7 月）和 2021 年 10 月和 12 月的问题有最多的 COVID-19 文章。
