Maniu Ionela, Maniu George, Totan Maria
Mathematics and Informatics Department, Research Center in Informatics and Information Technology, Faculty of Sciences, "Lucian Blaga" University, 5-7 Ion Ratiu Str., 550025 Sibiu, Romania.
Pediatric Research Department, Clinical Pediatric Hospital, 2-4 Pompeiu Onofreiu Str., 550166 Sibiu, Romania.
J Clin Med. 2022 Oct 11;11(20):5987. doi: 10.3390/jcm11205987.
The literature on the COVID-19 landscape has rapidly expanded in the pandemic period. The current study undertakes a bibliometric analysis of research in the topic of the clinical and laboratory characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 cases. Our aim is to perform a comprehensive bibliometric review of current research trends and patterns of this research domain. Publications retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection and VOSviewer were used for analysis and network visualization. We analyzed geographical distribution and temporal trends, collaboration and citation patterns of authors, institutions, and countries, and core research themes from co-occurrence of keywords and terms. The analysis showed that contributions in the research field were from 302 publications, 1104 institutions, 62 countries, and 172 journals. Many publications were authored by American and Chinese authors, and many were published in the , , and . The top cited and co-cited journals were the , , , , and . The network visualization maps of keywords and terms offered a global overview of the clinical and laboratory characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 patients. The bibliometric profile of the researched domain, based on analyzing a large collection of publications/data, could (i) enrich the researchers and non-researchers understanding of the field existing patterns and trends, and (ii) be useful in clinical practice (diagnostic and management) and public health policy.
在新冠疫情期间，关于新冠病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的文献迅速增加。本研究对儿科COVID-19病例临床和实验室特征主题的研究进行了文献计量分析。我们的目的是对该研究领域当前的研究趋势和模式进行全面的文献计量综述。从科学网核心合集（Web of Science Core Collection）和VOSviewer检索到的出版物用于分析和网络可视化。我们分析了地理分布和时间趋势、作者、机构和国家的合作与引用模式，以及关键词共现的核心研究主题。分析表明，该研究领域的贡献来自302篇出版物、1104个机构、62个国家和172种期刊。许多出版物由美国和中国作者撰写，且许多发表在《 》《 》和《 》上。被引次数和共被引次数最多的期刊是《 》《 》《 》《 》和《 》。关键词网络可视化地图提供了儿科COVID-19患者临床和实验室特征的全局概述。基于对大量出版物/数据的分析，该研究领域的文献计量概况能够（i）丰富研究人员和非研究人员对该领域现有模式和趋势的理解，并且（ii）对临床实践（诊断和管理）及公共卫生政策有用。
