Status of COVID-19 research: an analysis based on articles in the Web of Science database

ABSTRACT

Against the background of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) . in order to further understand and clarify the current global status and hotspots of the COVID-19, this paper is based on the Web of Science database to search for this topic. As of April 30, 2020, the SCI literature in the field of SARS-CoV-2 will be subjected to a metrological analysis to discuss the research focus and research status of SARS-CoV-2. This research analyzed the research situation of this research field through the information acquisition, processing and analysis of SARS - CoV - 2 related literature, and the application of bibliometrics methods. Statistical analysis data and visual data analysis results showed that a total of 1, 523 documents had been searched with "COVID - 19" as the subject term;at the current stage of research, China ranked first in the number of articles published in this field;University of London, Harvard University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology were among the top three institutions in the world in terms of publication volume;sorting out high-frequency key words to identify the research hotspots as COVID-19, SARS and public health. It is found that Chinese scholars have achieved rapid development in the field of "COV ID-19", and they are at the forefront of the world in terms of the influence of articles and the amount of articles published.