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Early Research on COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis.
Gong, Yue; Ma, Ting-Can; Xu, Yang-Yang; Yang, Rui; Gao, Lan-Jun; Wu, Si-Hua; Li, Jing; Yue, Ming-Liang; Liang, Hui-Gang; He, Xiao; Yun, Tao.
  • Gong Y; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
  • Ma TC; Wuhan Library, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430071, China.
  • Xu YY; Department of Library, Information and Archives Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
  • Yang R; China Center for Information Industry Development, Beijing 100036, China.
  • Gao LJ; Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
  • Wu SH; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • Li J; Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, China.
  • Yue ML; Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, China.
  • Liang HG; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • He X; CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
  • Yun T; Wuhan Library, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430071, China.
Innovation (Camb) ; 1(2): 100027, 2020 Aug 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-694046
ABSTRACT
In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia, which was named COVID-2019, emerged as a global health crisis. Scientists worldwide are engaged in attempts to elucidate the transmission and pathogenic mechanisms of the causative coronavirus. COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, making it critical to track and review the state of research on COVID-19 to provide guidance for further investigations. Here, bibliometric and knowledge mapping analyses of studies on COVID-19 were performed, including more than 1,500 papers on COVID-19 available in the PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases from January 1, 2020 to March 8, 2020. In this review, we found that because of the rapid response of researchers worldwide, the number of COVID-19-related publications showed a high growth trend in the first 10 days of February; among these, the largest number of studies originated in China, the country most affected by pandemic in its early stages. Our findings revealed that the epidemic situation and data accessibility of different research teams have caused obvious difference in emphases of the publications. Besides, there was an unprecedented level of close cooperation and information sharing within the global scientific community relative to previous coronavirus research. We combed and drew the knowledge map of the SARS-CoV-2 literature, explored early status of research on etiology, pathology, epidemiology, treatment, prevention, and control, and discussed knowledge gaps that remain to be urgently addressed. Future perspectives on treatment, prevention, and control are also presented to provide fundamental references for current and future coronavirus research.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Etiology study / Reviews Language: English Journal: Innovation (Camb) Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.xinn.2020.100027