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Bibliometric Analysis of Early COVID-19 Research: The Top 50 Cited Papers.
ElHawary, Hassan; Salimi, Ali; Diab, Nermin; Smith, Lee.
Afiliação
  • ElHawary H; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Salimi A; Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Diab N; Division of Respirology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Smith L; The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Infect Dis (Auckl) ; 13: 1178633720962935, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33110348
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving with the number of cases exponentially rising. The research scientific community has reacted promptly as evidenced by an outstanding number of COVID-19 related publications. As the number of scientific publications rapidly rises, there is a need to dissect the factors that lead to highly impactful publications. To that end, the present paper summarizes the characteristics of the top 50 cited COVID-19-related publications that emerged early during the pandemic. METHODS: A systematic search of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar was performed, using keywords related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-19. Two independent authors reviewed all the search results, screening for the top 50 cited COVID-19-related articles. Inclusion criteria comprised any publication on COVID-19 or the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Data extracted included the type of study, journal, number of citations, number of authors, country of publication, and study content. RESULTS: As of May 29th, the top 50 cited articles were cited 63849 times during the last 4 months. On average, 14 authors contributed to each publication. Over half of the identified articles were published in only 3 journals. Furthermore, 42% and 26% of the identified articles were retrospective case series and correspondence/viewpoints, respectively, while only 1 article was a randomized controlled trial. In terms of content, almost half (48%) of the identified publications reported clinical/radiological findings while only 7 out of the 50 articles investigated potential treatments. CONCLUSION: By highlighting the characteristics of the top 50 cited COVID-19-related articles, the authors hope to disseminate information that could assist researchers to identify the important topics, study characteristics, and gaps in the literature.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article