Assessing the Coronavirus Research Output: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the bibliometric analysis of global publication output on coronavirus, as covered in Web of Science during the period from 2000 to 2019. A total of 10,861 documents were found during a 20-year period spanning from 2000 to 2019 published in the ISI Web of Science. The study analyses annual productivity, most productive source titles, prolific countries, eminent institutions, linguistic analysis and productivity of authors and their contribution in the subject area. The findings reveal that the most productive year of publication was 2004 that included 782 publications with the majority published in the Journal of Virology. The result further indicates that the USA, China and Germany are the most productive countries in the field of Coronavirus research output. In terms of institutional output, University of Hong Kong emerged as the most productive institution; Yuen KY from Hong Kong is the most prolific author. In the subject category type, the most prominent subject field is Virology, Infectious Disease and Veterinary Science. The findings of the study are limited to the data harvested from ‘Web of Science’. This study is of immense relevance to researchers and academicians who are searching for answers to this pandemic. This will provide insights to academicians to collaborate with other researchers based on the quality of the research produced by other countries and institutes. The study is useful for researchers, immunologists and epidemiologists who are interested in the field of Coronavirus and serves as a base for future research.

Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of Global Coronavirus Research Trends Before COVID-19: Prospects and Implications for COVID-19 Research

“…All 17 bibliometric analyses were published in 2020 and included between 641 and 15,207 primary studies ( Table 4 ). Two included articles from India ( 26 , 38 ), one from Spain ( 34 ), one from Turkey ( 27 ), two from Israel ( 9 , 31 ), and the remaining 7 reports were from China ( Appendix , Supplementary Table 4 ). All the 13 included articles were published in journals with IF from 0 to 5.993 ( Appendix , Supplementary Table 4 ).…”

“…A total of 17 (9,11,26,27,(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38) CoV-related bibliometric analyses from 13 articles were included, of which one study (27) conducted five bibliometric analyses. All 17 bibliometric analyses were published in 2020 and included between 641 and 15,207 primary studies (Table 4).…”

“…In terms of countries, 6 bibliometric analyses (30,32,33,(36)(37)(38) reported the total number of CoV-related research by country (78-219), and nearly all of them listed the top 20 most-publications countries countries. In 16 of the 17 bibliometric analyses (9,11,26,27,30,(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38) it was indicated that the USA had the largest number of CoVrelated publications, followed by China, and their cooperative network diagram showed the most frequent cooperation occurred in the USA and China (Table 4, Appendix, Supplementary Table 5).…”

COVID 19 and the Business Management Crisis: An Empirical Study in SMEs

“…A pioneering empirical study on the consequences of this pandemic for firms was carried out by Kraus et al [7], with the results being obtained from firms based in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, through semi-structured interviews (27). The researchers concluded that family firms showed a decisive and quick response capacity to the rapid changes occurring in the course of this pandemic, namely by implementing precautionary measures to lessen contagion and safeguard their business activities for the future as well as possible.…”

“…It is therefore important to determine the efficacy of government measures proposed to ensure firms' survival during this lockdown [4,26]. Lastly, Ali, Hakak, and Amin [27] have also advocated that it is essential to understand all the implications of this pandemic from various perspectives. In addition, the same authors noticed in their study that the business and management area is not in the top ten topics of research on COVID-19.…”