Bibliometric method for mapping the state of the art of scientific production in Covid-19

Mohadab, Mohamed El; Bouikhalene, Belaid; Safi, Saïd

doi:10.1016/j.chaos.2020.110052

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“…There are five WoS subject categories (Medicine General & Internal, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology) shared by the thematic core of eight studied pandemics. COVID-19 research hotspots have dealt with molecular virology, immunogenetics, epidemiology, medicine, imaging, pharmacology, environmental sciences, economics, anthropology, social sciences, philosophy, ethics, and other disciplines (El Mohadab, Bouikhalene, and Safi, 2020). Our bibliometric analysis demonstrated the growing thematic expansion with COVID-19.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Most of them include traditional bibliometric indicators, such as main contributing authors, journals, institutions, and countries (Chahrour et al, 2020;Darsono, Rohmana, and Busro, 2020;De Felice and Polimeni, 2020;Dehghanbanadaki et al, 2020;Kambhampati and Vaish, 2020). Thematic clusters have been identified through mapping techniques according to keywords co-occurrence, co-citation patterns, or international collaborations (El Mohadab, Bouikhalene, and Safi, 2020;Hamidah, Sriyono and Hudha, 2020;Herrera-Viedma et al, 2020). A few of them have compared bibliometric patterns of epidemic/pandemic diseases (Tao et al, 2020;Zhai et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020;Zhou and Chen, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The multidisciplinary nature of COVID-19 research

Jorge

García-García

Galbán-Rodríguez

et al. 2020

Iberoam J Sci Meas Comm

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Objective. We analyzed the scientific output after COVID-19 and contrasted it with studies published in the aftermath of seven epidemics/pandemics: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Influenza A virus H5N1 and Influenza A virus H1N1 human infections, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Ebola virus disease, Zika virus disease, and Dengue. Design/Methodology/Approach. We examined bibliometric measures for COVID-19 and the rest of the studied epidemics/pandemics. Data were extracted from Web of Science, using its journal classification scheme as a proxy to quantify the multidisciplinary coverage of scientific output. We proposed a novel Thematic Dispersion Index (TDI) for the analysis of pandemic early stages. Results/Discussion. The literature on the seven epidemics/pandemics before COVID-19 has shown explosive growth of the scientific production and continuous impact during the first three years following each emergence or re-emergence of the specific infectious disease. A subsequent decline was observed with the progressive control of each health emergency. We observed an unprecedented growth in COVID-19 scientific production. TDI measured for COVID-19 (29,4) in just six months, was higher than TDI of the rest (7,5 to 21) during the first three years after epidemic initiation. Conclusions. COVID-19 literature showed the broadest subject coverage, which is clearly a consequence of its social, economic, and political impact. The proposed indicator (TDI), allowed the study of multidisciplinarity, differentiating the thematic complexity of COVID-19 from the previous seven epidemics/pandemics. Originality/Value. The multidisciplinary nature and thematic complexity of COVID-19 research were successfully analyzed through a scientometric perspective.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The multidisciplinary nature of COVID-19 research

Jorge

García-García

Galbán-Rodríguez

et al. 2020

Iberoam J Sci Meas Comm

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“…By looking at bibliometric studies conducted earlier on COVID-19, statistics indicate that there has been an exponential increase in the number of publications since the discovery of COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, the bibliometric work of Mohadab et al ( 2020 ) conducted on COVID-2019 on May 2020 is based on 10,228 documents extracted from Scopus database, while the work of Zyoud and Al-Jabi ( 2020 ) on June 2020 is based on 19,044 documents collected from the same database. This exponential increase is attributed to fostering of research and developments on COVID-19 which became a priority at the agenda of policy makers and scientists in different fields of science.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An exponential growth in publications on COVID-19 has been documented by the latest statistics (Mohadab et al 2020). These publications provide a comprehensive overview of multidisciplinary research in relation to COVID-19 in different fields of science.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In relation to COVID-19, different bibliometric studies have been conducted at global level considering all fields of science (Kambhampati et al 2020;Lou et al 2020;Mao et al 2020;Mohadab et al 2020;Zyoud and Al-Jabi 2020). Other studies were at regional or country level (i.e., in Latin America and India) (Gallegos et al 2020;Raju and Patil 2020), in a specific filed of science (i.e., in the field of business and management) (Verma and Gustafsson 2020), comparison between English and Chinese studies (Fan et al 2020), or in a collection of a specific sources (i.e., nursing sources) (Oh and Kim 2020).…”

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Coronavirus disease-19 in environmental fields: a bibliometric and visualization mapping analysis

Zyoud

2020

Environ Dev Sustain

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A coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus has appeared in China by the end of 2019 and later recognized as a global pandemic. This pandemic has evolved as a global public health menace. It has affected every aspect of human life. In line with these concerns, governments and the scientific community react promptly to the outbreak of this pandemic. These efforts are devoted to develop vaccine and curative medicines. Further efforts are dedicated to assessing the impacts of the pandemic in relation to socioeconomic, psychological, and environmental dimensions. In this regard, it is important to follow up developments and research activities on this global issue. The present work intended to tracking the current hotspots and research trends on COVID-19 in environmental fields. Bibliometric analysis and visualization mapping were utilized with the objective of revealing and evaluating the developments in knowledge on COVID-2019 and its impacts based on a collection of environmental sources. A sum of 729 documents were collected from Scopus database limiting to environmental sources only. Of all these publications, 563 (77.2%) were articles, 56 (7.7%) were reviews, and 110 (15.0%) were others. China has the highest share of publications (163; 22.4%). It is followed by the USA (139; 19.15), and Italy (110; 15.1%). Most publications on COVID-19 were in prestigious journals. The most productive institution at global level was Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (24 documents; 3.3%). The most prevalent topics are in relation to impacts of the pandemic on air quality, mental health, psychological, and economic aspects. The development of these topics is based on cross-sectional studies, evidence-based tools, remote sensing, satellite mapping, geographic information systems, market analysis and sampling. The progress of environmental research on COVID-19 will guide the development of global environmental strategies to control future global environmental risks.

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