Intricate scientometric analysis and citation trend of COVID-19-related publications in Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic

Kaur, Kirandeep; Gurnani, Bharat

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_829_21

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“…Several studies have been conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the number of non-COVID-19 publications in areas such as pathology, clinical research and ophthalmology. [17][18][19][20] The influence on increasing JIFs due to COVID-19 has been documented in some infectious disease journals and medical journals of highest rank or even beyond. 11 21-23 It is noted that global health research initiatives have been increasing for the last two decades.…”

Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

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The impact of COVID-19 on global health journals: an analysis of impact factor and publication trends

Liu

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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BackgroundCOVID-19 has affected research productivity across all areas of knowledge. Current evidence suggests that COVID-19 has had a blockbuster effect on journal impact factors (JIFs) and publication trends, while little is known on global health journals.MethodsTwenty global health journals were included to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on their JIFs and publication trends. Indicator data, including numbers of publications, citations, articles with different types, etc, were extracted from journal websites and Web of Science Core Collection database. The JIFs from 2019 to 2021 were simulated for longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses. Interrupted time-series analysis and non-parametric tests were applied to assess whether COVID-19 had decreased non-COVID-19 publications from January 2018 to June 2022.ResultsIn 2020, 615 out of 3223 publications were COVID-19 related, accounting for 19.08%. The simulated JIFs of 17 out of 20 journals in 2021 were higher than those in 2019 and 2020. Notably, 18 out of 20 journals had a decrease in their simulated JIFs after excluding COVID-19-related publications. Moreover, 10 out of 20 journals decreased their monthly numbers of non-COVID-19 publications after the COVID-19 outbreak. For all the 20 journals as a whole, after the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020, the total number of non-COVID-19 publications significantly decreased by 14.2 compared with the previous month (p=0.013), and since then, on average, the publications had decreased by 0.6 per month until June 2022 (p<0.001).ConclusionsCOVID-19 has impacted the structure of COVID-19-related publications, the JIFs of global health journals and their numbers of non-COVID-19 publications. Although journals may benefit from increased JIFs, global health journals should avoid relying on a single metric. More follow-up studies including more years of data with a combination of metrics should be conducted to generate more robust evidence.

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Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%