The impact of COVID-19 on manuscript submissions to Pediatric Research

COVID-19 Messed Up My Research: Insights from Physical Activity and Nutrition Translational Research

“…During the pandemic, women submitted fewer manuscript than did their male counterparts (9,12). Although overall manuscripts submissions went up during the pandemic, there were more submissions from men than from women (13,14). Although the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found no differences in NIH submissions by sex, submissions between May 1, 2020, and June 5, 2020 were 10% higher than that same time from 2019 (15).…”

The Performance of Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences in 2020 and the Impact of COVID-19 on the Trend of Manuscript Submissions

“…In average, this is a significant increase compared to the preceding years which is presumably due to COVID-19 pandemic when many researchers may be spending more time writing and preparing manuscripts than before the pandemic began. As suggested by Alkhouri et al ( 1 ), COVID-19 may have altered the work focus of some researchers towards manuscript production and publication. This increase also is due to the submission of manuscript related to COVID-19.…”

Pediatric Research and COVID-19: the changed landscape

“…Alkhouri et al 18 have shown a significant increase in publications in Pediatric Research since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and not exclusively related to papers related to COVID-19. Weiner et al 19 in the Pediatric Policy council have highlighted the need for structured training for research and knowledge exchange in disaster medicine and epidemics.…”