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Demeng Xia1,2, Renqi Yao3,4, Sheng Wang1

  • 1Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Frontiers in Public Health
|September 9, 2021
PubMed

Insights

This bibliometric analysis reveals China

Area of Science:

  • Bibliometrics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred extensive global research.
  • A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 clinical research is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 publications from 2020.
  • To identify key research trends, influential publications, and institutions in COVID-19 clinical research.

Main Methods:

  • Data extracted from Web of Science (WOS) for January-December 2020.
  • Bibliometric analysis performed using VOSviewer and CiteSpace.
  • Clinical trial data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov.

Main Results:

  • China led in publications, citations, and H-index.
  • Journal of Medical Virology published the most articles.
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology and researcher JW Wang were highly productive and cited.

Conclusions:

  • Diagnosis, prevention, and prognosis remain key research areas.
  • Epidemiology and statistics highlight emerging topics.
  • Effective treatment development is the primary focus of ongoing clinical trials.

Keywords:
COVID-19bibliometricscitation frequencyclinical researchpublications

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