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Scientometrics of Coronavirus over the last fifty years in global science publication
Volume 2, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 53 - 65
1 School of Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
2 School of Medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
The global spread of coronavirus has led to significant knowledge in this regard in a reputable international citation database. The present study aimed to monitor, observe, and quantitatively evaluate the above outputs for 50 years in the field of coronavirus. All coronavirus publications (5,128 documents) indexed on the WOS database between 1970 and 2019 are included in this article’s statistical population. Excel 2016 software was used to identify keywords from medical subject headings (MeSH). Publications in global coronavirus science fluctuated in different periods. The highest amount of scientific publications in 2005 (349 documents) and the highest number of citations (11385) are related to 2019. Enjuanes L, USA, and the University of Hong Kong are the world’s most prolific coronavirus scientists, countries, and organizations in the last half-century. Results showed a direct relationship between coronavirus family outbreaks and the number of global publications in this area. The quality of researchers’ products in this field has been influenced by researchers’ scientometric, thought-provoking, and self-citation methods. Knowledge of coronavirus scientometric studies results is essential for researchers and policymakers to identify more appropriate treatment goals, make better decisions, and provide more effective solutions in the shortest possible time.
The global spread of coronavirus has led to significant knowledge in this regard in a reputable international citation database. The present study aimed to monitor, observe, and quantitatively evaluate the above outputs for 50 years in the field of coronavirus. All coronavirus publications (5,128 documents) indexed on the WOS database between 1970 and 2019 are included in this article’s statistical population. Excel 2016 software was used to identify keywords from medical subject headings (MeSH). Publications in global coronavirus science fluctuated in different periods. The highest amount of scientific publications in 2005 (349 documents) and the highest number of citations (11385) are related to 2019. Enjuanes L, USA, and the University of Hong Kong are the world’s most prolific coronavirus scientists, countries, and organizations in the last half-century. Results showed a direct relationship between coronavirus family outbreaks and the number of global publications in this area. The quality of researchers’ products in this field has been influenced by researchers’ scientometric, thought-provoking, and self-citation methods. Knowledge of coronavirus scientometric studies results is essential for researchers and policymakers to identify more appropriate treatment goals, make better decisions, and provide more effective solutions in the shortest possible time.
Keywords :
Coronavirus, COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus infection, Scientometrics
Coronavirus, COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus infection, Scientometrics
