COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles
Background: With the surge in the number of infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was also a surge observed in the number of publications discussing its epidemiology, characteristics, path-o-phys-i-ol-o-gy, diagnosis, prevention and treatment. This bibliometric analysis focuses on...
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| description | Background: With the surge in the number of infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was also a surge observed in the number of publications discussing its epidemiology, characteristics, path-o-phys-i-ol-o-gy, diagnosis, prevention and treatment. This bibliometric analysis focuses on the papers published on COVID-19 in South Asia. Methods: We searched articles in the Scopus database from December 2019 to October, 2022. After manual screening, a list of the 100 most-cited articles was obtained, which was analyzed for various factors, including the type of article, citation count, author’s affiliation, country of origin, funding bodies, etc.Results: The majority of the top 100 articles (n=79) in South Asia were published during 2020. India was affiliated with the highest number of articles (n=68), followed by Bangladesh (n=18) and Pakistan (n=12). However, 7 articles were authored by a researcher in Bangladesh. Female authors were under represented (32.38%), with no female author in lists of authors with 4 or more articles. The average number of citations for each of the top 100 most-cited articles was 180.8. Original articles constituted the major portion of the publications (82%), followed by letters (11%) and reviews (4%). Half of the publications belonged to the field of medicine (n=49), while others were contributed by science, psychology, social sciences, and biochemistry and allied sciences (n=8). Vaccine trials were under-represented. Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh was affiliated with the maximum number of articles. Most articles were published in Science of The Total Environment (n=8) while Indian Council of Medical Research (n=4) was the top funding body.Conclusion: These findings highlight that South Asia has a great potential to conduct research addressing its challenging health problems. But lack of funds hinders conducting trials of new medications and vaccines. Thus, there is need for allocation of sufficient funds for research and clinical trials by governments and the private sector to enhance the research productivity of this region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41b06d815df9434e9e6f6839823685762023-09-29T08:38:45ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Hygiene and Infection Control2196-52262023-09-0118Doc2210.3205/dgkh000448COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articlesNaseer, Bisal0Ali, Mohsan1Azhar, Neha2King Edward Medical University, Lahore, PakistanKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, PakistanKhawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, PakistanBackground: With the surge in the number of infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was also a surge observed in the number of publications discussing its epidemiology, characteristics, path-o-phys-i-ol-o-gy, diagnosis, prevention and treatment. This bibliometric analysis focuses on the papers published on COVID-19 in South Asia. Methods: We searched articles in the Scopus database from December 2019 to October, 2022. After manual screening, a list of the 100 most-cited articles was obtained, which was analyzed for various factors, including the type of article, citation count, author’s affiliation, country of origin, funding bodies, etc.Results: The majority of the top 100 articles (n=79) in South Asia were published during 2020. India was affiliated with the highest number of articles (n=68), followed by Bangladesh (n=18) and Pakistan (n=12). However, 7 articles were authored by a researcher in Bangladesh. Female authors were under represented (32.38%), with no female author in lists of authors with 4 or more articles. The average number of citations for each of the top 100 most-cited articles was 180.8. Original articles constituted the major portion of the publications (82%), followed by letters (11%) and reviews (4%). Half of the publications belonged to the field of medicine (n=49), while others were contributed by science, psychology, social sciences, and biochemistry and allied sciences (n=8). Vaccine trials were under-represented. Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh was affiliated with the maximum number of articles. Most articles were published in Science of The Total Environment (n=8) while Indian Council of Medical Research (n=4) was the top funding body.Conclusion: These findings highlight that South Asia has a great potential to conduct research addressing its challenging health problems. But lack of funds hinders conducting trials of new medications and vaccines. Thus, there is need for allocation of sufficient funds for research and clinical trials by governments and the private sector to enhance the research productivity of this region.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2023-18/dgkh000448.shtmlcovid-19coronavirusbibliometric analysiscitationsouth asiapakistanislamic republicbangladeshbhutanindianepalsri lankaafghanistanpemba islandsmaldives |
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| title | COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles |
| title_full | COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles |
| title_short | COVID-19 research in South Asia: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles |
| title_sort | covid 19 research in south asia a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles |
| topic | covid-19 coronavirus bibliometric analysis citation south asia pakistan islamic republic bangladesh bhutan india nepal sri lanka afghanistan pemba islands maldives |
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