TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klingelhöfer, Doris
A1  - Braun, Markus
A1  - Brüggmann, Dörthe
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
T1  - The pandemic year 2020: world map of coronavirus research
T2  - Journal of medical internet research
N2  - Background: SARS-CoV-2 is one of the most threatening pandemics in human history. As of the date of this analysis, it had claimed about 2 million lives worldwide, and the number is rising sharply. Governments, societies, and scientists are equally challenged under this burden. Objective: This study aimed to map global coronavirus research in 2020 according to various influencing factors to highlight incentives or necessities for further research. Methods: The application of established and advanced bibliometric methods combined with the visualization technique of density-equalizing mapping provided a global picture of incentives and efforts on coronavirus research in 2020. Countries’ funding patterns and their epidemiological and socioeconomic characteristics as well as their publication performance data were included. Results: Research output exploded in 2020 with momentum, including citation and networking parameters. China and the United States were the countries with the highest publication performance. Globally, however, publication output correlated significantly with COVID-19 cases. Research funding has also increased immensely. Conclusions: Nonetheless, the abrupt decline in publication efforts following previous coronavirus epidemics should demonstrate to global researchers that they should not lose interest even after containment, as the next epidemiological challenge is certain to come. Validated reporting worldwide and the inclusion of low-income countries are additionally important for a successful future research strategy.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - SARS-CoV-2
KW  - incidence
KW  - research funding
KW  - socioeconomic factors
KW  - bibliometrics
KW  - bibliometric analysis
KW  - global health
KW  - public health
KW  - health database
KW  - online research
KW  - research database
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62731
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-627318
SN  - 1438-8871
VL  - 23
IS  - 9, art. e30692
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
PB  - Healthcare World
CY  - Richmond, Va.
ER  -