Analysis of the global situation of COVID-19 research based on bibliometrics
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Analysis of the global situation of COVID‑19 research based on bibliometrics Fan Yang1,2† , Shuaijie Zhang1,2†, Qing Wang1,2, Qi Zhang2, Junming Han1,2, Lijie Wang1,2, Xinying Wu1,2 and Fuzhong Xue1,2*
Abstract With the rapid global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have contributed several important advances. The WHO and countries with severe outbreaks have developed diagnosis and treatment guidelines. Here, we analyze the current transformation and application of scientific research to global epidemic prevention and control. We described and analyzed current COVID-19 research from the perspectives of international cooperation, interdisciplinary cooperation, and research hotspots using a bibliometric clustering algorithm. Using the diagnosis and treatment guidelines of the WHO and the United States and China as examples, we evaluate the transformation of scientific results from basic research to applications. Scientific research results that have not yet been incorporated into these guidelines are summarized to encourage updates and improvements by applying scientific research to prevention and control. COVID-19 has fostered interdisciplinary cooperative research, and the current results are mainly focused on the origin, epidemiological characteristics, clinical research, and diagnosis and treatment methods for the virus. Due to the ongoing publication of new research, diagnosis and treatment guidelines are constantly improving. However, some research gaps still exist, and some results have not yet been incorporated into the guidelines. The current research is still in the preliminary exploratory stage, and some problems, such as weak international cooperation, unbalanced interdisciplinary cooperation, and the lack of coordination between research and applications, exist. Therefore, countries around the world must improve the International Public Health Emergency Management System and prepare for major public health emergencies in the future. Keywords: COVID-19, Bibliometrics, Diagnosis and treatment guidelines, Global epidemic Introduction In early 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak began in China and quickly spread around the world. This epidemic has tested the construction of global emergency management and major epidemic prevention control mechanisms. Facing the grim situation of the spread of the epidemic throughout the world, researchers have conducted multicountry, multidisciplinary and comprehensive joint research studies to examine the problems related to the epidemic that require solutions. The epidemic prevention and control model, which has been transformed by research and use, has played *Correspondence: [email protected] † Shuaijie Zhang contributed equally to this work with Fan Yang. 2 Institute for Medical Dataology, Shandong University, Jinan 250002, Shandong, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
an important role in this epidemic. The WHO notes that research can
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