Global Trends of the Researches on COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis via VOSviewer

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 201 - 216, 30.12.2020

Mustafa Kaya , Elif Erbay

Abstract

Introduction: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was detected in Wuhan, China, and has spread rapidly all over the world. This rapid spread led to an increase in the number of studies on the subject. Aim: This study aims to make a retrospective analysis of the publications on coronavirus infection emerging in Wuhan, China on December 8, 2019, spreading to the world and being announced as a pandemic. Method: Web of Science database was scanned using the keywords “Coronavirus, COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus disease, 2019 novel coronavirus infection, 2019-nCoV disease, 2019-nCoV infection, coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus disease-19” on the studies published between January 1 and April 30, 2020. Identification and analysis of the data were based on criteria such as countries, publications, authors, journals, institutions, cited references, and some relationships between these variables. Descriptive features of publications were analyzed in Microsoft Excel. Analysis and visualization of some selected criteria were carried out through the VOSviewer and the ArcGIS. Findings: 1782 papers that were published between January 1 and April 30, 2020, were included in the study. The present study highlighted that there is strong author collaboration around the world and also a great number of funding agencies contributing to the fight against the pandemic. Conclusion: Through the bibliographic matching method used to form clusters of publications, the main focus and major topics in these publications were highlighted. This study once again emphasized that the researches on COVID-19 are a really important key to ending this pandemic.

Keywords

COVID-19, Coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, Bibliometric analysis

Global Trends of the Researches on COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis via VOSviewer

Abstract

Giriş: Çin'in Wuhan kentinde tespit edilen Coronavirüs (2019-nCoV) tüm dünyaya hızla yayıldı. Bu hızlı yayılım konu hakkında yapılan çalışmaların sayısının da artmasına yol açtı. Amaç: Bu çalışmada, 8 Aralık 2019 tarihinde Çin'in Wuhan kentinde ortaya çıkan, dünyaya yayılan ve pandemi olarak ilan edilen koronavirüs enfeksiyonu ile ilgili yayınların geriye dönük bir analizini yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Yöntem: “Coronavirus, COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus disease, 2019 novel coronavirus infection, 2019-nCoV disease, 2019-nCoV infection, coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus disease-19” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak Web of Science veri tabanında 1 Ocak ve 30 Nisan 2020 tarihleri arasında yayınlanan çalışmalar taranmıştır. Verilerin tanımlanması ve analizi ülkeler, yayınlar, yazarlar, dergiler, kurumlar, alıntı yapılan referanslar ve bu değişkenler arasındaki bazı ilişkiler gibi kriterlere göre yapılmıştır. Yayınlara dair tanımlayıcı özellikler Microsoft Excel kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Seçilen bazı kriterlerin analizi ve görselleştirilmesi VOSviewer ve ArcGIS aracılığıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmaya, belirlenen tarihler arasında yayınlanan 1782 makale dahil edilmiştir. Çalışma, dünya çapında güçlü bir yazar iş birliği olduğunu ve pandemi ile mücadeleye katkıda bulunan çok sayıda finansman kuruluşunun olduğunu göstermiştir. Sonuç: Yayın kümelerini oluşturmak için kullanılan bibliyografik eşleştirme yöntemi aracılığıyla, bu yayınlarda yer alan temel odak ve ana konular vurgulanmıştır. Bu çalışma COVID-19 ile ilgili araştırmaların pandemiyi sona erdirmede önemli bir anahtar olduğunu vurgulamıştır.

Keywords

COVID-19, Coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, Bibliometric analysis

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