Research Progress of Coronavirus Based on Bibliometric Analysis

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 3766
• Main Authors: Zhai, Fei, Zhai, Yuxuan, Cong, Chuang, Song, Tingyan, Xiang, Rongwu, Feng, Tianyi, Liang, Zhengxuan, Zeng, Ya, Yang, Jing, Yang, Jie, Liang, Jiankun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26-05-2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Bibliometrics; Biochemistry; Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data; Citations; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Cooperation; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Databases, Factual; Drug development; Drugs; Epidemics; Funding; Hirsch index; Humans; Immunology; Infectious diseases; International cooperation; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Molecular biology; Pandemics; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Publications - statistics & numerical data; Research facilities; Research institutions; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Vaccines; Veterinary medicine; Virology; Viruses; Saudi Arabia; Canada; Netherlands; Singapore; United States > US; China; Taiwan; France; Germany; COVID-19; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; bibliometrics
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17113766

COVID-19 has become one of the most serious global epidemics in the 21st Century. This study aims to explore the distribution of research capabilities of countries, institutions, and researchers, and the hotspots and frontiers of coronavirus research in the past two decades. In it, references for funding support of urgent projects and international cooperation among research institutions are provided.
the Web of Science core collection database was used to retrieve the documents related to coronavirus published from 2003 to 2020. Citespace.5.6.R2, VOSviewer1.6.12, and Excel 2016 were used for bibliometric analysis.
11,036 documents were retrieved, of which China and the United States have contributed the most coronavirus studies, Hong Kong University being the top contributor. Regarding journals, the
has contributed the most, while in terms of researchers, Yuen Kwok Yung has made the most contributions. The proportion of documents published by international cooperation has been rising for decades. Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 are under development, and clinical trials of several drugs are ongoing.
international cooperation is an important way to accelerate research progress and achieve success. Developing corresponding vaccines and drugs are the current hotspots and research directions.