SynthesisWellcome open research2020
A living mapping review for COVID-19 funded research projects: final (27 month) update.
Synthesis in Wellcome open research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A living mapping review for COVID-19 funded research projects: final (27 month) update.Wellcome open research · 2020Pooled it
- On the Unfairness of the 'Fair-share Principle' for Health Research.Public health ethics · 2026Article
- Health research versus the virus: strengthening systems, saving lives.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Research prioritisation in preparedness for and response to outbreaks of high-consequence pathogens: a scoping review.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Demographic disparities in access to COVID-19 clinical trial sites across the United States: a geospatial analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Long Covid: a global health issue - a prospective, cohort study set in four continents.BMJ global health · 2024Observational
- A living critical interpretive synthesis to yield a framework on the production and dissemination of living evidence syntheses for decision-making.Implementation science : IS · 2024Review
- Lessons learnt from developing and applying research priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections from the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R).BMJ global health · 2024Article
- The Intersections of COVID-19 Global Health Governance and Population Health Priorities: Equity-Related Lessons Learned From Canada and Selected G20 Countries.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- A protocol for a living mapping review of global research funding for infectious diseases with a pandemic potential - Pandemic PACT.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
- Mapping regional funding for COVID-19 research in the Asia-Pacific region.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Discrepancies among Scopus and Web of Science, coverage of funding information in medical journal articles: a follow-up study.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2023Article
- Funding and COVID-19 research in Africa: two years on, are the research needs of Africa being met?Open research Africa · 2023Article
- Tapping into the minds and hearts of the local public health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2022Article
- Review
- Between division and connection: a qualitative study of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on social relationships in the United Kingdom.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
- "Like a wake-up call for humankind": Views, challenges, and coping strategies related to public health measures during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Thailand.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Prioritization of operational research questions on COVID-19 vaccination in the African Region.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Enabling evidence to tackle everyday diseases to mitigate another pandemic.Gates open research · 2022Article
- Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries.Journal of global health · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in an unprecedented research response, demonstrating exceptional examples of rapid research and collaboration. There has however been an ongoing need for greater coordination, with limited resources for research and the shifting global pandemic.
methodsThe UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R), two funder coordination groups have collaborated to develop a live database of funded research projects across the world relating to COVID-19. Drawing data continually from their members and further global funding bodies, as of 15th October 2022 the database contains 20,006 projects, funded by 351 funders, taking place across 157 countries representing an investment of at least $7.4 billion. To our knowledge it is one of the most comprehensive databases. The database is aligned to the World Health Organisation and GloPID-R Global Research Roadmap: 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery. It is being used by the WHO, governments and further policy makers, research funders and researchers. This living mapping review aims to supplement the database by providing an open, accessible, and frequently updated resource summarising the characteristics of the COVID-19 funded research portfolio. Both descriptive and thematic analyses are presented and updated frequently to aid interpretation of the global COVID-19 funded research portfolio.
resultsIn this final version ten analysis, we provide an updated detailed descriptive analysis of the database (on data from three months after version nine) and focus our thematic analysis on research gaps, research areas in need of coordination, study populations, and research locations (with a focus on resource-limited countries).
conclusionsAs the global research response to COVID-19 plateaus, this living mapping review has helped both funders and researchers to prioritise resources and review investments.
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