ReviewRheumatology international2021
COVID-19 from a rheumatology perspective: bibliometric and altmetric analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Global trends in gastric cancer and nutrition, 2000-2023: A bibliometric and visualization analysis.Medicine · 2026Article
- Global practice guidelines in rheumatology: a cross-sectional altmetric and citation analysis.Rheumatology international · 2025Article
- Research landscape on COVID-19 and liver dysfunction: A bibliometric analysis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic: infection, vaccination, and impact on disease management.Clinical rheumatology · 2022Review
- Mapping the landscape and structure of global research on binge eating disorder: Visualization and bibliometric analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Global Trends of Nutrition in Cancer Research: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis Study over the Past 10 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Bioinformatics and System Biology Approach to Identify the Influences of COVID-19 on Rheumatoid Arthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak turned out the greatest pandemic for decades. It challenged enormously the global health system, forcing it to adjust to the new realities. We aimed to analyze articles covering COVID-19 papers in the rheumatological field and outline emerging topics raising within this frame. We applied the bibliometric database Scopus for our literature search and conducted it on the 5th of June using the following keywords: "rheumatic" OR "rheumatology" OR "rheumatoid arthritis" OR "systemic lupus erythematosus" OR "myositis" OR "systemic sclerosis" OR "vasculitis" OR "arthritis" OR "ankylosing spondylitis" AND "COVID-19". We analyzed all selected articles according to various aspects: type of document, authorship, journal, citations score, rheumatology field, country of origin, language, and keywords. With the help of the software tool VOSviewer version 1.6.15, we have built the visualizing network of authors and keywords co-occurrence. The measurement of the social impact of articles was made using Altmetric data. This study included 1430 retrieved articles with open access mostly. The top five journals in this field were Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (n = 65), Rheumatology International (n = 51), Clinical Rheumatology (n = 50), Lancet Rheumatology (n = 50), and Frontiers In Immunology (n = 33). Most studies originate from countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 among the general population (the USA-387; Italy-268; UK-184; France-114; Germany-110; India-98 and Spain-96, China-94, Canada-73 Turkey-66). Original Articles (42.1%) were the most common articles' type, following by Letters (24.4%), Reviews (21.7%), Notes (6%), Editorials (4.8%), Erratum (1%). According to the citations scores, articles dedicated to the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases were of the highest importance for the scientific rheumatologic community. Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 527), systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 393), vasculitis (n = 267), myositis (n = 71), systemic sclerosis (n = 68), and psoriatic arthritis (n = 68) were the most widely discussed rheumatic diseases in the view of COVID-19. The analysis of Altmetric and citations scores revealed a moderate correlation between them. This article provides a comprehensive bibliometric and altmetric analysis of COVID-19 related articles in the rheumatology field and summarizes data about features of rheumatology service in the time of the pandemic.
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