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SynthesisThe Laryngoscope2022

Impact of COVID-19 on Otolaryngology Literature.

Yeshwant R Chillakuru, Eleanor F Gerhard, Timothy Shim, Samuel H Selesnick, Lawrence R Lustig, John H Krouse, Ehab Y Hanna, Timothy L Smith, Edward W Fisher, Joseph E Kerschner and 1 more

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Synthesis in The Laryngoscope, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Results from psychophysical tests of smell and taste during the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Yeshwant R ChillakuruDivision of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-3674
Eleanor F GerhardDivision of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Timothy ShimDivision of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Samuel H SelesnickDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Lawrence R LustigDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
John H KrouseSchool of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, U.S.A.
Ehab Y HannaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Timothy L SmithDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-6424-7083
Edward W FisherBirmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Joseph E KerschnerDepartment of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Ashkan MonfaredDivision of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectives/hypothesisTo understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume, quality, and impact of otolaryngology publications. STUDY

designRetrospective analysis.

methodsFifteen of the top peer-reviewed otolaryngology journals were queried on PubMed for COVID and non-COVID-related articles from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (pandemic period) and pre-COVID articles from the year prior. Information on total number of submissions and rate of acceptance were collected from seven top-ranked journals.

resultsOur PubMed query returned 759 COVID articles, 4,885 non-COVID articles, and 4,200 pre-COVID articles, corresponding to a 34% increase in otolaryngology publications during the pandemic period. Meta-analysis/reviews and miscellaneous publication types made up a larger portion of COVID publications than that of non-COVID and pre-COVID publications. Compared to pre-COVID articles, citations per article 120 days after publication and Altmetric Attention Score were higher in both COVID articles (citations/article: 2.75 ± 0.45, P < .001; Altmetric Attention Score: 2.05 ± 0.60, P = .001) and non-COVID articles (citations/article: 0.03 ± 0.01, P = .002; Altmetric Attention Score: 0.67 ± 0.28, P = .016). COVID manuscripts were associated with a 1.65 times higher acceptance rate compared to non-COVID articles (P < .001).

conclusionsCOVID-19 was associated with an increase in volume, citations, and attention for both COVID and non-COVID articles compared to pre-COVID articles. However, COVID articles were associated with lower evidence levels than non-COVID and pre-COVID articles. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3 Laryngoscope, 132:1364-1373, 2022.

Indexed as

COVID-19OtolaryngologyBibliometricsHumansPandemicsRetrospective StudiesBibliometricsCOVID-19publication trendsscientific publication

Identifiers

PMID34622965
PMCPMC8662213

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