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ArticleJMIR pediatrics and parenting2022

COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Citation Network Analysis and Evidence Synthesis.

Rebeca Ruiz-Roman, Clara Martinez-Perez, Inés Gil Prados, Ignacio Cristóbal, Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena

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Article in JMIR pediatrics and parenting, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebeca Ruiz-RomanDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8711
Clara Martinez-PerezInstituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-5007
Inés Gil PradosDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-2140
Ignacio CristóbalDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-6592
Miguel Ángel Sánchez-TenaInstituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2583-1789
Hospital Clínico San Carlos · ESInstituto Superior de Educação e Ciências · PTUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESUniversidad Francisco de Vitoria · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 spread quickly around the world shortly after the first outbreaks of the new coronavirus disease at the end of December 2019, affecting all populations, including pregnant women.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between different publications on COVID-19 in pregnancy and their authors through citation networks, as well as to identify the research areas and to determine the publication that has been the most highly cited.

methodsThe search for publications was carried out through the Web of Science database using terms such as "pregnancy," "SARS-CoV-2," "pregnant," and "COVID-19" for the period between January and December 2020. Citation Network Explorer software was used for publication analysis and VOSviewer software was used to construct the figures. This approach enabled an in-depth network analysis to visualize the connections between the related elements and explain their network structure.

resultsA total of 1330 publications and 5531 citation networks were identified in the search, with July being the month with the largest number of publications, and the United States, China, and England as the countries with the greatest number of publications. The most cited publication was "Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records" by Chen and colleagues, which was published in March 2020. Six groups identified as being close in the citation network reflect multidisciplinary research, including clinical characteristics and outcomes in pregnancy, vertical transmission, delivery mode, and psychological impacts of the pandemic on pregnant women.

conclusionsThousands of articles on COVID-19 have been published in several journals since the disease first emerged. Identifying relevant publications and obtaining a global view of the main papers published on COVID-19 and pregnancy can lead to a better understanding of the topic. With the accumulation of scientific knowledge, we now know that the clinical features of COVID-19 during pregnancy are generally similar to those of infected nonpregnant women. There is a small increase in frequency of preterm birth and cesarean birth, related to severe maternal illness. Vaccination for all pregnant women is recommended. Several agents are being evaluated for the treatment of COVID-19, but with minimal or no information on safety in pregnancy. These results could form the basis for further research. Future bibliometric and scientometric studies on COVID-19 should provide updated information to analyze other relevant indicators in this field.

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bibliometriccitationCOVID-19deliveryfetal healthimpactliteraturematernal healthnetwork analysispandemicperinatalpregnancyresearchSARS-CoV-2transmissionwomen

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