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ReviewCentral European journal of urology2022

The impact the COVID-19 pandemic on urology literature: a bibliometric analysis.

Fabio Crocerossa, William Visser, Umberto Carbonara, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Davide Loizzo, Ciro Imbimbo, Adam P Klausner, Francesco Porpiglia, Rocco Damiano and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Central European journal of urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A Novel Low-Cost Uroflowmetry for Patient Telemonitoring.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Article
  3. How Much Do We Care about Teacher Burnout during the Pandemic: A Bibliometric Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Review
  4. Article
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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Fabio CrocerossaDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
William VisserDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Umberto CarbonaraDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Ugo Giovanni FalagarioUrology and Renal Transplantation Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Savio Domenico PandolfoDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Davide LoizzoDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Ciro ImbimboDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Adam P KlausnerDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Francesco PorpigliaDivision of Urology, San Luigi Hospital University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy.
Rocco DamianoDivision of Urology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Francesco CantielloDivision of Urology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Riccardo AutorinoDivision of Urology, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU · USMagna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused wide-reaching change to many aspects of life on a worldwide scale. The impact of these changes on peer-reviewed research journals, including those dedicated to urology, is still unknown. Material and methods: The Web of Science database was queried to retrieve all COVID-19 urological articles written in English language and published between January 1 Results: A total of 428 COVID-19 articles and 14,874 non-COVID-19 articles were collected. Significant differences in the duration of all the publication stages were found between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles (all p <0.001). The most productive countries were the USA (100 articles), Italy (59 articles) and the United Kingdom (55 articles). The published literature has focused on four topics: COVID-19 genitourinary manifestations, management of urological diseases during the pandemic, repercussions on quality of life and impact on healthcare providers. Conclusions: A significant reduction in peer review time for COVID-19 articles might raise concerns regarding the quality of peer review itself. USA, Italy and UK published the highest number of COVID-19 related articles. Restrictive measures taken by governments to reduce the spread of infection had a strong impact on mental stress and anxiety of patients and healthcare professionals. A coerced deferral of diagnosis and treatment of emergencies and uro-oncological cases represented the most challenging task from a clinical standpoint.

Indexed as

bibliometric analysiscoronavirusCOVID-19trendsurology

Identifiers

PMID35591965
PMCPMC9074064
OpenAlexW4206979556

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Registered trials

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