The swift knowledge development path of COVID-19 research: the first 150 days

The swift knowledge development path of COVID-19 research: the first 150 days

Scholars all over the world have produced a large body of COVID-19 literature in an exceptionally short period after the outbreak of this rapidly-spreading virus. An analysis of the literature accumulated in the first 150 days hints that the rapid knowledge accumulation in its early-stage developmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientometrics 2021, Vol.126 (3), p.2391-2399
Hauptverfasser: Ho, Mei Hsiu-Ching, Liu, John S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Computer Science
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Developmental stages
Disease transmission
Information Storage and Retrieval
Library Science
Literature reviews
Viral diseases
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Scholars all over the world have produced a large body of COVID-19 literature in an exceptionally short period after the outbreak of this rapidly-spreading virus. An analysis of the literature accumulated in the first 150 days hints that the rapid knowledge accumulation in its early-stage development was expedited through a wide variety of journal platforms, a sense and pressure of national urgency, and inspiration from journal editorials.
ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-020-03835-5