Uma análise bibliométrica das pesquisas globais da COVID-19

Abstract

It is imperative to the entire community epidemiological and public health to consider COVID-19 as an emerging global threat, because of the potential transmissibility of the highest SARS-Cov-2 virus. In order to know the global scientific production in terms of data volume, time of publication and country of origin, a bibliometric analysis was carried out based on the publications available in the main databases for indexing journals in the first 100 days of 2020, with full text and using the term "COVID-19" as the main operator. Of the 1,841 papers analyzed, an average daily publication of 18.4 materials was observed. Regarding their country of publication, 28.4% (n = 523) were published in the United States, 19.6% (n = 360) in England and 17.3% (n = 319) in China. The highest concentration of publications is in epidemiological week 12 (n = 501) followed by week 13 (n = 418). There was a high growth in the number of jobs from week five (5) with a decrease in week 12. The month of March concentrated 76.0% of publications (n = 1400). In conclusion, the observed volume of publications on SARS-VOC-2 infection invites us to incorporate the scientific knowledge produced into evidence-based practices, with a view to ensuring the protection and recovery of communities and nations and the urgent and necessary control of the pandemic