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Scientometric Trends for Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Viral Infections

View ORCID ProfileDima Kagan, View ORCID ProfileJacob Moran-Gilad, View ORCID ProfileMichael Fire
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.17.995795
Dima Kagan
1Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Jacob Moran-Gilad
2Department of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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1Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Abstract

COVID-19 is the most rapidly expanding coronavirus outbreak in the past two decades. To provide a swift response to a novel outbreak, prior knowledge from similar outbreaks is essential. Here, we study the volume of research conducted on previous coronavirus outbreaks, specifically SARS and MERS, relative to other infectious diseases by analyzing over 35 million papers from the last 20 years. Our results demonstrate that previous coronavirus outbreaks have been understudied compared to other viruses. We also show that the research volume of emerging infectious diseases is very high after an outbreak and drops drastically upon the containment of the disease. This can yield inadequate research and limited investment in gaining a full understanding of novel coronavirus management and prevention. Independent of the outcome of the current COVID-19 outbreak, we believe that measures should be taken to encourage sustained research in the field.

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The authors have declared no competing interest.

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  • ↵† giladko{at}post.bgu.ac.il

  • ↵‡ mickyfi{at}post.bgu.ac.il

  • Added additional figures and results about infectious diseases trends clustering.

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Scientometric Trends for Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Viral Infections
Dima Kagan, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Michael Fire
bioRxiv 2020.03.17.995795; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.17.995795
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Scientometric Trends for Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Viral Infections
Dima Kagan, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Michael Fire
bioRxiv 2020.03.17.995795; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.17.995795

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