1.
Diksha
– Librarian, Divisional Library (south), Chandigarh, India.
2.
Rupak Chakravarty
– Librarian, Divisional Library (south), Chandigarh, India.
Abstract
This study provides a bibliometric review of 1,027 documents published on COVID-19, extracted from the database of ‘dimensions.ai’ and published in 228 journals, authored by 3,436 authors. For the analysis, Bibliometrix R-Package was used through the biblioshiny interface. A topical query was conducted and 2,973 bibliographic literature from the online database of “Dimensions.ai” was downloaded using the search strategy “Text – ‘Coronavirus OR COVID-19 OR SARS-CoV-2’ in the title and abstract; Field of Research is Division code 08 Information and Computing Science”. Documents from the earliest possible record to the current record of Bibliometric study revealed a sudden rise in the annual scientific production in the year 2019 with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further study revealed the most prolific authors, journals, and affiliations. Besides, we present research collaboration networks at the author level.
Keywords COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Bibliometrix, R-Package, Dimensions.ai
