Mapping of research publications on corona virus disease (COVID-19) in PubMed database
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COVID-19, Corona Virus, PubMed, Medline JournalsAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to find out the publications pertaining to “Corona Virus” available in PubMed database. PubMed database provides links to Full Text publications available with publishers and also Free Full Text publications. The data for the study were extracted from Pub Med database using the search term “Corona Virus”. Totally, 18659 publications pertaining to “Corona Virus” during 2010 to 2020 were retrieved. Out of 18659 publications, 57.90% of publications in Full Text with link to publications. The result shows that 89.43% of the publications were available in the form of “Articles” and 98.37% of publiations were listed under “Medline Journals”. Among four subject categories, the highest number of publications has been classified under subject “Cancer”. English is a dominating language, since, 96.78% of publications were published in English.COVID-19 disease is originated only in December 2019, within the very short span of time, the researchers and authors are rapidly involved in various research activities in order to investigate the factors for COVID-19. Perhaps, the research findings are published at regular and interval to speed up the research and also to encourage the researchers.
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