Authors: Ho, Mei Hsiu-Ching; Liu, John S.

Venue: Scientometrics

Type: Publication

Abstract: 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.

DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03835-5