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Razavi S, Sharma A, Lavin C, Pourmand A, Smalls N, Tran QK. COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Research Publications in Critical Care. Crit Care Explor 2024; 6:e1103. [PMID: 38846635 PMCID: PMC11155547 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a significant transformation of scientific journals. Our aim was to determine how critical care (CC) journals and their impact may have evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that the impact, as measured by citations and publications, from the field of CC would increase. DESIGN Observational study of journal publications, citations, and retractions status. SETTING All work was done electronically and retrospectively. SUBJECTS The top 18 CC journals broadly concerning CC, and the top 5 most productive CC journals on the SCImago list. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS For the top 18 CC journals and specifically Critical Care Medicine (CCM), time series analysis was used to estimate the trends of total citations, citations per publication, and publications per year by using the best-fit curve. We used PubMed and Retraction Watch to determine the number of COVID-19 publications and retractions. The average total citations and citations per publication for all journals was an upward quadratic trend with inflection points in 2020, whereas publications per year spiked in 2020 before returning to prepandemic values in 2021. For CCM total publications trend downward while total citations and citations per publication generally trend up from 2017 onward. CCM had the lowest percentage of COVID-related publications (15.7%) during the pandemic and no reported retractions. Two COVID-19 retractions were noted in our top five journals. CONCLUSIONS Citation activity across top CC journals underwent a dramatic increase during the COVID-19 pandemic without significant retraction data. These trends suggest that the impact of CC has grown significantly since the onset of COVID-19 while maintaining adherence to a high-quality peer-review process.
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- Syrus Razavi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC
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- Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Program in Trauma, The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Gande S, Gould M, Ganti L. Bibliometric analysis of ChatGPT in medicine. Int J Emerg Med 2024; 17:50. [PMID: 38575866 PMCID: PMC10993428 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-024-00624-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) chat programs has opened two distinct paths, one enhancing interaction and another potentially replacing personal understanding. Ethical and legal concerns arise due to the rapid development of these programs. This paper investigates academic discussions on AI in medicine, analyzing the context, frequency, and reasons behind these conversations. METHODS The study collected data from the Web of Science database on articles containing the keyword "ChatGPT" published from January to September 2023, resulting in 786 medically related journal articles. The inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed articles in English related to medicine. RESULTS The United States led in publications (38.1%), followed by India (15.5%) and China (7.0%). Keywords such as "patient" (16.7%), "research" (12%), and "performance" (10.6%) were prevalent. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science (11.8%) had the most publications, followed by the Annals of Biomedical Engineering (8.3%). August 2023 had the highest number of publications (29.3%), with significant growth between February to March and April to May. Medical General Internal (21.0%) was the most common category, followed by Surgery (15.4%) and Radiology (7.9%). DISCUSSION The prominence of India in ChatGPT research, despite lower research funding, indicates the platform's popularity and highlights the importance of monitoring its use for potential medical misinformation. China's interest in ChatGPT research suggests a focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI applications, despite public bans on the platform. Cureus' success in publishing ChatGPT articles can be attributed to its open-access, rapid publication model. The study identifies research trends in plastic surgery, radiology, and obstetric gynecology, emphasizing the need for ethical considerations and reliability assessments in the application of ChatGPT in medical practice. CONCLUSION ChatGPT's presence in medical literature is growing rapidly across various specialties, but concerns related to safety, privacy, and accuracy persist. More research is needed to assess its suitability for patient care and implications for non-medical use. Skepticism and thorough review of research are essential, as current studies may face retraction as more information emerges.
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- University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, RI Providence, USA.
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Alexander R, Peterson CJ, Yang S, Nugent K. Article retraction rates in selected MeSH term categories in PubMed published between 2010 and 2020. Account Res 2023:1-14. [PMID: 37859455 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2272246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Academic article retractions occur across all disciplines, though few studies have examined the association between research topics and retraction rates. OBJECTIVES We assessed and compared the rate of retraction across several important clinical research topics. METHODS Information about the number of publications, the number of retractions, the retraction rate, and the time to retraction was collected for articles identified by 15 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms. These articles were published between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020. The searches took place between 18 September 2021 and 24 October 2021. The MeSH terms were selected based on our clinical experience with the expectation that there will be multiple publications during the timeframe to use for the searches. Additional topics were selected based on the frequency of controversy in the public media and were identified by the Altmetric Top 100 report. RESULTS The mean number of publications for all categories was 181,975 ± 332,245; the median number of publications was 67,991 [Q1, Q3; 31951.5, 138,981.5]. The mean number of retractions was 100.3 ± 251.3, and the median number of retractions was 22 [Q1, Q3; 6.5, 53]. The mean time to retraction ranged from 114 days to 1,409.5 days; the median was 857.3 days [Q1, Q3; 684.7, 1098.6], depending on the topic. The various MeSH term categories used in this study had significant differences in retraction rate and time to retraction. The "Neoplasms" category had the highest total number of retractions (993) and one of the highest retraction rates (75.4 per 100,000 publications). DISCUSSION All PubMed categories analyzed in this study had retracted articles. The median time to retraction was 857 days. The long delays in some categories could contribute to potentially misleading information which might have adverse effects on clinical decisions in patient care and on research design. CONCLUSION Rate of retraction varies across research topics and further studies are needed to explore this relationship.
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- Robert Alexander
- Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Lozada-Martinez ID, Visconti-Lopez FJ, Marrugo-Ortiz AC, Ealo-Cardona CI, Camacho-Pérez D, Picón-Jaimes YA. Research and Publication Trends in Pediatric Surgery in Latin America: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis from 2012 to 2021. J Pediatr Surg 2023; 58:2012-2019. [PMID: 37147162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Pediatric surgery is a developing specialty with increasing volume in Latin America. However, the research and scientific activity trends carried out in this region in recent years are unknown. This study aimed to analyze and visualize Latin American research in pediatric surgery from 2012 to 2021. MATERIAL AND METHODS Bibliometric cross-sectional study of scientific articles on pediatric surgery published by Latin American authors from 2012 to 2021 in Scopus was performed. Statistical and visual analysis was performed with R programming language and VOS viewer. RESULTS 449 articles were found. Observational studies (44.7%; n = 201), case reports (20.4%; n = 92) and narrative reviews (11.4%; n = 51) were found to be the most common study designs. The published articles were predominantly monocentric (73.1%; n = 328), only 17% (n = 76) involved authors from 2 or more countries, and mostly there was no collaboration with high-income countries (80.6%; n = 362). The Journal of Pediatric Surgery was the journal with the highest volume of articles published (n = 37). The most used terms were Laparoscopy, Complications, and Liver Transplantation, and the countries with the highest number of articles published were Brazil and Argentina. CONCLUSIONS This study found a progressive increase in the scientific activity of Latin authors in pediatric surgery from 2012 to 2021. The evidence produced was mainly from observational studies and case reports, predominantly conducted in Brazil. Multinational and international collaboration was low; the most frequent topics of interest were laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE IV.
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- Ivan David Lozada-Martinez
- Medical and Surgical Research Center, Future Surgeons Chapter, Colombian Surgery Association, Bogotá, Colombia; Epidemiology Program, Department of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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Kelly JD, Curteis T, Rawal A, Murton M, Clark LJ, Jafry Z, Shah-Gupta R, Berry M, Espinueva A, Chen L, Abdelghany M, Sweeney DA, Quint JK. SARS-CoV-2 post-acute sequelae in previously hospitalised patients: systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev 2023; 32:220254. [PMID: 37437914 PMCID: PMC10336551 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0254-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Many individuals hospitalised with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection experience post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), sometimes referred to as "long COVID". Our objective was to conduct a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to identify PASC-associated symptoms in previously hospitalised patients and determine the frequency and temporal nature of PASC. METHODS Searches of MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library (2019-2021), World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and reference lists were performed from November to December 2021. Articles were assessed by two reviewers against eligibility criteria and a risk of bias tool. Symptom data were synthesised by random effects meta-analyses. RESULTS Of 6942 records, 52 studies with at least 100 patients were analysed; ∼70% were Europe-based studies. Most data were from the first wave of the pandemic. PASC symptoms were analysed from 28 days after hospital discharge. At 1-4 months post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, the most frequent individual symptoms were fatigue (29.3% (95% CI 20.1-40.6%)) and dyspnoea (19.6% (95% CI 12.8-28.7%)). Many patients experienced at least one symptom at 4-8 months (73.1% (95% CI 44.2-90.3%)) and 8-12 months (75.0% (95% CI 56.4-87.4%)). CONCLUSIONS A wide spectrum of persistent PASC-associated symptoms were reported over the 1-year follow-up period in a significant proportion of participants. Further research is needed to better define PASC duration and determine whether factors such as disease severity, vaccination and treatments have an impact on PASC.
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- J Daniel Kelly
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Costello Medical Consulting, Inc., Boston, MA, USA
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- Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd, Uxbridge, UK
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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He J, Liu X, Lu X, Zhong M, Jia C, Lucero-Prisno DE, Ma ZF, Li H. The impact of COVID-19 on global health journals: an analysis of impact factor and publication trends. BMJ Glob Health 2023; 8:bmjgh-2022-011514. [PMID: 37012001 PMCID: PMC10083532 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND COVID-19 has affected research productivity across all areas of knowledge. Current evidence suggests that COVID-19 has had a blockbuster effect on journal impact factors (JIFs) and publication trends, while little is known on global health journals. METHODS Twenty global health journals were included to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on their JIFs and publication trends. Indicator data, including numbers of publications, citations, articles with different types, etc, were extracted from journal websites and Web of Science Core Collection database. The JIFs from 2019 to 2021 were simulated for longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses. Interrupted time-series analysis and non-parametric tests were applied to assess whether COVID-19 had decreased non-COVID-19 publications from January 2018 to June 2022. RESULTS In 2020, 615 out of 3223 publications were COVID-19 related, accounting for 19.08%. The simulated JIFs of 17 out of 20 journals in 2021 were higher than those in 2019 and 2020. Notably, 18 out of 20 journals had a decrease in their simulated JIFs after excluding COVID-19-related publications. Moreover, 10 out of 20 journals decreased their monthly numbers of non-COVID-19 publications after the COVID-19 outbreak. For all the 20 journals as a whole, after the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020, the total number of non-COVID-19 publications significantly decreased by 14.2 compared with the previous month (p=0.013), and since then, on average, the publications had decreased by 0.6 per month until June 2022 (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS COVID-19 has impacted the structure of COVID-19-related publications, the JIFs of global health journals and their numbers of non-COVID-19 publications. Although journals may benefit from increased JIFs, global health journals should avoid relying on a single metric. More follow-up studies including more years of data with a combination of metrics should be conducted to generate more robust evidence.
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- Jiaxin He
- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, School of Health and Social Wellbeing, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Baldi BG, Pizzichini MMM. Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic for science and for the management of the Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia. J Bras Pneumol 2023; 48:e20220429. [PMID: 36651440 PMCID: PMC9747174 DOI: 10.36416/1806-3756/20220429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Bruno Guedes Baldi
- . Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração - InCor - Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - HCFMUSP - São Paulo (SP) Brasil.,. Editor-Chefe do Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Brasília (DF) Brasil.,. Hospital do Coração, São Paulo (SP) Brasil
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- . Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC - Florianópolis (SC) Brasil.,. Vice-Editora do Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Brasília (DF) Brasil
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Hahn C, Kim E, Apara AO, Chuck T, Kassan H, Steinberg BM. Responsible conduct of research: Preparedness for times of crisis. J Clin Transl Sci 2023; 7:e83. [PMID: 37125062 PMCID: PMC10130829 DOI: 10.1017/cts.2023.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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A live, virtual conference, "Driving Responsible Conduct of Research during a Pandemic," was held in April 2021, 13 months after the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered the conduct of clinical research across the USA. New York was an early epicenter of the US pandemic, highlighting preexisting problems in clinical research and allowing us to assess lessons learned and to identify best practices for the future. Risks and opportunities were categorized broadly into three areas, protecting the welfare and safety of human subjects, ensuring trust in science and medicine, and implementing efficient, ethical, and compliant clinical research. Analysis of conference proceedings, and recent publications, shows a need for preparedness that is more effective, robust partnerships, and organizational systems and standards to strengthen the ethical and responsible conduct of research.
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- Cynthia Hahn
- Integrated Research Strategy, LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Address for correspondence: B.M. Steinberg, PhD, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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Werneck GL. Epidemiology and the Covid-19 pandemic: opportunities to review trajectories and plan for the future. INTERFACE - COMUNICAÇÃO, SAÚDE, EDUCAÇÃO 2023. [DOI: 10.1590/interface.220486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused substantial changes in various spheres of academic life. Epidemiology can use the experiences accumulated in this period as an opportunity to plan for its future. Facing a pandemic requires the production of explanatory theories about the pandemic process and its unequal manifestation in the population. In this sense, Epidemiology needs to strengthen its scientific foundations and recognize the values and limits of its approaches. Thus, it is essential to strengthen the links with other disciplines. A new teaching model can be produced from pandemic experiences, including transversal contents, such as preparation for responses to natural and technological disasters, like epidemics and pandemics, and scientific communication. The teaching of Epidemiology needs to be contextualized with the bases of Collective Health, reinforcing its commitment to the translation and application of knowledge in order to improve people’s health and lives.
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Werneck GL. Epidemiologia e pandemia de Covid-19: oportunidades para rever trajetórias e planejar o futuro. INTERFACE - COMUNICAÇÃO, SAÚDE, EDUCAÇÃO 2023. [DOI: 10.1590/interface.220340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A pandemia de Covid-19 provocou modificações substanciais em diversas esferas da vida acadêmica. A Epidemiologia pode utilizar as experiências acumuladas nesse período como oportunidade para planejar seu futuro. O enfrentamento de uma pandemia exige a produção de teorias explicativas sobre o processo pandêmico e sua expressão desigual na população. Nesse sentido, a Epidemiologia necessita fortalecer seus fundamentos científicos e reconhecer os valores e limites de suas abordagens. Nesse caminho, é essencial o fortalecimento dos elos com outras disciplinas. Um novo modelo de ensino pode ser produzido por meio das experiências ao longo da pandemia, integrando conteúdos transversais, como a preparação para a resposta a desastres naturais e de origem tecnológica, incluindo epidemias e pandemias e a comunicação científica. O ensino da Epidemiologia precisa ser contextualizado com as bases da Saúde Coletiva, reforçando seu compromisso com a tradução e a aplicação do conhecimento para a melhoria da saúde e da vida das pessoas.
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Navarro-Ballester A, Merino-Bonilla JA, Ros-Mendoza LH, Marco-Doménech SF. Publications on COVID-19 in radiology journals in 2020 and 2021: bibliometric citation and co-citation network analysis. Eur Radiol 2022; 33:3103-3114. [PMID: 36571605 PMCID: PMC9791158 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-09340-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has led to the rapid publication of numerous radiology articles, primarily focused on disease diagnosis. The objective of this study is to analyze the intellectual structure of radiology research on COVID-19 using a citation and co-citation analysis. METHODS We identified all documents about COVID-19 published in radiology journals included in the Web of Science in the period 2020-2021, conducting a citation analysis. Then we identified all bibliographic references that were cited by these documents, generating a co-citation matrix that was used to perform a co-citation network. RESULTS Of the 3418 documents indexed in WoS, 857 were initially "Early Access," 2223 had citations, 393 had more than 20 citations, and 83 had more than 100 citations. The USA had the highest number of publications (32.62%) and China had the highest rate of funded studies (45.38%). The three authors with the most publications were affiliated with Italian institutions, while the five most cited authors were Chinese. A total of 647 publications were co-cited at least 12 times and were published in 206 different journals, with 49% of the documents found in radiology journals. The institutions with the greatest presence among these co-cited articles were Chinese and American. CONCLUSION This co-citation analysis is the first to focus exclusively on radiology articles on COVID-19. Our study confirms the existence of interrelated thematic clusters with different specific weights. KEY POINTS • As the pandemic caused by SARS-Cov-2 has led to the rapid publication of numerous radiology studies in a short time period, a bibliometric review based on citation and co-citation analysis has been conducted. • The co-citation analysis supported the identification of key themes in the study of COVID-19 in radiology publications. • Many of the most co-cited articles belong to a heterogeneous group of publications, with authors from countries that are far apart and even from different disciplines.
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- Antonio Navarro-Ballester
- grid.470634.2Radiology Department, Hospital General Universitari de Castelló, Benicasim avenue, 128. P.C.: 12,004, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón Spain
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- grid.413437.60000 0004 0630 4881Radiology Department, Hospital Santiago Apóstol, Carretera de Orón, s/n, 09200 Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Spain
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- grid.411106.30000 0000 9854 2756Radiology Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, P.º de Isabel la Católica, 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- grid.470634.2Radiology Department, Hospital General Universitari de Castelló, Benicasim avenue, 128. P.C.: 12,004, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón Spain
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Capodici A, Salussolia A, Sanmarchi F, Gori D, Golinelli D. Biased, wrong and counterfeited evidences published during the COVID-19 pandemic, a systematic review of retracted COVID-19 papers. QUALITY & QUANTITY 2022; 57:1-33. [PMID: 36466994 PMCID: PMC9707851 DOI: 10.1007/s11135-022-01587-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In 2020 COVID-19 led to an unprecedented stream of papers being submitted to journals. Scientists and physicians all around the globe were in need for information about this new disease. In this climate, many articles were accepted after extremely fast peer-reviews to provide the scientific community with the latest discoveries and knowledge. Unfortunately, this also led to articles retraction due to authors' misconduct or errors in methodology and/or conclusions. The aim of this study is to investigate the number and characteristics of retracted papers, and to explore the main causes that led to retraction. We conducted a systematic review on retracted articles, using PubMed as data source. Our inclusion criteria were the following: English-language retracted articles that reported original data, results, opinions or hypotheses on COVID-19 and Sars-CoV-2. Twenty-seven retracted articles were identified, mainly reporting observational studies and opinion pieces. Many articles published during the first year of the pandemic have been retracted, mainly due to the authors' scientific misconduct. Duplications, plagiarism, frauds and absence of consent, were the main reasons for retractions. In modern medicine, researchers are required to publish frequently, and, especially during situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, when articles were rapidly published, gaps in peer-reviews system and in the path to scientific publication arose.
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- Angelo Capodici
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), Stanford University - School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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