A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Africa.
A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Africa.
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非洲Covid-19研究的文献计量分析。
DOI：
10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005690
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发表时间：
2021-05
影响因子：
8.1
通讯作者：
Barasa E
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文献类型：
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作者：
Guleid FH;Oyando R;Kabia E;Mumbi A;Akech S;Barasa E
COVID-19 大流行引发了前所未有的全球研究努力，以建立可以为缓解策略提供信息的知识体系。我们进行了文献计量分析，从背景、研究设计、研究主题和作者隶属关系等方面描述了非洲的 COVID-19 研究成果。我们从各种数据库中检索了 2019 年 12 月 1 日至 2021 年 1 月 3 日期间发表的文章，包括 PubMed、African Journals Online、medRxiv、Collabovid、WHO 全球研究数据库和 Google。包括所有文章类型和研究设计。共检索到1296篇文章。 46.6% 是主要研究文章，48.6% 是社论型文章，4.6% 是次要研究文章。 20.3% 的文章使用整个非洲大陆作为研究背景，而南非 (15.4%) 是最常见的以国家为中心的背景。最常见的研究主题包括“国家准备和应对”（24.9%）和“大流行的直接和间接健康影响”（21.6%）。然而，只有 1.0% 的文章关注治疗方法和疫苗。 90.3%的文章至少有一位非洲研究人员作为作者，78.5%的文章有一位非洲研究人员作为第一作者，63.5%的文章有一位非洲研究人员作为最后作者。开普敦大学以第一作者和最后作者数量最多。 13% 的文章发表在 medRxiv 上，在宣布资助的研究中，Wellcome Trust 是最大的资助机构。这项研究重点介绍了非洲的 COVID-19 研究以及该大陆开展解决当地问题的研究的现有能力。然而，需要更多关注疫苗和治疗方法的研究来为当地发展提供信息。此外，非洲国家研究生产力分布不均，凸显了在需要的地方增加投资的必要性。
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented global research effort to build a body of knowledge that can inform mitigation strategies. We carried out a bibliometric analysis to describe the COVID-19 research output in Africa in terms of setting, study design, research themes and author affiliation. We searched for articles published between 1 December 2019 and 3 January 2021 from various databases including PubMed, African Journals Online, medRxiv, Collabovid, the WHO global research database and Google. All article types and study design were included. A total of 1296 articles were retrieved. 46.6% were primary research articles, 48.6% were editorial-type articles while 4.6% were secondary research articles. 20.3% articles used the entire continent of Africa as their study setting while South Africa (15.4%) was the most common country-focused setting. The most common research topics include ‘country preparedness and response’ (24.9%) and ‘the direct and indirect health impacts of the pandemic’ (21.6%). However, only 1.0% of articles focus on therapeutics and vaccines. 90.3% of the articles had at least one African researcher as author, 78.5% had an African researcher as first author, while 63.5% had an African researcher as last author. The University of Cape Town leads with the greatest number of first and last authors. 13% of the articles were published in medRxiv and of the studies that declared funding, the Wellcome Trust was the top funding body. This study highlights Africa’s COVID-19 research and the continent’s existing capacity to carry out research that addresses local problems. However, more studies focused on vaccines and therapeutics are needed to inform local development. In addition, the uneven distribution of research productivity among African countries emphasises the need for increased investment where needed.
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作者：
Siegfried, N;Clarke, M;Volmink, J
通讯作者：
Volmink, J
影响因子：
8.1
作者：
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通讯作者：
Wallis LA
DOI：
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发表时间：
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影响因子：
10
作者：
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通讯作者：
Mbunge, Elliot
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作者：
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通讯作者：
Vaish, Abhishek
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
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通讯作者：
Siegfried, Nandi