Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T4 |
0-10 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Background |
T5 |
11-155 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic depends on the profound investigation of the virus biology and its consequences. |
T6 |
156-323 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We aimed to analyze the COVID-19 research productivity of authors representing different countries and associations between the number of articles and COVID-19 spread. |
T7 |
324-331 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Methods |
T8 |
332-430 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We retrieved all articles on COVID-19 indexed in PubMed between 31 December 2019 and 30 June 2020. |
T9 |
431-495 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We identified the countries of individual authors’ affiliations. |
T10 |
496-759 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We performed the R Spearman rank correlation test between the number of articles with at least one author from a country per one million citizens and Human Development Index (HDI), a number of COVID-19 cases and deaths per one million citizens before 1 July 2020. |
T11 |
760-767 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Results |
T12 |
768-959 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Overall, we identified 27,815 articles, including 18,225 original contributions, 2,449 reviews, and 69 meta-analyses on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. |
T13 |
960-1152 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The highest productivity characterized the authors coming from China (n = 11,519 articles with at least one author), followed by the United States of America (n = 9,666) and Italy (n = 7,261). |
T14 |
1153-1294 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The number of articles on COVID-19 associated with HDI (Rs = 0.79), the numbers of cases (Rs = 0.47), and deaths (Rs = 0.46) (all p < 0.001). |
T15 |
1295-1306 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Conclusions |
T16 |
1307-1466 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Early COVID-19 researches were most often authored by researchers from highly developed countries and those affected by the rapid initial spread of SARS-CoV-2. |