Methodological quality of COVID-19 clinical research

RG Jung, P Di Santo, C Clifford… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 with major health consequences. While a
need to disseminate information to the medical community and general public was …

Following the science? Comparison of methodological and reporting quality of covid-19 and other research from the first wave of the pandemic

TJ Quinn, JK Burton, B Carter, N Cooper, K Dwan… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Following the initial identification of the 2019 coronavirus disease (covid-19),
the subsequent months saw substantial increases in published biomedical research …

COVID-19-related medical research: a meta-research and critical appraisal

M Raynaud, H Zhang, K Louis, V Goutaudier… - BMC medical research …, 2021 - Springer
Background Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, a large number of COVID-19-related
papers have been published. However, concerns about the risk of expedited science have …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): an evidence map of medical literature

N Liu, ML Chee, C Niu, PP Pek, FJ Siddiqui… - BMC medical research …, 2020 - Springer
Background Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, a substantial
body of COVID-19 medical literature has been generated. As of June 2020, gaps and …

Research methodology and characteristics of journal articles with original data, preprint articles and registered clinical trial protocols about COVID-19

M Fidahic, D Nujic, R Runjic, M Civljak… - BMC medical research …, 2020 - Springer
Background The research community reacted rapidly to the emergence of COVID-19. We
aimed to assess characteristics of journal articles, preprint articles, and registered trial …

Scientific quality of COVID-19 and SARS CoV-2 publications in the highest impact medical journals during the early phase of the pandemic: a case control study

M Zdravkovic, J Berger-Estilita, B Zdravkovic, D Berger - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background A debate about the scientific quality of COVID-19 themed research has
emerged. We explored whether the quality of evidence of COVID-19 publications is lower …

Characteristics of academic publications, preprints, and registered clinical trials on the COVID-19 pandemic

S Gianola, TS Jesus, S Bargeri, G Castellini - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a deluge of publications. For this cross-sectional
study we compared the amount and reporting characteristics of COVID-19-related academic …

[HTML][HTML] Bibliometric analysis of global scientific research on COVID-19

P Wang, D Tian - Journal of biosafety and biosecurity, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a large number of COVID-19-
related reports have been published in journals or submitted to preprint platforms. In this …

Global academic response to COVID‐19: Cross‐sectional study

JA Helliwell, WS Bolton, JR Burke… - Learned …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the response to COVID‐19 from investigators, editors, and publishers
and seeks to define challenges during the early stages of the pandemic. A cross‐sectional …

Is rapid scientific publication also high quality? Bibliometric analysis of highly disseminated COVID‐19 research papers

A Khatter, M Naughton, H Dambha‐Miller… - Learned …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of COVID‐19 has underlined the need for reliable information to guide clinical
practice and policy. This urgency has to be balanced against disruption to journal handling …