Abstract
The aim: to observe the contribution of authors and the collaboration of institutes functioning in Saudi Arabia through the bibliometric review of literature in Coronaviruses. Design/Methods/Approach: Authors as solo or corroborators in research are the main sources to retrieve the material of their original articles, case reports and review articles published from 2014–2018 in PubMed indexed journals for estimation and tabulation. Results: Total 895; 3.5 % institutes (522; 58.3 % functioning locally and 373; 41.6 % internationally) in Saudi Arabia with the support of 1878; 7.4 % authors produced 253 articles from 2014 to 2018. Position of the author always matters in research, 207; 81.8 % authors had the first position followed by 28; 11 % as a second. Majority 72; 28.4 % articles published by single institute followed 46; 18.1 % and 49; 19.3 % by two and three institutes. Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia publish 57; 6.3 % stand on lead followed by the Ministry of Health (All Regions) Kingdome of Saudi Arabia and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah & Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Community & General Medicine and Hospital Administration & Health Informatics were major disciplines of publications. Three journals, Journal of Infectious and Public Health, International Journal of Infectious Diseases and American Journal of Infection Control grab 147; 58.1 % share of publishing research. Conclusion: This study illustrates the determinations of the Saudi public and private healthcare sectors to handle the epidemic situation and uphold the esteem of people residing in catchment areas by means of technical, logistical and financial aid to managers and decision-makers.
Highlights
IntroductionCoronavirus or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) being counted as a danger to public health [1]
Global healthcare facilities always been threatening by numerous viral infections
This study illustrates the determinations of the Saudi public and private healthcare sectors to handle the epidemic situation and uphold the esteem of people residing in catchment areas by means of technical, logistical and financial aid to managers and decision-makers
Summary
Coronavirus or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) being counted as a danger to public health [1]. In September 2012, the Saudi Ministry of Health sends alert to healthcare workers in emergency departments (EDs) for the chances of the existence of MERSCoV infections, and this alert attracted the attention of healthcare providers [2]. A data for study of MERS-CoV was obtained from World Health Organization (WHO) to identify the prevalence and occurrence measures taken by various countries and their allied ministries to minimize the rate of morbidity and mortality in country [3]. There were 2048 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERSCoV infection were reported from June 2012 to Dec 2017 from all over the world. A seasonal outbreak of variations in cases was found in June as highest, while the lowest was found in January from 2012 to 2017 [4]
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