Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that was declared as a pandemic has been the main subject of research all over the world. Especially studies on COVID-19 vaccines has become a hope for everyone. In this study, we aimed to analyse entire literature through Web of Science© Core Collection Database and reveal the current status of COVID-19 vaccine literature. We entered the keywords “COVID-19” and “vaccine” to Web of Science© Core Collection Database on January 20, 2021. Web of Science categories, document types, organizations, funding agencies, authors, journals, countries, languages, study fields, were investigated. A total of 2,765 publications with 24,202 citations times were involved into the study. Majority of the publications were original articles. Immunology, General Internal Medicine and Experimental Medicine Research were the top categories. Top productive Universities were Harvard University, University of California System and University of London. Dhama K. had the highest number of publications followed by Mahase E. and Baric RS. Journal of Biomolecular Structure Dynamics had published the highest number of publications. Majority of the publications were written in English. The United States of America was the most productive country followed by China and India. Research in vaccines is a growing field and is an essential component in the fight against COVID-19. Detailed analyses on vaccine publications may help researchers determine the future perspective.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 emerged as the major health care challenge globally since December 2019
Given the quick and steady viral spread, COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 [1]
The topic “Virology” was at position 8 [9]. When it comes to vaccine studies, our results revealed that field of Immunology was in the first place
Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 emerged as the major health care challenge globally since December 2019. Given the quick and steady viral spread, COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 [1]. The disease has been consuming healthcare resources and forcing governments to make a decision of partial or full lockdowns. Given the fact that a definitive treatment does not exist, vaccines have emerged as a hope of humanity to prevent or limit the disease and return to normality [2]. 58 vaccines from various facilities have been developed and some of them have been declared to have more than 90% efficacy [3].
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