Abstract
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted multiple aspects of medicine, including research focus and medical literature. Specifically, the dermatology literature has reflected the challenges faced by dermatologists throughout the pandemic.1 Given the widespread interest in understanding the pandemic and its effects on the field of dermatology, we conducted an analysis of the dermatology literature to characterize the literature’s impact, content, trends, and the publication process. We anticipated that there would be more interest in dermatology publications pertaining to COVID-19. Methods Journal Citation Reports was used to select the 15 dermatology journals with the highest impact factor in 2019, and all articles published in these journals in 2020 were evaluated.2 Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) was recorded for each article. For COVID-19 related articles, we also assessed whether AAS and citations varied by the type of article (editorial, original article, or guideline) and sub-specialty of dermatology to which the article pertained. Results Analysis revealed journals prioritized publishing articles related to COVID-19, as the mean time from submission to publication was shorter (43 days) than what has previously been observed. COVID-19 related articles in the dermatology literature received more widespread attention as measured by the average AAS (33 vs. 4 p<0.001) and were higher impact as measured by citation count (11 vs. 1, p<0.001) than non-COVID-19 articles. Conclusions These findings demonstrates that dermatology research published regarding the COVID-19 pandemic received broader attention and were higher impact, suggesting the importance and influence of the pandemic for dermatology.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted multiple aspects of medicine, including research focus and medical literature
We hypothesized that articles related to COVID-19 would be more widely disseminated reflected by higher Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) and garnered more impact as measured by the citation count during the pandemic
The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) published the most articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic (n=210, 12%; Figure 1)
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted multiple aspects of medicine, including research focus and medical literature. Given the widespread interest in understanding the pandemic and its effects on the field of dermatology, we conducted an analysis of the dermatology literature to characterize the literature’s impact, content, trends, and the publication process. The dermatology literature has reflected the challenges faced by dermatologists throughout the pandemic.[1] Given the widespread interest in understanding the pandemic and its effects on the field of dermatology, we conducted an analysis of the dermatology literature to characterize the literature’s content, trends, and the September 2021 Volume 5 Issue 5. We hypothesized that articles related to COVID-19 would be more widely disseminated reflected by higher Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) and garnered more impact as measured by the citation count during the pandemic
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