Eye-Related COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Production Indexed in Scopus

Verónica García-Pascual (), Elvira García-Beltrán and Begoña Domenech-Amigot ()
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Verónica García-Pascual: Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Elvira García-Beltrán: Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Begoña Domenech-Amigot: Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: This paper analyzes, from a bibliometric viewpoint, those publications that relate COVID-19 and eye indexed in Scopus since the beginning of the pandemic, and it identifies the resulting main research lines. A bibliographic search in the Scopus database was conducted for publications that simultaneously include ocular and visual manifestations and aspects with COVID-19, from 1 January 2020 to 16 March 2021, and the obtained bibliographic information was processed with VOSviewer (v. 1.6.16). A total of 2206 documents were retrieved, and 60% were original articles. The USA published the most studies (24.6%). The retrieved documents had a total of 18,634 citations. The h index of the set of retrieved documents was 58. The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology was the most productive journal, while JAMA Neurology and The Lancet accounted for 20% of citations. Three keyword clusters representing hotspots in this field were identified. Eye-related COVID-19 research is an emerging field with plenty of scientific evidence whose growth is expected to increase as the aspects and manifestations of the disease, its treatment and the effect of vaccination on it become known.

Keywords: COVID-19; Scopus; network analysis; bibliometrics; eye manifestations; eye (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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