COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests: Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature

Andy Wai Kan Yeung (), Emil D. Parvanov, Faisal A. Nawaz, Rehab A. Rayan, Maria Kletecka-Pulker, Harald Willschke and Atanas G. Atanasov ()
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Andy Wai Kan Yeung: Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Emil D. Parvanov: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Faisal A. Nawaz: College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai P.O. Box 505055, United Arab Emirates
Rehab A. Rayan: Department of Epidemiology, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424041, Egypt
Maria Kletecka-Pulker: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Harald Willschke: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Atanas G. Atanasov: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-9

Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt health systems worldwide, conducting Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at specified intervals has become an essential part of many people’s lives around the world. We identified and analyzed the academic literature on COVID-19 RAT. The Web of Science electronic database was queried on 6 July 2022 to find relevant publications. Publication and citation data were retrieved directly from the database. VOSviewer, a bibliometric software, was then used to relate these data to the semantic content from the titles, abstracts, and keywords. The analysis was based on data from 1000 publications. The most productive authors were from Japan and the United States, led by Dr. Koji Nakamura from Japan ( n = 10, 1.0%). The most academically productive countries were in the North America, Europe and Asia, led by the United States of America ( n = 266, 26.6%). Sensitivity ( n = 32, 3.2%) and specificity ( n = 23, 2.3%) were among the most frequently recurring author keywords. Regarding sampling methods, “saliva” ( n = 54, 5.4%) was mentioned more frequently than “nasal swab” ( n = 32, 3.2%) and “nasopharyngeal swab” ( n = 22, 2.2%). Recurring scenarios that required RAT were identified: emergency department, healthcare worker, mass screening, airport, traveler, and workplace. Our bibliometric analysis revealed that COVID-19 RAT has been utilized in a range of studies. RAT results were cross-checked with RT-PCR tests for sensitivity and specificity. These results are consistent with comparable exchanges of methods, results or discussions among laboratorians, authors, institutions and publishers in the involved countries of the world.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; rapid antigen test; lateral flow test; public health surveillance; saliva; nasopharyngeal swab; nasal swab; pandemic (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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