Zyoud SH, Al-Jabi SW, Shahwan MJ, Jairoun AA. Global research production pertaining to gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19: A bibliometric and visualised study. World J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 14(5): 494-505 [PMID: 35734615 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.494]
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Sa'ed H Zyoud, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Academic Street, Nablus 44839, Palestine. saedzyoud@yahoo.com
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Virology
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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2022; 14(5): 494-505 Published online May 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.494
Global research production pertaining to gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19: A bibliometric and visualised study
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Poison Control and Drug Information Center, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Sa'ed H Zyoud, Clinical Research Centre, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus 44839, Palestine
Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman 346, United Arab Emirates
Moyad Jamal Shahwan, Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman 346, United Arab Emirates
Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Department of Health and Safety, Dubai Municipality, Dubai 67, United Arab Emirates
Author contributions: Zyoud SH designed the study, collected the data, analyzed the data, made major contributions to the manuscript’s existing literature search and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript; Al-Jabi SW participated in the study design, was involved in interpretation of the data, made revisions to the initial draft, and answered the reviewers’ comments; Jairoun AA and Shahwan MJ corrected the manuscript and answered the reviewers’ comments; all authors provided a critical review and approved the final manuscript before submission.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest to declare.
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Corresponding author: Sa'ed H Zyoud, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Academic Street, Nablus 44839, Palestine. saedzyoud@yahoo.com
Received: March 16, 2021 Peer-review started: March 16, 2021 First decision: May 4, 2021 Revised: May 26, 2021 Accepted: May 7, 2022 Article in press: May 7, 2022 Published online: May 27, 2022 Processing time: 434 Days and 19.5 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic that can cause diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, and abdominal pain, among other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms.
AIM
To perform a bibliometric analysis of the global research production pertaining to GI involvement in COVID-19.
METHODS
The Scopus database was used to search the global literature on GI involvement in COVID-19 during 2020. A bibliometric review of these publications was also performed using VOSviewer.
RESULTS
Scopus had published 95615 documents on COVID-19 in all areas of research at the time of data collection. In total, 1267 publications on the topic of GI and COVID-19 were identified. Research articles (n = 606; 47.83%), letters (293; 23.13%), and reviews (186; 14.68%) were the most popular types of documents. The most productive countries and institutions in this field were the United States and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The most cited paper was Xiao et al, which was published in Gastroenterology as a brief communication, with 798 citations. This paper provides evidence for GI infection of COVID-19 and its possible faecal–oral transmission route. In the term cluster analysis, there were two frontiers in this field: GI manifestations among COVID-19 patients and the implications of COVID-19 for the gastroenterologist.
CONCLUSION
GI manifestations among COVID-19 patients and implications of COVID-19 for gastroenterologists were of interest, especially in the early stages of the pandemic.
Core Tip: This bibliometric analysis provides the first concise summary of global gastrointestinal (GI) publications related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It highlights the benefits of bibliometric analysis in a systematic and structured way to measure the productivity of studies. GI manifestations among COVID-19 patients and the implications of COVID-19 for gastroenterologists were of interest, especially in the early stage of the pandemic. The results will form the basis for future research and guide decision-making in research related to GI symptoms and treatments in COVID-19.
