COVID-19 outbreak: how academia is responding to the latest pandemic

Coronavirus cases currently stand at over 345,000 worldwide. Now more than ever, scientists and researchers are working together to accelerate research that can contribute to curtail this outbreak and prepare for future outbreaks.

To get a better sense of the impact of this virus on academic output, we decided to conduct an investigation of our platform to see how many coronavirus papers are available on Researcher and how engaged our users are with this content.

We found 1,882 coronavirus related papers across 530 journals, and these ten featured the most papers about the virus:

1. Research Square: 91 papers
2. Journal of Virology: 76 papers
3. bioRxiv Microbiology: 69 papers
4. Viruses: 55 papers
5. Journal of Medical Virology: 50 papers
6. Nature: 46 papers
7. Virology: 33 papers
8. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases: 32 papers
9. PLOS ONE: 28 papers
10. Emerging Infectious Diseases: 25 papers

88,012 distinct users have viewed these papers, and the most viewed paper on Researcher was “How scientists are fighting the novel coronavirus: A three minute guide”

Some other trending papers on Researcher were:

New coronavirus threat galvanizes scientists
Science

China coronavirus: labs worldwide scramble to analyse live samples
Nature

Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
The Lancet

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin
Nature

First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States
New England Journal of Medicine

More than 80 clinical trials launch to test coronavirus treatments
Nature

Clinical characteristics of 50466 hospitalized patients with 2019‐nCoV infection
Journal of Medical Virology

Understanding of COVID‐19 based on current evidence
Journal of Medical Virology

Of chloroquine and COVID-19
Antiviral Research

The transmission and diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus infection disease (COVID-19): A Chinese perspective
Journal of Medical Virology

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
Cell Journal

Emergence of a novel human coronavirus threatening human health
Nature Medicine

Unveiling the Origin and Transmission of 2019-nCoV
Trends in Microbiology

The Novel Coronavirus — A Snapshot of Current Knowledge
Microbial Biotechnology

[ASAP] Evidence of the COVID-19 Virus Targeting the CSN: Tissue Distribution, Host-Virus Interaction and Proposed Neurotropic Mechanisms
ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Clinical features of deaths in the novel coronavirus epidemic in China
Reviews in Medical Virology

A report of clinical diagnosis and treatment of 9 cases of coronavirus disease 2019
Journal of Medical Virology