Scientometric approaches is measuring and mapping research activities
and outputs, used to (i) track the temporal and spatial development of research
fields and topics, (ii) assess the productivity and impact of researchers and
research institutions, as well as (iii) study patterns in gender balance in academia,
interdisciplinary, and peer review processes.
According to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease
were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
In view of this research activities are being carried out around the world to cope
with the issues related to this Virus. A scientometric study in this area will help
the scientists to understand the progress in research and development. In
particular, the study was confined to the following: (1) To examine the growth of
literature on Coronavirus during the period 1989-2020; (2) To identify the
country-wise research contribution in Publications and Citations; (3) To identify
the worldwide Coronavirus research in context of subject areas; (4) To identify
the highly productive institutions and Citations in Coronavirus research; (5) To
identify the most productive authors with Citations; (6) To identify the most
productive journals with Impact Factor; (7) To Identification of core journals in
the field of Coronavirus and the application of Bradford's law as an indicator of
the dispersion of scientific literature; (8) To identify the Highly Cited Papers and
Cited References in Coronavirus Research; (9) To identify the Chronological
evolution of number of Papers in the field of Coronavirus.
