Analysis of COVID-19 publications in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during two years of the pandemic and their impact on ophthalmic literature

Gurnani, Bharat; Kaur, Kirandeep

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_2301_21

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For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Menshawey

Massoud

2022

Preprint

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Background: Preprinting, is the sharing of non-peer reviewed, unpublished scholarly manuscripts. Across many fields of medicine, an exponential rise of manuscripts being posted to preprint servers has been observed. This has exploded during the COVID19 pandemic where early dissemination of information was critical, or where COVID19 priority disrupted the publication dynamics and priorities in other areas. We examined the characteristics of ophthalmology related preprints in this study. Methods: We searched the bioRxiv and medRxiv servers for preprints relating to field of ophthalmology. Preprints were screened by title and abstract to ensure they were related to the field of ophthalmology. Outcomes included number of tweets, upper bound followers of tweeters, number of citations, news outlets reports and dates posted/published. If a preprint was published the same outcomes were collected for the published version to allow for comparisons, as well as journal publisher and cite score. Results: After screening, a total of 720 preprints met our inclusion criteria. 420 of the preprints went on to be published. The publication rate of the preprints was 58.3%. The median number of tweets received on preprints was 3.5, IQR 5.5. 98.75% of preprints were tweeted about. Citation rate was 40.14%. The average number of days from date posted on server to date published was 180.5+/-124 days. Regression analysis revealed that tweets as a preprint predicts tweets as a published article, P=0.0135. citations as a preprint predicts citations as a published article, P<0.001. The average cite score was 8.5+/-6.2 among those preprints that we published in journals. 16.66% of papers were published by Elsevier (n = 70). 3.19% of preprints were COVID19 related, with significant differences found between them and non-COVID19 preprints in terms of number of tweets and number of citations. Conclusions: Ophthalmology preprints are increasing across preprint servers. This maybe to bypass publication times and allow early dissemination of work, as well as increase visibility and citations. We identified that preprint citations and tweets predict published version citation and tweets.

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For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Menshawey

Massoud

2022

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Trends in Research on Patients With COVID-19 in Korean Medical Journals

Choi,

Song,

Ahn

et al. 2024

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Objectives: This study was conducted to systematically summarize trends in research concerning patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as reported in Korean medical journals.Methods: We performed a literature search of KoreaMed from January 2020 to September 2022. We included only primary studies of patients with COVID-19. Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts, then performed full-text screening, both independently and in duplicate. We first identified the 5 journals with the greatest numbers of eligible publications, then extracted data pertaining to the general characteristics, study population attributes, and research features of papers published in these journals.Results: Our analysis encompassed 142 primary studies. Of these, approximately 41.0% reported a funding source, while 3.5% disclosed a conflict of interest. In 2020, 42.9% of studies included fewer than 10 participants; however, by 2022, the proportion of studies with over 200 participants had increased to 40.6%. The most common design was the cohort study (48.6%), followed by case reports/series (35.2%). Only 3 randomized controlled trials were identified. Studies most frequently focused on prognosis (58.5%), followed by therapy/intervention (20.4%). Regarding the type of intervention/exposure, therapeutic clinical interventions comprised 26.1%, while studies of morbidity accounted for 13.4%. As for the outcomes measured, 50.7% of studies assessed symptoms/clinical status/improvement, and 14.1% evaluated mortality.Conclusions: Employing a systematic approach, we examined the characteristics of research involving patients with COVID-19 that was published in Korean medical journals from 2020 onward. Subsequent research should assess not only publication trends over a longer timeframe but also the quality of evidence provided.

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Commentary: Impact of social media applications like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on ophthalmological education

Kaur,

Gurnani

2022

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Analysis of COVID-19 publications in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology during two years of the pandemic and their impact on ophthalmic literature

Cited by 8 publications

References 52 publications

For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Trends in Research on Patients With COVID-19 in Korean Medical Journals

Commentary: Impact of social media applications like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on ophthalmological education

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