Research in COVID times—Innovations, revolutions and contentions

From traditional Bibliometrics to Altmetrics: Socialising the research metrics

“…As has been mentioned time and again in previous editorials of the IJA, conducting genuine, good quality, methodologically correct, statistically flawless, clinically useful, novel research and reporting it correctly as per CONSORT and Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines should be our prime goals at the moment. [ 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ] At this juncture, one can only say altmetrics or traditional bibliometrics… Does it really matter? How much further they can go in socialising and popularising the research, only time can convey.…”

Anaesthesiology as an oasis amid the crisis of the vital medicine ‘Oxygen’- innovations and local modifications

“…In another study published in the IJA, the researchers worked on a novel innovation in the management of ventilator shortage in India during the pandemic. [ 26 27 ] They prepared this device to ventilate five patients at a time with nominal damage to lung mechanics. [ 27 ]…”

Research and COVID-19

“…The various articles published on COVID-19 in the 2020 and 2021 issues of the IJA are a testimony to this. [ 14 15 ] But, will COVID-19 stay on? Will this COVID-19 research be useful in the later years, when COVID-19 may be reduced to affecting just a handful of cases?…”