Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
Date Submitted: Mar 29, 2021
Open Peer Review Period: Mar 29, 2021 - May 24, 2021
Date Accepted: Jan 3, 2022
Date Submitted to PubMed: Jan 19, 2022
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: Citation Network Analysis and Evidence Synthesis
ABSTRACT
Background:
COVID-19 spread quickly around the world shortly after the first outbreaks of the new coronavirus disease that occurred at the end of December 2019, affecting all types of population, including pregnant women.
Objective:
This study aims to analyze the relationship between different publications and their authors through citation networks, as well as to identify the research areas and determine which publication has been the most cited.
Methods:
The search for publications was carried out through the Web of Science database using terms such as “pregnancy”, “SARS-CoV-2” “pregnant”and“COVID-19” for the period between January and November 2020. The Citation Network Explorer software was used for publication analysis.
Results:
A total of 734 publications and 2048 citation networks were found in the search, with July being the month with the largest number of publications, and United States, China and England the countries with the greatest number of publications. The most cited publication was “Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant” by Chen et al., published in March 2020. Six groups identified by being close in the citation network comprise multidisciplinary research, including clinical characteristics and outcomes in pregnancy, vertical transmission, delivery mode, and psychological impact of the pandemic on pregnant women.
Conclusions:
The citation network is a useful tool to get a global view of the main papers on COVID-19 and pregnancy, through an objective and comprehensive analysis, leading to a better understanding of the topic.
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