TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of COVID-19 on Otolaryngology Literature
AU - Chillakuru, Yeshwant R.
AU - Gerhard, Eleanor F.
AU - Shim, Timothy
AU - Selesnick, Samuel H.
AU - Lustig, Lawrence R.
AU - Krouse, John H.
AU - Hanna, Ehab Y.
AU - Smith, Timothy L.
AU - Fisher, Edward W.
AU - Kerschner, Joseph E.
AU - Monfared, Ashkan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Objectives/Hypothesis: To understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume, quality, and impact of otolaryngology publications. Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Methods: Fifteen of the top peer-reviewed otolaryngology journals were queried on PubMed for COVID and non-COVID-related articles from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (pandemic period) and pre-COVID articles from the year prior. Information on total number of submissions and rate of acceptance were collected from seven top-ranked journals. Results: Our PubMed query returned 759 COVID articles, 4,885 non-COVID articles, and 4,200 pre-COVID articles, corresponding to a 34% increase in otolaryngology publications during the pandemic period. Meta-analysis/reviews and miscellaneous publication types made up a larger portion of COVID publications than that of non-COVID and pre-COVID publications. Compared to pre-COVID articles, citations per article 120 days after publication and Altmetric Attention Score were higher in both COVID articles (citations/article: 2.75 ± 0.45, P <.001; Altmetric Attention Score: 2.05 ± 0.60, P =.001) and non-COVID articles (citations/article: 0.03 ± 0.01, P =.002; Altmetric Attention Score: 0.67 ± 0.28, P =.016). COVID manuscripts were associated with a 1.65 times higher acceptance rate compared to non-COVID articles (P <.001). Conclusions: COVID-19 was associated with an increase in volume, citations, and attention for both COVID and non-COVID articles compared to pre-COVID articles. However, COVID articles were associated with lower evidence levels than non-COVID and pre-COVID articles. Level of Evidence: 3 Laryngoscope, 132:1364–1373, 2022.
AB - Objectives/Hypothesis: To understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume, quality, and impact of otolaryngology publications. Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Methods: Fifteen of the top peer-reviewed otolaryngology journals were queried on PubMed for COVID and non-COVID-related articles from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (pandemic period) and pre-COVID articles from the year prior. Information on total number of submissions and rate of acceptance were collected from seven top-ranked journals. Results: Our PubMed query returned 759 COVID articles, 4,885 non-COVID articles, and 4,200 pre-COVID articles, corresponding to a 34% increase in otolaryngology publications during the pandemic period. Meta-analysis/reviews and miscellaneous publication types made up a larger portion of COVID publications than that of non-COVID and pre-COVID publications. Compared to pre-COVID articles, citations per article 120 days after publication and Altmetric Attention Score were higher in both COVID articles (citations/article: 2.75 ± 0.45, P <.001; Altmetric Attention Score: 2.05 ± 0.60, P =.001) and non-COVID articles (citations/article: 0.03 ± 0.01, P =.002; Altmetric Attention Score: 0.67 ± 0.28, P =.016). COVID manuscripts were associated with a 1.65 times higher acceptance rate compared to non-COVID articles (P <.001). Conclusions: COVID-19 was associated with an increase in volume, citations, and attention for both COVID and non-COVID articles compared to pre-COVID articles. However, COVID articles were associated with lower evidence levels than non-COVID and pre-COVID articles. Level of Evidence: 3 Laryngoscope, 132:1364–1373, 2022.
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - COVID-19
KW - publication trends
KW - scientific publication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117133746&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85117133746&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/lary.29902
DO - 10.1002/lary.29902
M3 - Article
C2 - 34622965
AN - SCOPUS:85117133746
SN - 0023-852X
VL - 132
SP - 1364
EP - 1373
JO - Laryngoscope
JF - Laryngoscope
IS - 7
ER -