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. 2023 Apr 30:1–25. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s41701-023-00143-0

Table 6.

Top 30 keywords for the year 2020 by extraction method and sample size

SketchEngine TextRank
0.1% Sample 1% Sample 0.1% Sample 1% Sample
Keyword Score Keyword Score Keyword Score Keyword Score
coronavirus 49.32 coronavirus 47.83 coronavirus 0.75 coronavirus 0.74
covid 48.11 covid 43.75 pandemic 0.63 pandemic 0.64
covid-19 31.27 covid-19 31.40 covid 0.61 people 0.57
pandemic 31.12 pandemic 30.23 people 0.57 covid 0.55
lockdown 17.60 lockdown 18.54 covid19 0.52 covid19 0.55
virus 14.90 virus 15.16 cases 0.50 lockdowns 0.52
trump 14.12 corona 12.50 covid-19 0.47 cases 0.50
corona 11.74 trump 12.40 u.s. 0.46 case 0.48
china 11.03 ðÿ 11.33 lockdown 0.45 virus 0.46
mask 9.73 china 11.29 deaths 0.44 lockdown 0.46
deaths 9.64 mask 9.45 lockdowns 0.44 u.s. 0.46
outbreak 9.27 deaths 9.40 death 0.42 covid-19 0.45
cases 9.03 outbreak 9.28 virus 0.41 death 0.45
wuhan 9.02 cases 8.92 china 0.41 days 0.44
distancing 8.15 wuhan 8.79 masks 0.41 deaths 0.44
vaccine 7.40 distancing 8.27 lives 0.38 china 0.43
ðÿ 7.39 vaccine 7.18 trump 0.38 masks 0.43
masks 7.29 masks 7.16 home 0.37 times 0.41
covid19 6.32 covid19 5.87 case 0.37 years 0.40
wear 5.81 wear 5.63 life 0.37 health 0.40
cdc 5.69 spread 5.59 days 0.36 home 0.38
spread 5.67 cdc 5.57 health 0.36 countries 0.38
tested 5.12 stay 5.15 states 0.34 weeks 0.38
americans 5.01 novel 5.01 years 0.34 mask 0.37
stay 4.97 tested 4.71 mask 0.33 life 0.37
positive 4.64 flu 4.54 weeks 0.33 lives 0.37
chinese 4.47 chinese 4.46 patients 0.33 states 0.36
breaking 4.46 positive 4.46 government 0.32 trump 0.36
infected 4.39 infected 4.44 hospitals 0.31 government 0.35
flu 4.35 americans 4.35 corona 0.31 state 0.35