Table 1.
Titles of different key articles for the 2 groups of focal editors. The Japanese titles are given in parentheses.
| Rank | Social-Political Group | Scientific-Medical Group |
| Top 1 | “The Republic of Korea” (“大韓民国”) | “Prevalence of coronavirus infections in Japan in 2019” (“日本における2019年コロナウイルス感染症の流行状況”) |
| Top 2 | “United States of America” (“アメリカ合衆国”) | “Global epidemic of new coronavirus infections (2019-)” (“新型コロナウイルス感染症の世界的流行 (2019年-)”) |
| Top 3 | “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” (“朝鮮民主主義人民共和国”) | “SARS coronavirus 2“(“SARSコロナウイルス2”) |
| Top 4 | “People’s Republic of China” (“中華人民共和国”) | “Coronavirus infection prevalence status in 2019 by country/region” (“国・地域毎の2019年コロナウイルス感染症流行状況”) |
| Top 5 | “Emperor Showa” (“昭和天皇”) |
“Template: 2019-nCoV “(“Template: 2019-nCoV”) |
| Top 6 | “Japan” (“日本”) | “COVID-19 Vaccine” (“COVID-19ワクチン”) |
| Top 7 | “Germany” (“ドイツ”) | “Socioeconomic impact of coronavirus infections in 2019” (“2019年コロナウイルス感染症による社会・経済的影響”) |
| Top 8 | “City of Yokohama” (“横浜市”) | “Amabile” (“アマビエ”) |
| Top 9 | “September 11th attacks” (“アメリカ同時多発テロ事件”) | “The three Cs: closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings” (“3つの密”) |
| Top 10 | “Tokyo” (“東京都”) | “Declaration of an emergency and priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease” (“緊急事態宣言及びまん延防止等重点措置”) |