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. 2020 May 7;129:104806. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104806

Table A2.

Summary statistics on scholarly publications related to COVID-19.

No. Authors Count Country/Region Count Funding sponsors Count Institutes Count Subject areas Count Sources Count
1 Mahase, E. 20 China 431 National Natural Science Foundation of China 71 The University of Hong Kong 37 Medicine 1029 BMJ Clinical Research Ed 99
2 Rimmer, A. 13 United States 222 National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) 17 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 33 Immunology and Microbiology 191 Lancet 74
3 Hsueh, P.R. 10 United Kingdom 132 National Institutes of Health 11 Tongji Medical College 31 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 90 Journal of Medical Virology 47
4 Jiang, S. 8 Italy 67 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 10 Chinese Academy of Sciences 31 Multidisciplinary 53 JAMA Journal of The American Medical Association 34
5 Memish, Z.A. 8 Canada 48 Chinese Academy of Sciences 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 26 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 47 BMJ 31
6 Rodriguez-Morales, A.J. 8 China 45 Wellcome Trust 8 School of Medicine 26 Social Sciences 43 Euro Surveillance Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles European Communicable Disease Bulletin 29
7 Wiwanitkit, V. 8 France 42 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6 Capital Medical University 25 Environmental Science 31 Lancet Infectious Diseases 29
8 Zumla, A. 8 Singapore 41 Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi 6 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 25 Neuroscience 28 Science 25
9 Kupferschmidt, K. 7 Germany 39 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 5 National University of Singapore 24 Health Professions 25 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 25
10 Sah, R. 7 Switzerland 37 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences 5 Chinese University of Hong Kong 23 Nursing 21 Journal of Infection 22
11 Baden, L.R. 6 Australia 34 European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 5 Fudan University 23 Psychology 15 Nature 21
12 Drosten, C. 6 India 31 Health and Medical Research Fund 5 Wuhan University 23 Veterinary 15 New England Journal of Medicine 18
13 Eurosurveillance Editorial Team 6 Taiwan, China 28 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5 The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine 21 Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 Emerging Microbes and Infections 16
14 Iacobucci, G. 6 South Korea 26 National Major Science and Technology Projects of China 5 Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University 21 Computer Science 14 Lancet Respiratory Medicine 15
15 Iacobucci, G. 6 Saudi Arabia 25 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars 5 Zhejiang University 19 Mathematics 13 Journal of Korean Medical Science 13
16 Ippolito, G. 6 Sweden 17 Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen 5 UCL 19 Engineering 12 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 11
17 Kim, J.Y. 6 Thailand 17 Agence Nationale de la Recherche 4 University of Oxford 19 Chemistry 9 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 11
18 Morrissey, S. 6 Brazil 16 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 4 Zhejiang University School of Medicine 19 Business, Management and Accounting 5 Journal of Hospital Infection 11
19 Rubin, E.J. 6 Japan 15 China Scholarship Council 4 Ministry of Education China 18 Chemical Engineering 5 Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection 11
20 Angeletti, S. 5 The Netherlands 15 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 4 University of Toronto 17 Dentistry 5 Veterinary Record 11