Area or task	References
1. History and evolutionary studies on the SARS-CoV-2 virus	(Andersen et al., 2020; Li et al., 2020; Li et al., 2020)
2. Characterization studies: Studying the structural details of the virus with its genes and proteins	(Li et al., 2020; Yoshimoto, 2020; Emameh et al., 2020; Shah et al., 2020)
3. Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 with other viruses in this family like SARS and MERS-CoV	(Li et al., 2020; Li et al., 2020; Tai et al., 2020; Prathiviraj et al., 2020)
4. Studying the mutations in SARS-CoV-2	(Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), n.d.; Saha et al., 2020; Dorp et al., 2020; Khailany et al., 2020; Junejo et al., 2020)
5. Studying the virus in connection with the COVID-19 disease (for example, for drugs, treatment, and vaccine)	(Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), n.d.; Mirza and Froeyen, 2020; Tai et al., 2020; Emameh et al., 2020; Junejo et al., 2020)

Note: Literature and publications related to the COVID-19 disease and pandemic (see Junejo et al., 2020; El Idrissi, 2020; Rothan and Byrareddy, 2020; Wilder-Smith et al., 2020; Anastassopoulou et al., 2020) are mainly interested in the disease outbreak data analysis, timeline and infection rate analysis, pandemic declining prediction, etc. (Junejo et al., 2020; El Idrissi, 2020; Rothan and Byrareddy, 2020; Wilder-Smith et al., 2020; Anastassopoulou et al., 2020).