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. 2021 Mar 8;23(3):e23703. doi: 10.2196/23703

Table 6.

Topics grouped by thematic cluster, including the percentage of articles by topic and cluster.

Thematic cluster, topic number, and title Articles (N=28,904), n Topic dominance (%) Cluster dominance (%)
Clinical aspects 29.17

(2) Clinical care practices for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic 5118 17.71
(3) Clinical characteristics and risk factors of COVID-19 3313 11.46
Epidemiology 28.91

(1) Public health response 5393 18.66
(4) Epidemic models for COVID-19 spread 2964 10.25
Therapeutics 21.03

(5) Therapies and vaccines for COVID-19 1845 6.38
(6) Host immune response 1837 6.36
(11) Virus genomics 816 2.82
(12) Protein structures of 2019-nCoV 706 2.44
(13) Host cell entry 584 2.02
Diagnostics 9.98

(7) Diagnosis of COVID-19 using PCR 1602 5.54
(9) Diagnosis of COVID-19 based on chest imaging 874 3.02
(15) Detection of 2019-nCoV antibodies 411 1.42
Related conditions 7.70

(8) Mental health and disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic 915 3.17
(14) Patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic 441 1.53
(17) Diabetes mellitus and COVID-19 336 1.16
(18) Pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic 312 1.08
(19) Organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic 219 0.76
Prevention 4.21

(10) Social distancing measures 868 3
(16) Personal protective equipment 350 1.21