TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistic of publications and collaborations about COVID‐19.
| As of April 1 | April 2–15 | April 16–May 1 | May 2–15 | May 16–June 1 | As of June 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In terms of publication | ||||||
| Number of documents | 808 | 457 | 878 | 1,493 | 2,191 | 5,827 |
| Number of countries/regions | 62 | 68 | 66 | 93 | 103 | 128 |
| Number of institutes | 851 | 1,044 | 2,160 | 2,378 | 3,241 | 6,349 |
| Number of Authors | 3,029 | 2,787 | 4,021 | 6,433 | 9,736 | 23,127 |
| In terms of collaboration | ||||||
| Number of countries/regions participating in scientific collaboration | 60 | 62 | 57 | 83 | 96 | 122 |
| collaborations among countries/regions | 537 | 642 | 947 | 1,614 | 2,143 | 5,886 |
| Number of institutes participating in scientific collaboration | 801 | 950 | 1,760 | 2,190 | 2,960 | 5,879 |
| collaborations among institutes | 2,995 | 4,199 | 6,420 | 11,145 | 15,602 | 40,384 |
| Number of authors participating in scientific collaboration | 2,976 | 2,547 | 3,614 | 6,142 | 11,245 | 21,014 |
| collaborations among authors | 21,176 | 27,786 | 30,561 | 36,166 | 81,739 | 197,428 |
Note: The data in the table are de‐duplicated. Institution data are matched by country and institution name, and author data is matched by institution and author name.