Analysis of scientific publications during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Topic modeling study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2020, Pages

  Älgå, Andreas ^a   Eriksson, Oskar ^b   Nordberg, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DataRobot Inc   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; COVID 19; Literature; Pandemic; Research; SARS CoV 2; Topic modeling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLICATION;

COVID-19; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SARS-COV-2;

EID: 85096079830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/21559     Document Type: Article

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