The long shadow of COVID-19

Rousseau, Ronald; Garcia-Zorita, Carlos; Sanz-Casado, Elias

doi:10.2478/jdis-2025-0035

Figures & Tables

Upper curve: yearly number of publications in the WoS (three subdatabases); lower curve: publications in the broad category of Life Sciences and Biomedicine.

UK: Upper curve: Scopus data, lower curve: WoS data

China: Upper curve: Scopus data, lower curve: WoS data

Russia: Upper curve: Scopus data, lower curve: WoS data

Research articles from the UK_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	109.7	129	210	52.8	56.9
2016	116.0	132	213	54.7	61.3
2017	119.8	135	218	55.6	64.3
2018	124.8	143	224	58.3	66.5
2019	128.7	147	230	60.2	68.5
2020	136.3	157	246	64.6	71.6
2021	145.7	170	253	71.8	73.9
2022	136.5	164	232	65.9	70.6
2023	*128.3*	*159*	232	*60.0*	*68.3*
2024	132.6	169	207	60.5	72.1

Research articles from Canada_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	64.1	72	112	34.1	30.0
2016	66.0	73	113	35.2	30.8
2017	67.8	75	115	35.8	32.0
2018	70.6	79	120	37.5	33.2
2019	73.3	82	124	39.1	34.2
2020	77.3	88	133	41.0	36.2
2021	82.2	95	135	44.2	38.0
2022	78.8	94	127	42.0	36.8
2023	*73.2*	89	127	*37.9*	*35.3*
2024	74.3	93	112	38.4	35.9

Research articles from Spain_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	55.9	67	110	26.7	29.2
2016	57.6	68	112	26.8	30.8
2017	58.7	70	118	27.5	31.2
2018	60.8	72	122	28.7	32.1
2019	64.6	80	126	31.3	33.3
2020	72.2	89	138	36.4	35.8
2021	77.6	96	140	40.7	36.9
2022	72.4	94	*129*	37.7	*34.7*
2023	*70.0*	93	133	34.9	35.1
2024	71.0	97	112	*34.7*	36.3

Research articles from Switzerland_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	28.3	32	47	14.7	13.6
2016	30.4	33	47	15.6	14.8
2017	31.7	34	50	16.5	15.2
2018	32.3	35	51	16.8	15.5
2019	32.8	35	52	17.3	15.5
2020	35.1	39	57	19.0	16.2
2021	38.0	42	60	21.3	16.8
2022	36.0	41	56	19.9	16.1
2023	*34.5*	40	56	*18.5*	*16.0*
2024	35.4	42	49	18.9	16.5

Research articles from Australia_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	58.3	101	97	30.9	27.4
2016	61.2	107	98	32.5	28.7
2017	63.3	110	100	33.0	30.3
2018	66.5	113	103	35.0	31.5
2019	69.9	118	109	36.4	33.4
2020	74.4	122	116	39.0	35.5
2021	79.1	128	117	42.7	36.5
2022	75.6	127	107	40.4	35.2
2023	*68.6*	*122*	105	*35.5*	*33.1*
2024	70.1	125	93	36.1	34.0

Research articles from China

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	279.6	382	527	100.1	179.5
2016	306.9	403	445	110.3	196.6
2017	341.1	431	487	122.8	218.3
2018	391.2	478	561	141.0	250.2
2019	459.1	570	632	168.5	290.5
2020	513.0	643	677	197.6	315.4
2021	572.6	704	767	227.1	345.5
2022	693.9	840	911	277.5	416.5
2023	*689.9*	848	926	*259.0*	430.8
2024	791.4	975	903	284.5	506.9

Research articles from the USA_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	382.5	433	755	205.6	176.9
2016	392.5	434	746	210.4	182.1
2017	400.8	443	758	214.2	186.6
2018	410.0	458	776	219.7	190.3
2019	416.8	467	804	222.9	193.9
2020	433.5	494	878	235.6	197.9
2021	449.1	521	830	251.8	197.3
2022	417.9	496	*777*	233.2	184.8
2023	*388.5*	*476*	840	214.8	*173.7*
2024	391.9	495	721	213.9	178.0

Research articles from Russia_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	34.4	53	85	7.1	27.3
2016	36.0	59	96	7.4	28.6
2017	37.7	63	105	7.8	29.9
2018	39.7	69	126	8.5	31.2
2019	42.0	84	156	9.4	32.6
2020	44.6	86	176	10.8	33.8
2021	46.1	89	194	12.3	33.9
2022	44.4	86	168	12.2	32.1
2023	40.8	85	148	11.4	29.4
2024	*37.0*	79	*106*	*10.1*	*27.0*

Number of “publication titles” in the WoS (three subdatabases)_

FPY	Absolute number of publication titles	Number of articles (in 1000)	Average number of articles per title
2018	14,252	1662,6	117
2019	14,312	1760,5	123
2020	14,309	1906,0	133
2021	14,289	2067,9	145
2022	13,839	2135,8	154
2023	13,713	2038,0	149
2024	13,409	2150,9	160

Research articles from Germany_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	103.3	119	180	48.3	55.0
2016	107.0	120	184	49.8	57.2
2017	110.0	122	185	50.2	59.7
2018	112.0	125	192	51.2	60.8
2019	115.1	127	198	52.9	62.3
2020	121.4	136	206	57.0	64.3
2021	131.9	149	213	64.4	67.5
2022	123.5	145	197	60.6	62.8
2023	*116.1*	*139*	195	54.6	*61.5*
2024	116.6	144	172	*53.3*	63.3

Research articles from Brazil_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	64.1	72	112	34.1	30.0
2016	66.0	73	113	35.2	30.8
2017	67.8	75	115	35.8	32.0
2018	70.6	79	120	37.5	33.2
2019	73.3	82	124	39.1	34.2
2020	77.3	88	133	41.0	36.2
2021	82.2	95	135	44.2	38.0
2022	78.8	94	127	42.0	36.8
2023	*73.2*	89	127	*37.9*	*35.3*
2024	74.3	93	112	38.4	35.9

Research articles from Japan_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	75.2	91	157	37.0	38.2
2016	77.4	92	157	37.6	39.8
2017	79.1	93	159	38.4	40.7
2018	80.8	95	162	40.0	40.8
2019	81.5	97	161	39.7	41.7
2020	87.7	105	164	43.4	44.3
2021	92.8	112	162	48.0	44.8
2022	87.2	108	153	45.2	42.0
2023	*80.8*	*101*	149	40.2	*40.5*
2024	80.8	104	135	*39.4*	41.4

Research articles from France

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	71.3	82	142	31.1	40.2
2016	73.7	83	145	32.1	41.6
2017	74.6	84	146	32.4	42.2
2018	74.3	84	151	33.0	41.4
2019	75.0	84	153	33.0	42.0
2020	79.4	90	154	36.3	43.2
2021	82.4	94	155	38.8	43.6
2022	77.1	91	*150*	36.6	40.5
2023	*73.3*	87	157	33.5	*39.8*
2024	73.6	89	139	*33.0*	40.6

esearch articles from Italy_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	62.6	73	107	32.1	30.4
2016	65.0	75	109	33.1	31.9
2017	66.2	76	111	33.4	32.8
2018	68.4	80	114	34.9	33.5
2019	71.3	85	120	36.8	34.5
2020	82.0	99	138	44.1	37.9
2021	89.0	108	141	48.9	40.2
2022	85.3	105	135	46.8	*38.6*
2023	*81.4*	*103*	134	42.3	39.1
2024	82.9	107	122	*41.9*	41.0

Research articles from India_

FPY	WoS	Scopus	OpenAlex	WoS LSB	WoS no LSB
2015	59.5	103	156	22.2	37.3
2016	63.5	106	178	22.8	40.7
2017	66.9	105	194	23.2	43.7
2018	71.8	114	205	24.0	47.7
2019	77.2	139	211	24.8	52.3
2020	84.9	139	253	28.1	56.8
2021	98.0	149	276	34.4	63.6
2022	109.9	169	295	37.7	72.2
2023	*108.1*	175	318	*35.1*	72.9
2024	116.6	203	290	35.4	81.2

The long shadow of COVID-19

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Research articles from the UK_

Research articles from Canada_

Research articles from Spain_

Research articles from Switzerland_

Research articles from Australia_

Research articles from China

Research articles from the USA_

Research articles from Russia_

Number of “publication titles” in the WoS (three subdatabases)_

Research articles from Germany_

Research articles from Brazil_

Research articles from Japan_

Research articles from France

esearch articles from Italy_

Research articles from India_

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