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Bibliometric Study of Scientific Productivity on the Impacts on Mental Health in Times of Pandemic

Background and Objectives: The presence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing enormous threats to people’s health and lives, so quantifying the scientific productivity on mental health in times of pandemic is an urgent need, especially to expand the degree of knowledge on mental health problems in...

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Autores principales: Caballero-Apaza, Luz Marina, Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén, Curaca-Arroyo, Silvia, Gomez-Campos, Rossana, Callata-Gallegos, Zaida, Fuentes-López, José, Cossio-Bolaños, Marco
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35056332
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010024
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author Caballero-Apaza, Luz Marina
Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén
Curaca-Arroyo, Silvia
Gomez-Campos, Rossana
Callata-Gallegos, Zaida
Fuentes-López, José
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco
author_facet Caballero-Apaza, Luz Marina
Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén
Curaca-Arroyo, Silvia
Gomez-Campos, Rossana
Callata-Gallegos, Zaida
Fuentes-López, José
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco
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description Background and Objectives: The presence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing enormous threats to people’s health and lives, so quantifying the scientific productivity on mental health in times of pandemic is an urgent need, especially to expand the degree of knowledge on mental health problems in regions of low scientific productivity. The aim was to characterize the bibliometric indicators of scientific productivity on mental health during the pandemic in the PubMed Identifier database of the National Library of Medicine in the United States. Materials and Methods: A documentary study (bibliometric) of the scientific productivity on mental health in times of pandemic from January 2020 to June 2021 was carried out. The PubMed database was used to abstract the information from the original scientific articles. The data abstracted were: authors, year of publication, journal name, country, and language of publication. Results: We identified 47 original articles worldwide, which were published in 29 journals and in three languages (English, Spanish, and German). We observed three groups of countries that published on mental health topics. The first group comprised the largest number of publications, which were multicenter studies (six studies), followed by India (five studies), and Italy (four studies). A second group comprised Bangladesh, China, USA, and Spain, with 3 studies each; and a third group comprised 13 countries (Albania, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, and New Zealand) with one study each. Conclusions: Bibliometric indicators of scientific productivity on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic have ostensibly increased. We verified 47 studies in PubMed, which could serve to improve the understanding and management of COVID-19, as well as serve as a thought-provoking means for other countries and researchers to publish on the state of mental health during and post pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-87799142022-01-22 Bibliometric Study of Scientific Productivity on the Impacts on Mental Health in Times of Pandemic Caballero-Apaza, Luz Marina Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén Curaca-Arroyo, Silvia Gomez-Campos, Rossana Callata-Gallegos, Zaida Fuentes-López, José Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Medicina (Kaunas) Review Background and Objectives: The presence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing enormous threats to people’s health and lives, so quantifying the scientific productivity on mental health in times of pandemic is an urgent need, especially to expand the degree of knowledge on mental health problems in regions of low scientific productivity. The aim was to characterize the bibliometric indicators of scientific productivity on mental health during the pandemic in the PubMed Identifier database of the National Library of Medicine in the United States. Materials and Methods: A documentary study (bibliometric) of the scientific productivity on mental health in times of pandemic from January 2020 to June 2021 was carried out. The PubMed database was used to abstract the information from the original scientific articles. The data abstracted were: authors, year of publication, journal name, country, and language of publication. Results: We identified 47 original articles worldwide, which were published in 29 journals and in three languages (English, Spanish, and German). We observed three groups of countries that published on mental health topics. The first group comprised the largest number of publications, which were multicenter studies (six studies), followed by India (five studies), and Italy (four studies). A second group comprised Bangladesh, China, USA, and Spain, with 3 studies each; and a third group comprised 13 countries (Albania, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, and New Zealand) with one study each. Conclusions: Bibliometric indicators of scientific productivity on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic have ostensibly increased. We verified 47 studies in PubMed, which could serve to improve the understanding and management of COVID-19, as well as serve as a thought-provoking means for other countries and researchers to publish on the state of mental health during and post pandemic. MDPI 2021-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8779914/ /pubmed/35056332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010024 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén
Curaca-Arroyo, Silvia
Gomez-Campos, Rossana
Callata-Gallegos, Zaida
Fuentes-López, José
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco
Bibliometric Study of Scientific Productivity on the Impacts on Mental Health in Times of Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35056332
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010024
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