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Emerging infectious disease: trends in the literature on SARS and H7N9 influenza

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Tao ZhengAuthors Info & Claims

Scientometrics, Volume 105, Issue 1

Pages 485 - 495

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1681-8

Published: 01 October 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and human infection H7N9 influenza are emerging infectious diseases having a relatively high mortality. Epidemics of each began in China. By searching through Science Citation Index, this study analyzed the article literature on SARS and H7N9 influenza, particularly papers in the leading journals TheLancet, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Nature and Science. The results show that the quantity and quality of SARS and H7N9 influenza literature from mainland China changed distinctly over the course of 10 years. Researchers from mainland China published 12 article literature in the The Lancet, NEJM, Nature and Science about H7N9 influenza, whereas mainland China had only 2 article literature about SARS in the same journals. The literature reflects China's growing strength in the science and technology of emerging infectious disease.

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Haghani MBliemer M(2020)Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented mobilisation of scholarly efforts prompted by a health crisis: Scientometric comparisons across SARS, MERS and 2019-nCoV literatureScientometrics10.1007/s11192-020-03706-z125:3(2695-2726)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11192-020-03706-z

Emerging infectious disease: trends in the literature on SARS and H7N9 influenza
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Haghani MBliemer M(2020)Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented mobilisation of scholarly efforts prompted by a health crisis: Scientometric comparisons across SARS, MERS and 2019-nCoV literatureScientometrics10.1007/s11192-020-03706-z125:3(2695-2726)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2020
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