Trend of Polymer Research Related to COVID-19 Pandemic: Bibliometric Analysis
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Polymeric materials are used for personal protective equipment (PPE), which is mandatory for clinicians to use when handling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The development of diagnostic tools and vaccines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is also dependent on polymer technology. This current report aims to provide readers with the trend of polymer research regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, by employing bibliometric analysis. A literature search on the Scopus database (31 January 2022) was carried out using predetermined terms. Using Scopus database features, the publications were filtered based on the year of publication (2020–2022), types of articles (original research and review), and language (English). The metadata were extracted in a CSV (.csv) file, to be later used in VOSviewer software. The data were presented in a table, graph, and network visualization. As many as 512 publications were included, consisting of 66.4% original research articles and 33.6% review articles. Most of the publications were written by authors whose affiliation was in the United States (n = 118, 23%) and covering the Materials Science subject area (n = 142, 27.7%). The Ministry of Education of China was the most productive organization, publishing 11 articles. The National Science Foundation of China was the top funding source, supporting 45 publications. Heinz C. Schröder was the most prolific author, publishing nine articles. Science of the Total Environment was the leading journal publishing the included studies. The trend of polymer technology related to COVID-19 mostly covers PPE and waste-management themes. The use of polymer technology as a delivery system for the anti-SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 vaccine is also among the frequently researched areas. We encourage more research in the field of polymer technology be carried out, to overcome the global pandemic.
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Researchers around the world diagnose the current state of affairs, disseminate good practices, develop models, frameworks, and tools, and indicate future directions of development.
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- Authors
- Chiari, W., Damayanti, R., Harapan, H., Puspita, K., Saiful, S., Rahmi, R., Rizki, D. R., & Iqhrammullah, M.
- Affiliations
- Universitas Syiah Kuala (ID)
- Universitas Serambi Mekkah (ID)
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia
- Corresponding author
- Puspita, Kana
- Iqhrammullah, Muhammad
- ORCID
- Venue
- Polymers
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2022-08-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 3297
- ISSN
- 2073-4360 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9416432
- OpenAlex
- W4291513301
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 6
- FWCI
- 4.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Polymers (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, personal protective equipment, polymer waste management, vaccine delivery systems, research funding sources
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