Literature in the time of COVID-19: The "phase two"

Jacopo Zocchi; Giacomo Pietrobon; Silvia Moretto; Anna Bonsembiante; Francesco Mazzola; Gerardo Petruzzi; Oreste Iocca; Barbara Pichi; Mohssen Ansarin; Raul Pellini

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104837

Literature in the time of COVID-19: The "phase two"

Oral Oncol. 2020 Jun 3:109:104837. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104837. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: jaczocchi@gmail.com.
² Division of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of ENT, ENT Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
⁵ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, MI, Italy. Electronic address: oi243@nyu.edu.

Abstract

The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on the whole scientific world. We assisted to a tremendous effort by researchers with the final goal of achieving a better management of COVID-19 patients. The world of otorhinolaryngology, likewise, has not been exempt from this commitment to research. In this commentary we perform a bibliometric review of the available academic literature about COVID-19 in the top 20-ranked ENT journal, with the goal of providing an overview of what has been published to date and encouraging a shift towards quantitative research.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Head and neck cancer; Oral cancer; Research; Review.