Analyzing Trends in the Global Surge of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Submissions to The Journal of Pediatrics

Wadsworth A Williams 2nd; Alice Li; Denise M Goodman; Lainie Friedman Ross

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.02.007

Analyzing Trends in the Global Surge of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Submissions to The Journal of Pediatrics

J Pediatr. 2021 Jun:233:273-276.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.02.007. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Authors

Wadsworth A Williams 2nd¹, Alice Li², Denise M Goodman³, Lainie Friedman Ross⁴

Affiliations

¹ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
² Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
³ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
⁴ MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Institute for Translational Medicine at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: Lross@uchicago.edu.

Abstract

During February to December 2020, there were 498 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-focused brief report and original article submissions to The Journal of Pediatrics. The majority were from international authors (68.1%). Early in the pandemic, geographic origin of the corresponding author paralleled the path of COVID-19 infection both within the US and around the globe.

Keywords: COVID-19; international; pandemic; peer-review; publications; research ethics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Child
Global Health
Humans
Morbidity / trends
Pandemics*
Periodicals as Topic*
SARS-CoV-2*