Scientometric Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 and Reproductive System Literature, 2020-2025

2,354 publications from 2020 to 2025 were analyzed to map research on SARS-CoV-2 and the human genital system. The analysis, conducted by Linghan Zhang using Bibliometrix/BiblioShiny, reveals declining publication volume since 2022 and identifies key authors, journals, and emerging topics like sperm viability.

Use Cases

• Track thematic trends in COVID-19 research based on keyword frequency analysis mentioned in the description
• Identify key authors and institutions for collaboration based on publication and citation metrics
• Analyze geographic disparities in research output based on country-level production and collaboration data
• Forecast future research directions based on identified emerging topics like antigen presentation

Strengths

• Includes 2,354 publications from three major databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed)
• Provides a temporal analysis spanning 2020 to 2025 with future projections to 2030
• Identifies specific prolific authors (Wang X., Wang Y.) and highly cited countries (Sweden, Portugal)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count for the underlying bibliographic data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is a 984.2 KB PDF report, not the raw bibliographic data, limiting direct computational analysis

Provenance

Source

Linghan Zhang via figshare

Collection Method

Literature retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and PubMed, analyzed with Bibliometrix/BiblioShiny.

Time Range

2020-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:42:15

Geography

Global, with focus on China, USA, Italy, Germany; limited coverage for Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia.