Scientists are pivoting away from COVID19 research, recent analyses of publishing trends suggest.
). And in fields more distant from pandemic science, the share of COVID-19 papers is declining, suggesting researchers are returning to their core interests.
had appeared, according to an analysis of the Dimensions bibliographic database by Philip Shapira of the University of Manchester, who studies industrial innovation. Although those publications make up just 4% or so of all scientific papers published from 2019 through early this year, the surge of papers on a new topic was unmatched in the history of science. In certain disciplines the shift was especially dramatic.
One recent analysis suggests such fears are not unfounded. Two-thirds of authors who had at least one publication on COVID-19 in 2020Topping out? The lower impact of COVID-19 publications—and the corresponding lower professional rewards—could be one reason some researchers are retreating. Overall, Shapira’s analysis found that, in most of the roughly 230 scientific fields he studied, the share of papers focused on COVID-19 continued to increase through early this year, but at slower rates compared with 2021. But in about 70 fields—including emergency medicine, pharmacology, and the study of the respiratory system—the share is dropping.
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