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Review
. 2022 May 24:2022:8195228.
doi: 10.1155/2022/8195228. eCollection 2022.

A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Ophthalmology and COVID-19 Research

Ali Forouhari  1 , Vahid Mansouri  2 , Sare Safi  3 , Hamid Ahmadieh  1 , Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi  1
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Review

A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Ophthalmology and COVID-19 Research

Ali Forouhari et al. J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

This review is proposed to summarize the updates on COVID-19 and ophthalmology along with the bibliometric features of articles that have been published since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. The databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, were searched using "Coronavirus," "COVID-19," "SARS-CoV-2," "pandemic," "ophthalmology," "ophthalmic," and "eye" keywords. All published articles except commentaries, errata, and corrigenda up to April 2021 were included. Titles and abstracts were screened, and ophthalmology-focused articles were collected. The bibliographic information of the articles, such as the name and country of the first author, type of study, date of publication, language, and journal name, were extracted. Included studies were assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklist. After systematic searching, 2,669 distinct articles were screened by title/abstract, and 1,174 ophthalmology-focused articles were selected to be reviewed. Ophthalmology-focused publications accounted for less than 0.5 percent of the total COVID-19-related articles. Most of the articles were published in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, and the main publication type was "original article." Almost 88% of the publications were in English. There was a decline in the publication rate during the initial months of 2021 compared with the middle and last months of 2020. Most of the publications were affiliated with the United States of America. However, Singapore and the United Kingdom were the countries with the highest number of publications after population adjustment. Furthermore, a comprehensive review on major topics including SARS-CoV-2 ocular tropism, ophthalmic manifestations, ocular complications due to COVID-19 treatment strategies, the pandemic effect on ophthalmology care and operations, myopia progression during the pandemic, and telemedicine was conducted.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest and financial disclosure.

Figures

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Figure 1
Flowchart of the article selection process (COVID-19: Coronavirus disease).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The worldwide distribution of publications across the countries. Countries with higher than 20 publications were shown in the box (USA: United States of America, UK: United Kingdom).
Figure 3
Figure 3
The number of publications by the year and month they were published.
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