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COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global economy, financial markets, consumer behavior, and food supply chains. It delves into the effects on business, stock market volatility, digital transformation, and the interconnectedness of global trade networks. The research also examines the pandemic's influence on household consumption, poverty, and the resilience of food systems.

  • COVID-19
  • pandemic
  • financial markets
  • business impact
  • consumer behavior
  • stock market
  • food supply chain
  • economic effects
  • global trade networks
  • digital transformation
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Which countries lead COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 2.6k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 2.8k works
  2. 2 United States 2.6k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 1.7k works
  4. 4 China 1.5k works
  5. 5 Türkiye 946 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 726 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 678 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 619 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 499 works
  10. 10 Bangladesh 419 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 22.3%United States: 20.7%Indonesia: 13.6%China: 12.1%6 others listed: 31.4%22%largest
India2,763 · 22.3%United States2,560 · 20.7%Indonesia1,684 · 13.6%China1,498 · 12.1%6 others listed3,886 · 31.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research, followed by University of Indonesia and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 103 works
  2. 2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 100 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 86 works
  4. 4 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 82 works
  5. 5 University of DelhiIndia 81 works
  6. 6 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 73 works
  7. 7 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 73 works
  8. 8 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 60 works
  9. 9 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 55 works
  10. 10 Binus UniversityIndonesia 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts?

The most-cited researchers publishing on COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  5. 5 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  6. 6 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  7. 7 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  8. 8 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  9. 9 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  10. 10 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts?

The most cited paper in COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts is "The arbitrage theory of capital asset pricing" (Stephen A. Ross, 1976), with 7,226 citations. Next come "The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review" (6,554) and "The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college students in China" (6,022).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The arbitrage theory of capital asset pricing Stephen A. Ross · Journal of Economic Theory Dec 1976 7,226
2 The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review Maria Nicola, Zaid Alsafi, Catrin Sohrabi et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 16 Apr 2020 6,554
3 The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college students in China Wenjun Cao, Ziwei Fang, Guoqiang Hou et al. · Psychiatry Research Open access 20 Mar 2020 6,022
4 A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker) Thomas N. Hale, Noam Angrist, Rafael Burstein Goldszmidt et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 8 Mar 2021 4,861
5 Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19 Stefan Gößling, Daniel J. Scott, C. Michael Hall · Journal of Sustainable Tourism Open access 27 Apr 2020 4,772
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Where is COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research done?

The largest centres of COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), New Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Badulla.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 297 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 269 works
  3. 3 DhakaBangladesh 268 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 263 works
  5. 5 IstanbulTürkiye 219 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 213 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C.United States 184 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 158 works
  9. 9 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 147 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 142 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BadullaLK · 25.2 works73×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts than the world average.

See COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the map

Where is the best place to study COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts?

Among universities, judged by research, Lebanese American University, University of Johannesburg and Hong Kong Polytechnic University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 25.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of SharjahHong Kong Polytechni…Lebanese American Un…University of Johann…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Lebanese American UniversityLebanon 65.127.7%5.1×10 +206.6%
2University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 65.016.4%5.3×60 +170.9%
3Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 63.728.5%1.1×18 +20.0%
4University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates 62.729.2%3.0×15 +115.7%
5University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 62.020.5%14.2×20 +132.0%
6Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia 61.637.8%2.0×15 +125.8%
7Al Ain UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 60.927.1%9.6×12 +383.4%
8University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 59.320.6%9.2×16 +70.6%
9Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsChina 58.727.1%6.7×12 +186.1%
10North-West UniversitySouth Africa 57.618.9%5.5×28 +70.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, country by country

Is COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.071% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts0.041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts10.6% in 20252020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

Questions people ask

Who researches the impact of COVID-19 on society?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts research, followed by University of Indonesia and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 2.6k works in 2022-now).

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