Impact of Covid-19 on global economy: A scientometric analysis of global literature

LIBRARY HERALD Year : 2022, Volume : 60, Issue : 1 First page : ( 27) Last page : ( 43) Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469. Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-2469.2022.00003.3

Impact of Covid-19 on global economy: A scientometric analysis of global literature

Shettar Iranna M.1, Hadagali Gururaj S.2, Gupta B.M.3 1National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka, India 2DLIS, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India 3Formerly with CSIR-NISTADS, New Delhi, India Abstract The study analysed 3092 global publications on the theme ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Economy’, based on data extracted from the Scopus database during 2020–21. The authors identified key participating countries, organisations, authors and journals and studied their collaborative linkages. The structure of the field has been depicted by identifying significant keywords and studying their co-occurrences to identify the trends in research. A summary of the study throws light on research opportunities and implications for businesses and policy-makers. Keywords COVID-19, Impact, Global Economy, Global Publications, Scientometrics, Bibliometrics.