In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 18, No. 2 ( 2023-2-1), p. e0281147-
Abstract:
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic produced far-reaching effects throughout society, and science is no exception. The scale, speed, and breadth of the scientific community’s COVID-19 response lead to the emergence of new research at the remarkable rate of more than 250 papers published per day. This posed a challenge for the scientific community as traditional methods of engagement with the literature were strained by the volume of new research being produced. Meanwhile, the urgency of response lead to an increasingly prominent role for preprint servers and a diffusion of relevant research through many channels simultaneously. These factors created a need for new tools to change the way scientific literature is organized and found by researchers. With this challenge in mind, we present an overview of COVIDScholar https://covidscholar.org , an automated knowledge portal which utilizes natural language processing (NLP) that was built to meet these urgent needs. The search interface for this corpus of more than 260,000 research articles, patents, and clinical trials served more than 33,000 users at an average of 2,000 monthly active users and a peak of more than 8,600 weekly active users in the summer of 2020. Additionally, we include an analysis of trends in COVID-19 research over the course of the pandemic with a particular focus on the first 10 months, which represents a unique period of rapid worldwide shift in scientific attention.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g008
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.g009
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.t002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.t003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0281147.s002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2023
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2267670-3
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