Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 is a vital threat to every living organism on this planet and the novel virus was initially revealed by WHO on December 31, 2019, in response to a report of a series of cases of 'viral pneumonia in Wuhan, People's Republic of China. COVID-19 is a coronavirus disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a novel member of the coronavirus family.
Objective & Methods: Nowadays Covid-19 is a burning issue worldwide and an emergency, so through this study, we are trying to find out the research productivity of the COVID-19 related literature. Data extracted form Scopus database from 2019 to June 1, 2021. A total of 275,392 records were retrieved, further refined for India to extract the Indian output in the topic. The search yielded 15026 (5.456%) records by the Indian authors in COVID-19 for January 1, 2019, to June 1, 2021. The records were downloaded and bibliometric analysed on numerous parameters using Vosviewer, Microsoft Excel and google spreadsheet. Result: India has mostly worked with the United States and the United Kingdom. With 1375 citations and 58 documents, Singh A.K. is the most prolific corresponding author (first position). With 310 publications, the journal International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences is the most popular among writers for publishing Covid-19 research, Followed by Asian Journal of Psychiatry (245) and Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (214). The majority of the articles were published without any financial assistance. However, With 299 funding Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India ranked first position (299). It was discovered that 27 subjects published articles on Coronavirus, with the highest number of 7923 (32.7%) papers published under the Medicine subject, only 1706 (7.1%) papers in social science. As a result, it can be observed that more than 57 % of papers were published as journal articles, which is the most common type of document. 99.92% of papers were published in the English language. Conclusion: The research presents a bibliometric examination of Indian contributions to Covid-19. This new viral epidemic has posed a threat to India's economic, medical, and public health infrastructure and the infrastructure of neighbouring countries. The majority of the papers were authored during Covid-19's early stages. The bibliometric technique is critical for illustrating global research production on
Coronavirus, as seen by the data described above. In addition, because Coronavirus is a recently diagnosed illness and a relatively new research area, the findings provide a "snapshot" of the field.