Collateral damage: has the COVID-19 pandemic more strongly impacted medical research than other scientific areas

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dc.contributor Albuquerque, Ulises (ed.) es_ES
dc.creator Farji Brener, Alejandro
dc.creator Amador Vargas, Sabrina
dc.date 2023-06-13
dc.date.accessioned 2023-06-26T15:29:53Z
dc.date.available 2023-06-26T15:29:53Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rdi.uncoma.edu.ar/handle/uncomaid/17290
dc.description.abstract The principle of resource allocation states that diversion of resources to attend a function may compromise others. The COVID-19 pandemic required a rapid response with a justifiable relocation of equipment, funds and human resources. Based on the ecological principle of allocation, we tested whether the relocation of resources to support COVID-19 research was more detrimental to medical research than to research in other scientific areas. We compared the yearly number of published articles from 2015 to 2021 using disease-related keywords and non-medical scientific keywords. Contrary to the expectation, we found an abrupt reduction in the publication rates in all research areas from 2019 to 2020 or 2021, compared to the pre-pandemic period (2015–2019). The allocation effect on medical research may be overshadowed by stronger effects of the pandemic, or it may become evident in the coming years. The drastic reduction in published papers could have negative consequences for scientific advancements, including understanding and curing diseases other than COVID-19 that strongly affect humanity. es_ES
dc.format application/pdf es_ES
dc.format.extent pp. 2-10 es_ES
dc.language eng es_ES
dc.publisher PeerJ es_ES
dc.relation.uri DOI 10.7717/peerj.15436 es_ES
dc.relation.uri https://peerj.com/articles/15436/ es_ES
dc.rights Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Argentina es_ES
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ es_ES
dc.source PeerJ Journals es_ES
dc.subject COVID-19 es_ES
dc.subject Pandemic es_ES
dc.subject Pandemia es_ES
dc.subject Collateral damage es_ES
dc.subject Daños colaterales es_ES
dc.subject Public health es_ES
dc.subject Salud pública es_ES
dc.subject Funding es_ES
dc.subject Financiamiento es_ES
dc.subject.other Ciencias Biomédicas es_ES
dc.title Collateral damage: has the COVID-19 pandemic more strongly impacted medical research than other scientific areas es_ES
dc.type Articulo es
dc.type article eu
dc.type acceptedVersion eu
dc.description.fil Fil: Farji Brener, Alejandro. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Ambiente; Argentina. es_ES
dc.description.fil Fil: Farji Brener, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. es_ES
dc.description.fil Fil: Amador Vargas, Sabrina. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Panama. es_ES
dc.cole Artículos es_ES


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