Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Methodological quality of COVID-19 clinical research

  • Richard G. Jung,
  • Pietro Di Santo,
  • Cole Clifford,
  • Graeme Prosperi-Porta,
  • Stephanie Skanes,
  • Annie Hung,
  • Simon Parlow,
  • Sarah Visintini,
  • F. Daniel Ramirez,
  • Trevor Simard,
  • Benjamin Hibbert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21220-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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During the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a need for rapid dissemination of clinical findings. Here, Jung, Di Santo et al. perform a systematic review and cohort study providing evidence for lower methodological quality scores and faster time to publication of clinical studies related to COVID-19 than comparable studies.