The COVID-19 pandemic has vast global consequences. Yet, effective mitigation strategies and economic and medical outfall differ extensively across the globe. It is currently unclear how well researchers from all continents are represented in the unsolicited and solicited publications. A literature review was performed in SCOPUS on COVID-19 oriented publications in the four most impactful medical journals. These included the British Medical Journal, Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. We identified 809 eligible publications out of identified 924 records. The vast majority of publications on COVID-19, in the four can be considered European (47.7%) or North-American (37.3%) research. Chinese reports were relatively common (8.8%); however, reports from other Asian countries (3.2%) were minimal. Research from the African (1.0%) and South-American continents (0.6%) was rarely published in these journals. These observations are not surprising, as they reflect global academic publishing. However, involving all continents into COVID-19 research is important as COVID-19 management strategies and societal and economic consequences differ extensively across the globe. We see an important role for medical journals in encouraging global voices through solicited articles, to ensure a weighted research and humanitarian response.

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在 COVID-19 辩论中是否听到了所有声音？

COVID-19 大流行具有巨大的全球影响。然而，有效的缓解策略以及经济和医疗排放量在全球范围内存在很大差异。目前尚不清楚来自各大洲的研究人员在主动和主动出版物中的表现如何。在 SCOPUS 中对四本最具影响力的医学期刊中以 COVID-19 为导向的出版物进行了文献综述。其中包括《英国医学杂志》、《美国医学会杂志》、《新英格兰医学杂志》和《柳叶刀》。我们从已确定的 924 条记录中确定了 809 份符合条件的出版物。绝大多数关于 COVID-19 的出版物，在这四个中可以被认为是欧洲 (47.7%) 或北美 (37.3%) 的研究。中文报告相对普遍（8.8%）；然而，来自其他亚洲国家的报告 (3. 2%）是最小的。来自非洲 (1.0%) 和南美洲大陆 (0.6%) 的研究很少在这些期刊上发表。这些观察结果并不令人惊讶，因为它们反映了全球学术出版。然而，让所有大洲参与 COVID-19 研究非常重要，因为 COVID-19 管理策略以及社会和经济后果在全球范围内差异很大。我们看到医学期刊在通过征集文章鼓励全球声音方面发挥重要作用，以确保加权研究和人道主义响应。让所有大陆参与 COVID-19 研究非常重要，因为 COVID-19 管理策略以及社会和经济后果在全球范围内差异很大。我们看到医学期刊在通过征集文章鼓励全球声音方面发挥重要作用，以确保加权研究和人道主义响应。让所有大陆参与 COVID-19 研究非常重要，因为 COVID-19 管理策略以及社会和经济后果在全球范围内差异很大。我们看到医学期刊在通过征集文章鼓励全球声音方面发挥重要作用，以确保加权研究和人道主义响应。