Over the two last decades, coronaviruses have affected human life in different ways, especially in terms of health and economy. Due to the profound effects of novel coronaviruses, growing tides of research are emerging in various research fields. This paper employs a co-word analysis approach to map the intellectual structure of the coronavirus literature for a better understanding of how coronavirus research and the disease itself have developed during the target timeframe. A strategic diagram has been drawn to depict the coronavirus domain’s structure and development. A detailed picture of coronavirus literature has been extracted from a huge number of papers to provide a quick overview of the coronavirus literature. The main themes of past coronavirus-related publications are (a) “Antibody-Virus Interactions,” (b) “Emerging Infectious Diseases,” (c) “Protein Structure-based Drug Design and Antiviral Drug Discovery,” (d) “Coronavirus Detection Methods,” (e) “Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity,” and (f) “Animal Coronaviruses.” The emerging infectious diseases are mostly related to fatal diseases (such as Middle East respiratory syndrome, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and COVID-19) and animal coronaviruses (including porcine, turkey, feline, canine, equine, and bovine coronaviruses and infectious bronchitis virus), which are capable of placing animal-dependent industries such as the swine and poultry industries under strong economic pressure. Although considerable research into coronavirus has been done, this unique field has not yet matured sufficiently. Therefore, “Antibody-virus Interactions,” “Emerging Infectious Diseases,” and “Coronavirus Detection Methods” hold interesting, promising research gaps to be both explored and filled in the future.

在过去的二十年里，冠状病毒以不同的方式影响了人类的生活，特别是在健康和经济方面。由于新型冠状病毒的深远影响，各个研究领域都涌现出越来越多的研究浪潮。本文采用共词分析方法来绘制冠状病毒文献的知识结构，以便更好地了解冠状病毒研究和疾病本身在目标时间范围内的发展情况。绘制了一幅战略图来描述冠状病毒域的结构和发展。从大量论文中提取了冠状病毒文献的详细图片，以提供冠状病毒文献的快速概述。过去与冠状病毒相关的出版物的主题是（a）“抗体-病毒相互作用”，（b）“新发传染病”，（c）“基于蛋白质结构的药物设计和抗病毒药物发现”，（d）“冠状病毒”检测方法”，(e)“病毒发病机制和免疫”，以及(f)“动物冠状病毒”。新发传染病大多与致命性疾病（如中东呼吸综合征、严重急性呼吸综合征和COVID-19）和动物冠状病毒（包括猪、火鸡、猫、犬、马和牛冠状病毒和传染性支气管炎病毒）有关），这能够使养猪业和家禽业等依赖动物的产业承受强大的经济压力。尽管已经对冠状病毒进行了大量研究，但这个独特的领域尚未足够成熟。因此，“抗体-病毒相互作用”、“新发传染病”和“冠状病毒检测方法”具有有趣且有前景的研究空白，有待未来探索和填补。