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• TITLE: COVID-19 Times: Impact on Information Generation and Data Sharing

  AUTHORS: Eden Rodríguez-Flores, Saúl Gómez-Manzo, Jaime Marcial-Quino, Roberto Arreguín-Espinosa, Eduardo Rodríguez-Bustamante

  KEYWORDS: COVID-19, Laboratories Closure, Data Availability, Information Repositories, Research Papers, Infodemics, Vaccines, Variants and Reopening

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Internet of Things, Vol.12 No.3, July 12, 2022

  ABSTRACT: At the beginning of 2020, human activities were interrupted by a new virus, identified as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease. The scientific area was no exception: for a certain period, researchers around the world were forced to leave their laboratories and work remotely. There was a global necessity for finding alternatives focused on generating knowledge and publishing data, so repositories of scientific information, such as databases, represented strong support. In the specific case of life sciences, different strategies allowed rapid compilation of data and its sharing worldwide. Therefore, in this work, the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the amount of peer-reviewed and published papers during COVID-19 times was analyzed along with the role of databases. Our results pointed out that an increase in the number of papers belonging to different knowledge fields took place, with the medical field being the most significant. On the other hand, the complete genome of the new virus was sequenced, and repositories were created with sufficient data for monitoring, preventing, and controlling its dissemination. This was the case for the generation of vaccines in addition to potential candidates for drugs against COVID-19. However, although in 2021, vaccines allowed us to gradually return to our activities, databases and the generation of other repositories remain a key point for facing new strains and adapting to a new reality. Finally, this paper discusses joint efforts to tackle the obstacles of the pandemic, not only from a medical but also from the point of view regarding the fight against misinformation.