Overview
COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, first identified in late 2019 and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, commonly presenting with fever, cough, and shortness of breath and ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe, life-threatening illness. The virus spreads chiefly through respiratory droplets and close contact, and its global impact has extended well beyond health to economies, education, and social life. The response has drawn on vaccination, antiviral and supportive treatment, and public-health measures such as testing, surveillance, and preventive practices. Within this field the journal publishes peer-reviewed research on COVID-19 vaccine development and its prospects and challenges, on emerging issues for toxicology practice, and on characterising the dynamics of the pandemic from data. Further studies explore proposed therapeutic strategies for critical cases, including passive-immunity approaches, the use of human development indices to monitor the pandemic, and the perceived effects of knowledge and socio-demographic factors on risk exposure. Additional work examines the potential role of vitamin D in COVID-19 risk and severity among older adults, the interplay of air pollution and ageing, knowledge and preventive practice among pregnant women, and the outbreak's impact on education and staff development, reflecting the disease's wide clinical and societal reach.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 18 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2023 · Research Square (Research Square)
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2023 · Journal of Model Based Research
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2023 · Journal of Model Based Research
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D. Hensel et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Sexual Health
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2022 · JMIR Formative Research
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2022 · Progress in IS
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2022 · Toxicology Communications
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2022 · International Journal of Forensic Sciences
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Covid-19, linking to each citing work.