Scientific quality of COVID-19 and SARS CoV-2 publications in the highest impact medical journals during the early phase of the pandemic: A case control study.
Marko ZdravkovicJoana Berger-EstilitaBogdan ZdravkovicDavid C BergerPublished in: PloS one (2020)
We conclude that the quality of COVID-19 publications in the three highest ranked scientific medical journals is below the quality average of these journals. These findings need to be verified at a later stage of the pandemic.