Table 3 Distribution of COVID-19 papers across JCR subject categories(Top 5).

From: Addressing the challenges in journal evaluation during the “covidization” of scientific research era : insights from the CAS journal ranking

JCR Year

Subject Category

Percentage%

2021

Medicine, General & Internal

6.10

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

5.42

Infectious Diseases

4.83

Immunology

3.66

Multidisciplinary Sciences

3.32

2022

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

5.76

Medicine, General & Internal

5.55

Infectious Diseases

3.96

Immunology

3.80

Multidisciplinary Sciences

3.74

  1. Papers may be counted in multiple categories since journals can be assigned to more than one subject category.