Mental Health During COVID-19: An Evaluation of Academic Universities’ Contribution to Existing Research

Figures & data

Figure 1 PRISMA Flow diagram of studies selection process.

Figure 2 Number of mental health publications per year.

Figure 3 The different populations and their percentages.

Table 1 Characteristics of the Included Publications

Variable	Number	Valid Percentage (%)	Cumulative Percent (%)
Publication Year
2020	15	27.3	27.3
2021	21	38.2	65.5
2022	19	34.5	100.0
Faculty
Business and Management Studies	5	9.1	9.1
Engineering and architecture	1	14.1.83	10.9
Medicine	12	21.8	32.7
Natural Sciences	8	14.5	47.3
Nursing	5	9.1	56.4
Pharmacy	6	10.9	67.3
Psychology and Liberal Education	18	32.7	100.0
Authors Collaboration
Institutional	23	41.8	41.8
Local	3	5.5	47.3
National	29	52.7	100.0
Study Type
Cross-sectional	44	80.0	80.0
Literature review	5	9.1	89.1
Longitudinal Cohort	1	1.8	90.2
Meta-analysis and systematic review	1	1.8	92.7
Modeling	5	7.3	100.0
Journal papers per quartile
Q1	31	57.4	57.4
Q2	15	27.8	85.2
Q3	4	7.4	92.6
Q4	4	7.4	100.0
Authors numbers
≤ 3 authors	20	36.4	36.4
>3 authors	35	63.6	100.0
Rank
Associate Professor	97	30.4	30.4
Assistant Professor	82	25.7	56.1
Professor/Instructor	26	8.1	64.2
Unknown	114	35.7	100.0

Table 2 Details of Citations Number

Number of Citations	Number	Percentage (%)	Cumulative Percent (%)
1.0	4	13.3	13.3
2.0	7	23.3	36.7
3.0	2	6.7	43.3
4.0	1	3.3	46.7
5.0	1	3.3	50.0
6.0	2	6.7	56.7
7.0	3	10.0	66.7
9.0	2	6.7	73.3
10.0	1	3.3	76.7
11.0	1	3.3	80.0
21.0	1	3.3	83.3
24.0	1	3.3	86.7
31.0	1	3.3	90.0
50.0	1	3.3	93.3
117.0	1	3.3	96.7
125.0	1	3.3	100.0
Average number of publications	15.7±30.52

Table 3 Correlation Between Number of Citations and Other Bibliometric Variables

Variable		Average Citation Number	Standard Error	Pearson Correlation (r^2) p-value	p-value
Authors count	<3	15.08	10.04	-	0.92
	≥3	16.22	16.69
Author’s Rank	Associate	4.31	0.95	-	0.047
	Other	24.53	9.36
Authors’ Collaboration	International	24.56	9.93	-	0.031
	Local	5.71	7.37
Journal CiteScore				0.625	<0.005
Related to COVID-19*	Yes	25.93	9.86	-	<0.044
	No	3.21	0.85
Journal SJR^§	Q1 or Q2	16.75	5.93	-	0.021
	Q or Q4	2.00	1.00
Department	Business	4.75	2.05	-	0.85
	Engineering	2.00
	Medicine	7.75	4.61
	Natural Sciences	42.5	24.85
	Nursing	13.33	8.95
	Pharmacy	10.2	6.62
	Psychology	15.7	5.57

Note: *COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease-19.

Abbreviation: ^§SJR, Scimago Journal Rank.