Research published early in the pandemic on #COVID19 is more likely to include lower quality methods and less likely to adhere to reporting standards than research on other topics in the same journals.
Ultimately, it’s a consequence of a “publish-or-perish” culture in #highered.
'For example, the most highly cited public health publication listed on Google Scholar used data from a sample of 1,120 people, primarily well-educated young women, mostly recruited from social media over three days.'
'One study estimated the average time from submission to acceptance of 686 papers on COVID-19 to be 13 days, compared with 110 days in 539 pre-pandemic papers from the same journals.'