en Medical Library and Information Sciences Medical Library and Information Sciences Original Research Original Research <strong>Background: </strong>The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19as a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Therefore, relevant research metrics would be an added value for understanding the virus for researchers.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Methods:</strong> Research outputs related to the Coronavirus were retrieved from the Web of Science database from January 1968 to March 2020 and were analyzed using MS-office, Word Cloud generator, VOS viewer, and ArcGIS software. The analysis was based on the number of research publications per year, contributing author&rsquo;s clustering pattern, most preferred journals, leading publication, document type, broad research areas, commonly used keywords, the geographical distribution of publications, commonly used languages, and productive institutes.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Results: </strong>The search retrieved 6424 Coronavirus research publications. The number of articles found in the year 1968 was 1, but it was 275 in 2019. A total of 33 clusters of authors contributed to studies on COVID-19 across the globe. The Journal of Virology had the most productivityon Coronavirus publications (n=810). An article published by Ksiazek TG et al in the New England Journal of Medicine had the maximum citation (n=2175); 90% of the research outputs were articles, broadly classified under Infectious diseases (n=5341); and the most commonly used keyword was &lsquo;Coronavirus&rsquo;. The higher number of publications was from the USA (n=2345) and the commonly used language was English (n=5948), and the most productive institute was the University of Hong Kong (n=506).<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the study showed that the growth pattern was not uniform, the United States, and the University of Hong Kong have played a major role in the contribution of Coronavirus research. Even though this depicts a higher scientific growth, it is an alarming sign to the community for preparedness. Under the prevailing situation of seeking better prevention, treatment and vaccination for COVID-19, in-depth research in the above portrayed metrics would be an added knowledge for the researchers.<br> &nbsp; Coronavirus, Bibliometric, Public health, Novel coronavirus, Web of Science, COVID-19 456 463 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5969-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vasna Joshua vasnajoshua@yahoo.com 200319475328460064069 200319475328460064069 No Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Ayapakkam, Chennai 600 077, INDIA Satish Sivaprakasam yessatish@gmail.com 200319475328460064070 200319475328460064070 Yes Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Ayapakkam, Chennai 600 077, INDIA