PLoS ONE

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Persistent fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection is common and independent of severity of initial infection	652
Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States	503
COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study	439
Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review	414
Post-COVID-19 syndrome among symptomatic COVID-19 patients: A prospective cohort study in a tertiary care center of Bangladesh	412
Population risk factors for severe disease and mortality in COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis	407
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education: Medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding electronic learning	399
False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review	397
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study	363
Partisanship, health behavior, and policy attitudes in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic	353
Prevalence and outcomes of co-infection and superinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens: A systematic review and meta-analysis	353
An empirical survey of data augmentation for time series classification with neural networks	330
COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence	327
Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic stressor	321
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis	316
The Covid-19 pandemic and mental health of first-year college students: Examining the effect of Covid-19 stressors using longitudinal data	311
Acceptance and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines: A cross-sectional study from Jordan	310
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of Asians: A study of seven middle-income countries in Asia	291
SRplot: A free online platform for data visualization and graphing	286
Sequencing DNA with nanopores: Troubles and biases	280
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: Correlates in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population	264
Factors associated with psychological distress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the predominantly general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis	260
Data quality in online human-subjects research: Comparisons between MTurk, Prolific, CloudResearch, Qualtrics, and SONA	257
Anxiety, depression, stress, fear and social support during COVID-19 pandemic among Jordanian healthcare workers	251
Proportion of asymptomatic infection among COVID-19 positive persons and their transmission potential: A systematic review and meta-analysis	250

Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans: A systematic review	244
Psychological distress, anxiety, family violence, suicidality, and wellbeing in New Zealand during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study	242
Determinants of burnout and other aspects of psychological well-being in healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic: A multinational cross-sectional study	242
Persistence of symptoms and quality of life at 35 days after hospitalization for COVID-19 infection	238
Job loss and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from South Africa	225
Application of local fully Convolutional Neural Network combined with YOLO v5 algorithm in small target detection of remote sensing image	220
Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants	218
Red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) supplementation reduces enteric methane by over 80 percent in beef steers	213
Gender differences in perceived stress and coping among college students	213
The experiences, challenges, and acceptance of e-learning as a tool for teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic among university medical staff	208
The anti-vaccination infodemic on social media: A behavioral analysis	208
A performance comparison of supervised machine learning models for Covid-19 tweets sentiment analysis	207
Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study	206
The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on public transit demand in the United States	206
Burden of post-COVID-19 syndrome and implications for healthcare service planning: A population-based cohort study	197
COVID-19 cognitive deficits after respiratory assistance in the subacute phase: A COVID-rehabilitation unit experience	195
The mental health of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey in the UK	193
Spreading of COVID-19: Density matters	193
COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK	190
Global seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis	188
Predictors of in-hospital COVID-19 mortality: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis exploring differences by age, sex and health conditions	184
The importance of urban natural areas and urban ecosystem services during the COVID-19 pandemic	182
Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 physical distancing measures: A rapid systematic review	181
Reproductive number of coronavirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on global level evidence	177
Negative attitudes about facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic: The dual importance of perceived ineffectiveness and psychological reactance	177
Mask usage, social distancing, racial, and gender correlates of COVID-19 vaccine intentions among adults in the US	177
Face masks reduce emotion-recognition accuracy and perceived closeness	174
First and second waves of coronavirus disease-19: A comparative study in hospitalized patients in Reus, Spain	173
Twitter reveals human mobility dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic	172
Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 among Bangladeshi adults: Understanding the strategies to optimize vaccination coverage	172
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mobility in ten countries and associated perceived risk for all transport modes	168
Sex differences in susceptibility, severity, and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019: Cross-sectional analysis from a diverse US metropolitan area	168
A cross-national study of factors associated with women’s perinatal mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic	167
Prevalence and predictors of death and severe disease in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of 77 studies and 38,000 patients	167
Pneumonia detection in chest X-ray images using an ensemble of deep learning models	166
Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex	165
Association of poor housing conditions with COVID-19 incidence and mortality across US counties	165
Nationwide incidence of sarcomas and connective tissue tumors of intermediate malignancy over four years using an expert pathology review network	164
Validation of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS)	164
Gender differences in unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK Covid-19 lockdown	162
Trust predicts COVID-19 prescribed and discretionary behavioral intentions in 23 countries	159
COVID-19 ICU and mechanical ventilation patient characteristics and outcomes—A systematic review and meta-analysis	156
Achieving the 95 95 95 targets for all: A pathway to ending AIDS	156
Psychological factors and consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic	156
Impact of Covid-19 on health-related quality of life of patients: A structured review	154
Clinical and analytical validation of FoundationOne®CDx, a comprehensive genomic profiling assay for solid tumors	152
An observational study of engineering online education during the COVID-19 pandemic	151
Characteristics and impact of Long Covid: Findings from an online survey	148
The incidence, characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK from March to September 2020: A national cohort study using	148
Study on the effect of digital economy on high-quality economic development in China	148

College students’ stress and health in the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of academic workload, separation from school, and fears of contagion	146
Tracking R of COVID-19: A new real-time estimation using the Kalman filter	144
Magnitude of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases throughout the course of infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis	142
Male gender is a predictor of higher mortality in hospitalized adults with COVID-19	139
Effect of Covid-19 pandemic on tourist travel risk and management perceptions	139
Gender gap in journal submissions and peer review during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study on 2329 Elsevier journals	134
A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required	134
‘Intelligent’ lockdown, intelligent effects? Results from a survey on gender (in)equality in paid work, the division of childcare and household work, and quality of life among parents in the Netherlan	133
Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18–65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020	132
Human IgG and IgA responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines	131
Review of machine learning methods in soft robotics	130
Clinical determinants of the severity of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	130
Dexamethasone vs methylprednisolone high dose for Covid-19 pneumonia	130
Population density and basic reproductive number of COVID-19 across United States counties	130
Transmissibility of COVID-19 depends on the viral load around onset in adult and symptomatic patients	127
Non-COVID-19 patients in times of pandemic: Emergency department visits, hospitalizations and cause-specific mortality in Northern Italy	127
Factors affecting mental health of health care workers during coronavirus disease outbreaks (SARS, MERS & COVID-19): A rapid systematic review	127
D-dimer as a biomarker for assessment of COVID-19 prognosis: D-dimer levels on admission and its role in predicting disease outcome in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	127
Resting state EEG biomarkers of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment	126
Altered smell and taste: Anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19	126
The nexus between environmental tax and carbon emissions with the roles of environmental technology and financial development	125
Development of ACE2 autoantibodies after SARS-CoV-2 infection	125
Risk factors and protective factors of depression in older people 65+. A systematic review	124
Psychological responses during the COVID-19 outbreak among university students in Bangladesh	123
Factors associated with disease severity and mortality among patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	122
Cognitive and mental health changes and their vulnerability factors related to COVID-19 lockdown in Italy	122
The impact of COVID-19 on hospital admissions and emergency department visits: A population-based study	121
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans	120
Characteristics of gut microbiota in people with obesity	119
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and quality of life: Is there any effect? A cross-sectional study of the MENA region	119
Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	119
Individual determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy	118
Sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors among older Chinese population: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	118
COVID-19 mortality risk assessment: An international multi-center study	117
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific research in the life sciences	117
Student’s experiences with online teaching following COVID-19 lockdown: A mixed methods explorative study	115
Potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy: A systematic review	113
Using AlphaFold to predict the impact of single mutations on protein stability and function	113
Fracture incidence in adults in relation to age and gender: A study of 27,169 fractures in the Swedish Fracture Register in a well-defined catchment area	113
Minority stress, distress, and suicide attempts in three cohorts of sexual minority adults: A U.S. probability sample	112
Oxygen saturation as a predictor of mortality in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 in a public hospital in Lima, Peru	111
Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in Brazilian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Predictors and association with life satisfaction, psychological well-being and coping strategies	109
Biomarkers of cytokine storm as red flags for severe and fatal COVID-19 cases: A living systematic review and meta-analysis	109
COVID-19 and human-nature relationships: Vermonters’ activities in nature and associated nonmaterial values during the pandemic	108
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in a non-hospitalized cohort: Results from the Arizona CoVHORT	108
Ocular surface manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis	107
T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans: A systematic review	107
The worldwide burden of HIV in transgender individuals: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	106
Subjective caregiver burden and anxiety in informal caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	106
Examining the effect of information channel on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance	106
The human microbiome and COVID-19: A systematic review	106
Analyzing changes in respiratory rate to predict the risk of COVID-19 infection	104
High throughput detection and genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 using COVIDSeq next-generation sequencing	104
Predictors of mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the US: Role of economic concerns, health worries and social distancing	104
Socio-ecological predictors of mental health outcomes among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	104
Mitigating infodemics: The relationship between news exposure and trust and belief in COVID-19 fake news and social media spreading	104
Social determinants of COVID-19 incidence and outcomes: A rapid review	103
Healthcare worker stress, anxiety and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore: A 6-month multi-centre prospective study	103
eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas	103
Congenital Zika syndrome: A systematic review	102
Anxiety and depression symptoms, the recovery from symptoms, and loneliness before and after the COVID-19 outbreak among the general population: Findings from a Dutch population-based longitudinal stu	101
C-Reactive protein as a prognostic indicator in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	101
Financial stress and depression in adults: A systematic review	101
Human mobility trends during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	100
In science we (should) trust: Expectations and compliance across nine countries during the COVID-19 pandemic	100
Racial and ethnic differentials in COVID-19-related job exposures by occupational standing in the US	100
Ecological momentary interventions for mental health: A scoping review	100
The prevalence of mental health problems in sub-Saharan adolescents: A systematic review	100
Access to gender-affirming hormones during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults	99
Prevalence of questionable research practices, research misconduct and their potential explanatory factors: A survey among academic researchers in The Netherlands	99
Deep learning via LSTM models for COVID-19 infection forecasting in India	98
Urban-rural differences in COVID-19 exposures and outcomes in the South: A preliminary analysis of South Carolina	98
Social media exposure, risk perception, preventive behaviors and attitudes during the COVID-19 epidemic in La Paz, Bolivia: A cross sectional study	98
Mask adherence and rate of COVID-19 across the United States	98
In-hospital mortality from severe COVID-19 in a tertiary care center in Mexico City; causes of death, risk factors and the impact of hospital saturation	98
Fragile heroes. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care workers in Italy	98
Government responses and COVID-19 deaths: Global evidence across multiple pandemic waves	98
Establishment of a well-characterized SARS-CoV-2 lentiviral pseudovirus neutralization assay using 293T cells with stable expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2	98
The Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale: Reliability, validity, and relation to coping behavior	98
Reduction in hospitalised COPD exacerbations during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	97

Knowledge, acceptance and perception on COVID-19 vaccine among Malaysians: A web-based survey	97
University students’ strategies of coping with stress during the coronavirus pandemic: Data from Poland	96
Crop yield prediction integrating genotype and weather variables using deep learning	96
The differential impact of pediatric COVID-19 between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of fatality and ICU admission in children worldwide	96
ICU outcomes and survival in patients with severe COVID-19 in the largest health care system in central Florida	95
Public parks and the pandemic: How park usage has been affected by COVID-19 policies	95
Regional responsibility and coordination of appropriate inpatient care capacities for patients with COVID-19 – the German DISPENSE model	95
Multi-strain probiotics (Hexbio) containing MCP BCMC strains improved constipation and gut motility in Parkinson’s disease: A randomised controlled trial	94
Differences in risk perception, knowledge and protective behaviour regarding COVID-19 by education level among women and men in Germany. Results from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) study	94
Predicting student satisfaction of emergency remote learning in higher education during COVID-19 using machine learning techniques	93
Children’s emotion inferences from masked faces: Implications for social interactions during COVID-19	93
Diagnostic accuracy of two commercial SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid tests at the point of care in community-based testing centers	93
COVID-19 vaccines and mental distress	92
Trust and transparency in times of crisis: Results from an online survey during the first wave (April 2020) of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK	92
Prevalence of loneliness amongst older people in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis	92
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles elicited agro-morphological and physicochemical modifications in wheat plants to control Bipolaris sorokiniana	92
Academic student satisfaction and perceived performance in the e-learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence across ten countries	91
Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors	91
CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of OsERA1 confers enhanced responses to abscisic acid and drought stress and increased primary root growth under nonstressed conditions in rice	91
Wearing a face mask against Covid-19 results in a reduction of social distancing	91
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among university students in Japan and associated factors: An online cross-sectional survey	91
Promoting youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study	91
Attitudes on voluntary and mandatory vaccination against COVID-19: Evidence from Germany	90
Global economic impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures stand out in high-frequency shipping data	89
Accuracy of online symptom checkers and the potential impact on service utilisation	89
Don’t put all social network sites in one basket: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and their relations with well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic	88
Directions in abusive language training data, a systematic review: Garbage in, garbage out	88
The adoption of cryptocurrency as a disruptive force: Deep learning-based dual stage structural equation modelling and artificial neural network analysis	87
COVID-19 misinformation: Mere harmless delusions or much more? A knowledge and attitude cross-sectional study among the general public residing in Jordan	87
Wastewater treatment alters microbial colonization of microplastics	87
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle, mental health, and quality of life of adults in South Korea	87
COVID-19 sentiment analysis via deep learning during the rise of novel cases	86
An efficient mixture of deep and machine learning models for COVID-19 diagnosis in chest X-ray images	86
How medical education survives and evolves during COVID-19: Our experience and future direction	86
Domestic laundry and microfiber pollution: Exploring fiber shedding from consumer apparel textiles	86
Rapid assessment of psychological and epidemiological correlates of COVID-19 concern, financial strain, and health-related behavior change in a large online sample	85
A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide	85
Medical education in times of COVID-19: German students’ expectations – A cross-sectional study	85
Healthchain: A novel framework on privacy preservation of electronic health records using blockchain technology	85
Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories	85
Stay-at-home orders associate with subsequent decreases in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the United States	85
Multi-view classification with convolutional neural networks	84
Deep-learning based detection of COVID-19 using lung ultrasound imagery	84
Is the open access citation advantage real? A systematic review of the citation of open access and subscription-based articles	84
How does age affect personal and social reactions to COVID-19: Results from the national Understanding America Study	84
Knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and perceived risk about COVID-19 vaccine and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bangladesh	84
An unbiased template of the Drosophila brain and ventral nerve cord	84
The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six countries	84
Teachers’ mental health during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland	83
Researchers working from home: Benefits and challenges	83
Determinants of individuals’ belief in fake news: A scoping review determinants of belief in fake news	83
The h-index is no longer an effective correlate of scientific reputation	83
Americans’ perceptions of privacy and surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic	83
Supporting families to protect child health: Parenting quality and household needs during the COVID-19 pandemic	83
How COVID-19 kick-started online learning in medical education—The DigiMed study	82
Blockchain technology in healthcare: A systematic review	82
The good, the bad and the ugly of lockdowns during Covid-19	82
Association between obesity and risk of fracture, bone mineral density and bone quality in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	82
Antimicrobial activities evaluation and phytochemical screening of some selected medicinal plants: A possible alternative in the treatment of multidrug-resistant microbes	82
Association of mortality and aspirin prescription for COVID-19 patients at the Veterans Health Administration	82
Japan’s voluntary lockdown	82
Effects of phosphorus deficiency on the absorption of mineral nutrients, photosynthetic system performance and antioxidant metabolism in Citrus grandis	81
SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins NSP1 and NSP13 inhibit interferon activation through distinct mechanisms	81
Adolescent girls and young women’s PrEP-user journey during an implementation science study in South Africa and Kenya	81
Association between physical activity and changes in intestinal microbiota composition: A systematic review	81
Coronavirus Resistance Database (CoV-RDB): SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility to monoclonal antibodies, convalescent plasma, and plasma from vaccinated persons	80
Pathological findings in organs and tissues of patients with COVID-19: A systematic review	80
MultipleTesting.com: A tool for life science researchers for multiple hypothesis testing correction	80
Pandemic buying: Testing a psychological model of over-purchasing and panic buying using data from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	80
Survival of MS2 and Φ6 viruses in droplets as a function of relative humidity, pH, and salt, protein, and surfactant concentrations	80
Association of pre-existing comorbidities with mortality and disease severity among 167,500 individuals with COVID-19 in Canada: A population-based cohort study	80
Estimation of the fraction of COVID-19 infected people in U.S. states and countries worldwide	79
Attitudes, current behaviours and barriers to public health measures that reduce COVID-19 transmission: A qualitative study to inform public health messaging	79
Knowledge and practice of personal protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia	79
Advanced arithmetic optimization algorithm for solving mechanical engineering design problems	79
Quality of life of COVID 19 patients after discharge: Systematic review	79
Ranking the biases: The choice of OTUs vs. ASVs in 16S rRNA amplicon data analysis has stronger effects on diversity measures than rarefaction and OTU identity threshold	78
The unspoken reality of gender bias in surgery: A qualitative systematic review	78
COVID-19-related stigmatization among a sample of Egyptian healthcare workers	78
COVID-19 and pregnancy: An umbrella review of clinical presentation, vertical transmission, and maternal and perinatal outcomes	77
Iota-carrageenan neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and inhibits viral replication in vitro	77
Changes in social connection during COVID-19 social distancing: It’s not (household) size that matters, it’s who you’re with	77
Recalibrating expectations about effect size: A multi-method survey of effect sizes in the ABCD study	77
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in cities: The role of institutions	77
Estimating the basic reproduction number for COVID-19 in Western Europe	76
Comparative statistical analysis of the release kinetics models for nanoprecipitated drug delivery systems based on poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)	76
Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index	76
Exploring the use and challenges of implementing virtual visits during COVID-19 in primary care and lessons for sustained use	76
Development and validation of a self-report measure of epistemic trust	76
Nursing students’ attitude on the practice of e-learning: A cross-sectional survey amid COVID-19 in Nepal	75
Comparing the fit of N95, KN95, surgical, and cloth face masks and assessing the accuracy of fit checking	75
Assessment of preventive behavior and associated factors towards COVID-19 in Qellam Wallaga Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study	75
How does spectator presence affect football? Home advantage remains in European top-class football matches played without spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic	74
The effectiveness of peer-support for people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis	74
Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on death among asphyxiated neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials	74