key: cord-0886772-vtqazyeo authors: Chen, Xing; Chen, Xiaoxia title: A commentary on “Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on scientific research and implications for clinical academic training – A review” date: 2021-02-19 journal: Int J Surg DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2021.105899 sha: 4ea7fe8856e36c6d2df8d6f6d42a96b7fb7df00d doc_id: 886772 cord_uid: vtqazyeo nan We read with great interest the article published in your prestigious journal by Sohrabi et al., (1) wherein the authors carried out a comprehensive review with the aim of providing a critical evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific research and funding, as well as academic clinical and surgical training. The future research will be multi-disciplinary and trans-national, promoting a new wave of research in the biological and the medical sciences for the well-being of civilization. Provenance and peer review J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on scientific research and implications for clinical academic training -A review World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials and clinical research: A systematic review Please specify the contribution of each author to the paper, e.g. study design, data collections, data analysis, writing. Others, who have contributed in other ways should be listed as contributors Xing Chen: design and write Xiaoxia Chen: review and edit The following additional information is required for submission. Please note that failure to respond to these questions/statements will mean your submission will be returned. If you have nothing to declare in any of these categories then this should be stated. The Guarantor is the one or more people who accept full responsibility for the work and/or the conduct of the study, had access to the data, and controlled the decision to publish. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f