Introduction:

The need for immediate evidence and reliable results of COVID-19 has generated an unprecedented revolution in scientific communication systems. It is a real race of science against the expansion of the new coronavirus that generates impacts in all areas.

Objective:

To analyze the academic and social impact of the scientific results of COVID-19 in Dimensions database.

Material and Methods:

A cross-sectional observational and descriptive study was conducted. The study analyzed the presence, productivity and influence of research on COVID-19, as well as its impact and use in social and scientific platforms through bibliometric and altmetric indicators.

Results:

In total, 84.3 % are articles published in scientific journals, 14 % correspond to preprints, and 82.2 % of the publications are open access articles. The publications reach a high number of citations and high altmetric scores with a predominance of activity on Twitter.

Conclusions:

Scientific research on COVID-19 has been published, mainly directly and in openly available thematic or institutional repositories. There are correlations regarding the academic and social impact of works published in high impact journals; however, the analysis at the article level shows a low correspondence between citations and mentions on social networks.

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