Overview
Pandemic impact refers to the broad and interconnected consequences that a worldwide disease outbreak imposes beyond direct morbidity and mortality, spanning health systems, economies, education, social structures, and population behaviour. Because a pandemic disrupts many domains simultaneously, its impact is studied across multiple levels, from demographic and population-structure effects to disturbances in specific sectors and institutions. The COVID-19 experience illustrates this breadth, with research addressing effects on social and economic conditions, on surgical and clinical practice, and on mental health and psychological wellbeing. Further work examines disruptions to supply chains and service delivery, the situation of vulnerable groups, and the strain placed on specialised services such as milk banking and care for chronic conditions. Analyses also consider human, social, and intellectual capital during the pandemic era, the dynamics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and broader reflections on the relationship between the pandemic and the natural world. Assessing pandemic impact typically combines epidemiological data with social, economic, and behavioural evidence to characterise both immediate shocks and longer-term adaptations. The concept thus provides a framework for understanding how a single biological event propagates through diverse systems and communities, informing preparedness and recovery.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Potential Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Education, Staff Development and Training in Africa
Topic: Assesses the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social-Economic Situation in Africa
The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Surgical Practice in Nigeria
Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic
The Third Survey on the Activity of Human Milk Banks in Italy and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Current Chinese Global Supply Chain Monopoly and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Care Debate During the First Covid Lockout in Barcelona.
Review of Human, Social and intellectual capital in the Covid-19 era
Fragiles but Resilient. The Key Strategies to Cope with Pandemic in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. A Controlled Web Survey
The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Patterns of Nature
Features of the Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases, Geopolitics and Gain-of-Function Research
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 9 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2025 · Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
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2023 · Revista Brasileira de Inovação
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2023 · Journal Of Aging Research And Healthcare
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2023 · Revista Brasileira de Inovação
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2023 · Journal of Aging Research and Healthcare
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2022 · International Journal of Clinical Virology
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2022 · International Journal of Clinical Virology
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E. Ceesay et al. · 2022 · Religación. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
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