Factors associated with publication speed in general medical journals: a retrospective study of bibliometric data

Paul Sebo (), Jean Pascal Fournier, Claire Ragot, Pierre-Henri Gorioux, François R. Herrmann and Hubert Maisonneuve
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Paul Sebo: University of Geneva
Jean Pascal Fournier: University of Nantes
Claire Ragot: Université de Lyon
Pierre-Henri Gorioux: University of Nantes
François R. Herrmann: Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva
Hubert Maisonneuve: University of Geneva

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 119, issue 2, No 25, 1037-1058

Abstract: Abstract We aimed to assess publication speed of manuscripts submitted to general medical journals and to explore the link with various author, paper and journal characteristics. In this retrospective study of bibliometric data we retrieved 45 randomly selected papers published in 2016 from each of the highest impact factor journals of general internal medicine (n = 9) and primary care (n = 9). Only journals reporting submission and publication dates were included. The following data were extracted: first author (gender, place of affiliation, number of publications), paper (submission and publication dates, online publication, open access, number of authors, number of participants, study design, study results) and journal characteristics (impact factor, number of papers published). We computed for each paper the submission-to-acceptance, acceptance-to-publication and submission-to-publication times. We performed linear regression with random effects models to identify the associations with predictors, adjusting for intra-cluster correlations. A total of 781 papers were included. The overall median submission-to-acceptance time was 123 days (interquartile range 111, min 1, max 922), acceptance-to-publication time 68 days (interquartile range 88, min 2, max 802) and submission-to-publication time 224 days (interquartile range 156, min 24, max 1034). In multivariate analysis, online publication was strongly associated with reduced submission-to-publication time (difference: − 93 days, p value

Keywords: Publication speed; Publication delay; Acceptance time; Publication time; Retrospective study; General medical journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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