Factors Affecting the Time to Publication in Ophthalmology Journals: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis

Dhoot, Arjan S.; Popović, Marko; Lee, Yerin; Lee, Si-Woo; Micieli, Jonathan A.

doi:10.1080/09286586.2021.1926516

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“…Maximum citations were identified in general ophthalmology due to practise patterns and COVID19 influence(Kaur & Gurnani, 2021). Overall, there is a wide variation in time to publication among Ophthalmology journals as a whole; Dhoot et al identified a reduced number of days to electronic publication with higher impact factor journals(Dhoot et al, 2022). Even among COVID19 research, ophthalmology publications accounted for less than 0.5 percent of total articles (Forouhari et al, 2022).…”

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For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Menshawey

Massoud

2022

Preprint

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Background: Preprinting, is the sharing of non-peer reviewed, unpublished scholarly manuscripts. Across many fields of medicine, an exponential rise of manuscripts being posted to preprint servers has been observed. This has exploded during the COVID19 pandemic where early dissemination of information was critical, or where COVID19 priority disrupted the publication dynamics and priorities in other areas. We examined the characteristics of ophthalmology related preprints in this study. Methods: We searched the bioRxiv and medRxiv servers for preprints relating to field of ophthalmology. Preprints were screened by title and abstract to ensure they were related to the field of ophthalmology. Outcomes included number of tweets, upper bound followers of tweeters, number of citations, news outlets reports and dates posted/published. If a preprint was published the same outcomes were collected for the published version to allow for comparisons, as well as journal publisher and cite score. Results: After screening, a total of 720 preprints met our inclusion criteria. 420 of the preprints went on to be published. The publication rate of the preprints was 58.3%. The median number of tweets received on preprints was 3.5, IQR 5.5. 98.75% of preprints were tweeted about. Citation rate was 40.14%. The average number of days from date posted on server to date published was 180.5+/-124 days. Regression analysis revealed that tweets as a preprint predicts tweets as a published article, P=0.0135. citations as a preprint predicts citations as a published article, P<0.001. The average cite score was 8.5+/-6.2 among those preprints that we published in journals. 16.66% of papers were published by Elsevier (n = 70). 3.19% of preprints were COVID19 related, with significant differences found between them and non-COVID19 preprints in terms of number of tweets and number of citations. Conclusions: Ophthalmology preprints are increasing across preprint servers. This maybe to bypass publication times and allow early dissemination of work, as well as increase visibility and citations. We identified that preprint citations and tweets predict published version citation and tweets.

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For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Menshawey

Massoud

2022

Preprint

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“…Manuscripts pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic were initially included if their titles included "COVID," "pandemic," "SARS," "corona," "nCoV," For articles where data were available (n = 175), median time from submission to publication (either print or online) was 44 days, which is substantially quicker than publication times reported before the COVID-19 pandemic. 5 Notably, editorials were published the most rapidly (median, 33.8 d vs median for noneditorial articles, 74.5 d; P < 0.001). May (n = 38) and August (n = 28) 2020 were the months with the most published articles, which corresponds with the ∼1to 2-month publication time following the major global COVID-19 peaks in March and July 2020, respectively.…”

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“…For articles where data were available (n=175), median time from submission to publication (either print or online) was 44 days, which is substantially quicker than publication times reported before the COVID-19 pandemic 5. Notably, editorials were published the most rapidly (median, 33.8 d vs median for noneditorial articles, 74.5 d; P <0.001).…”

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Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Ophthalmology Literature

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Boyd

Patel

2022

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…Little research has been conducted on the impact of these models on publication times and impact factors. Few studies have investigated the publication times and associated factors of ophthalmology journals ( Chen, Chen & Jhanji, 2013 ; Dhoot et al, 2021 ; Skrzypczak et al, 2021 ). The most recent systematic evaluation of publication times in ophthalmology journals and the influence of AOP on impact factors was conducted by Chen, Chen & Jhanji (2013) concerned the year 2010.…”

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“…The most recent systematic evaluation of publication times in ophthalmology journals and the influence of AOP on impact factors was conducted by Chen, Chen & Jhanji (2013) concerned the year 2010. These studies have significant limitations, such as being outdated ( Chen, Chen & Jhanji, 2013 ), with small sample sizes ( Skrzypczak et al, 2021 ), and the fact that they did not explore the relationships between OA status and publication delays or impact factors ( Chen, Chen & Jhanji, 2013 ; Dhoot et al, 2021 ; Skrzypczak et al, 2021 ).…”

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Publication delays and associated factors in ophthalmology journals

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Introduction This study aimed to evaluate the publication delays and correlative factors of peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals. Methods The ophthalmology journals listed in the Journal Citation Report 2020 were retrieved from the Web of Science database. The first original research article of each journal issue from January to December 2020 was extracted, and its submission, final revision, acceptance, and publication dates were obtained. Information on impact factors, advance online publication (AOP) status, open access (OA) rate and acceptance rate in 2020 was also collected. The correlations between publication delays and potential associated factors were analyzed. Results A total of 58 ophthalmology journals were included and information on 685 articles was collected. The median times from submission to acceptance, from acceptance to publication, and from submission to publication were 118.0 (IQR, 74.0–185.0) days, 31.0 (IQR, 15.0–64.0) days, and 161.0 (IQR, 111.0–232.0) days, respectively. A higher impact factor was correlated with shorter delays of acceptance and publication (P < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between acceptance rates and publication delays (r = 0.726, P = 0.007). Forty-seven (81.03%) journals provided AOP. There was no statistically significant difference for impact factors and publication delays between journal with and without AOP (all P > 0.05). No correlation between OA rate and publication delays or impact factors was detected (all P > 0.05). Conclusions Journals with higher impact factors and lower acceptance rates tend to have quicker publication processes. No significant associations were detected between publication delays and AOP or OA rate.

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Factors Affecting the Time to Publication in Ophthalmology Journals: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

For She had Eyes and Chose Preprints -– Social Media Impact, Citation and Publication rates of Ophthalmology preprints

Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Ophthalmology Literature

Publication delays and associated factors in ophthalmology journals

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