Time from submission to publication varied widely for biomedical journals: a systematic review

Andersen, Mikkel Zola; Fonnes, Siv; Rosenberg, Jacob

doi:10.1080/03007995.2021.1905622

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“…The median time to publication for the COVID-19 articles was 41 days. This quick turnaround is a stark contrast to other studies that showed that article publication time can vary from months to years [ 8 ]. A number of explanations exist, such as the need for new COVID-19 information as the pandemic progressed, as well as increased demand to publish COVID-19-related information in a timely manner.…”

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“…As the practice of anesthesiology often requires airway manipulation and management of critically ill patients, anesthesia providers are at a higher risk of interaction and exposure to the COVID-19 virus [ 5 , 6 ]. Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 often face complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and multisystem organ failure, all of which can lead to rapid death and are managed actively by anesthesiologists in healthy and critically ill patients [ 7 , 8 ]. As such, the pandemic response has relied on the academic anesthesiology community and their ability to publish timely studies that would direct the management of patients with COVID-19.…”

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Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Egbaria¹,

Kofskey²,

Boyd³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the practice of medicine worldwide, particularly in anesthesiology. As the clinical realm has rapidly adjusted to the realities of the pandemic, anesthesiology literature has also changed significantly to reflect this. The purpose of this study was to characterize the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on anesthesiology literature. Specifically, it was hypothesized that the COVID-19-related literature in the anesthesiology community would gain more interest than non-COVID-19-related articles. A total of 15 anesthesiology-related journals with the highest impact factor in 2019, according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), were selected for data collection. An advanced PubMed search identified 5,722 COVID-19-related articles published by these journals in 2020. Next, articles with titles including “corona,” “COVID,” “COVID-19,” “pandemic,” “SARS,” or “SARS-CoV-2” were selected for inclusion in the study, which resulted in 676 (12%) articles. A Kruskal-Wallis test was used to assess the Altmetric score, which is a weighted calculation of the attention an article receives online, for COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 articles. Articles were then further characterized across multiple different variables, including country of origin, month published, type of article, and subspecialty of anesthesiology it pertained to. Of the 15 journals investigated, 676 (12%) articles of the 5,722 total articles published were found to be COVID-19-related material. The majority of the articles were found to be published in April (18%), May (19.5%), and June (14%). The majority of these articles were related either to general anesthesia (operating room anesthesiology that is not tied to a particular subspecialty fellowship track) (48%) or critical care (39%). By article type, most were determined to be editorial (71%) in nature, followed by original research articles (21%), of which most were cross-sectional (55%) studies. When compared with non-COVID-19-related articles, COVID-19-related articles had a significantly greater Altmetric score (29.518 versus 8.6333, p < 0.001). Of the COVID-19-related articles, original articles had the greatest Altmetric score, when compared to editorials and guidelines (54.794 versus 20.777 versus 40.643, p < 0.002). The response of the academic anesthesiology community to the COVID-19 pandemic was strong and timely, with a particularly strong focus on critical care anesthesia. The impact of the pandemic was strongly felt by the anesthesiology community, and their timely response served to guide our country and world through an incredibly challenging time. The pandemic highlighted the value of anesthesiologists worldwide, not only in the operating room setting but particularly as critical care physicians.

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Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Egbaria¹,

Kofskey²,

Boyd³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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“…These papers are a key form of scientific discourse, and peer review has an important role in helping validate research claims. However, journal publication can also be a slow process (Andersen et al, 2021 ; Donnici et al, 2022 ), hindering responses to a rapidly changing scientific landscape.…”

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Research Products Beyond the Research Paper: Reflections on User-Centered Evidence Synthesis From SeroTracker

Yan

Arora

2022

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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“…All editors and reviewers realize that any new research is to come out as fast as possible, not to make the new knowledge obsolete. For medical sciences, it is also a matter of saving lives by introducing new methods of treatment (Andersen, Fonnes, & Rosenberg, 2021).…”

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Improving Submissions to Scholarly Journals via Peer Review

Tikhonova

Raitskaya

2021

JLE

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Due to their commitment to better publishing standards and desire to improve their journals’ academic reputation, editorial boards, editors, and editorial teams seek to refine submissions they receive. Though, the peer review process serves as a filtering and assessment system, it is believed to greatly contribute to better quality of scholarly journals. Based on the analysis of the peer review internationally, the JLE editors focus on the peer review in the Journal of Language and Education, sharing their experience with the JLE potential authors. The editorial contains some reflections on the efficacy of peer review in the JLE. Potential authors may find some tips as to how to interact with recommendations and criticism on part of their peer reviewers and to make their voices heard.

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Time from submission to publication varied widely for biomedical journals: a systematic review

Cited by 32 publications

References 63 publications

Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Research Products Beyond the Research Paper: Reflections on User-Centered Evidence Synthesis From SeroTracker

Improving Submissions to Scholarly Journals via Peer Review

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