Publication Delay in Iranian Scholarly Journals

Abstract

Scholarly journals should adhere to quantitative and qualitative standards for their continuing existence and acceptance by the scientific community, making them eligible for application and indexation in international databases. Concerning this, the journal editorial board would be held accountable for any flaws in publication standards. Obviously, improving standards causes perpetual scholarly communication between authors and journal editors as well as publishers, accreditation and quality assurance, and research finding dissemination. The objective of this study is to assess the status of 359 scientific journals in Iran with regards to their commitment to publication standards. The findings depict journals' strengths and weaknesses in relation to the editorial profile, instant references, layout quality, exclusive features, academic profile, and miscellaneous features.

The publishing delay in scholarly peer-reviewed journals

“…Another study with journals from different disciplines was the study of 26 Iranian journals publishing in the Persian language (Khosrowjerdi et al 2011). The delay range for these predominantly social science and humanities journals was very wide (5.8 to 34.6 months) with an average of 17.3 months.…”

A journal's impact factor is influenced by changes in publication delays of citing journals

“…Although the work of Yu and his colleagues threw light on the discussion, they did not empirically verify the dependent relationship between publication delay and impact factor. In this context, we note that Khosrowjerdi, Zeraatkar, and Vara () found that there was no significant relationship between publication delay in Persian scholarly periodicals and their impact factor as presented by the Islamic World Science Citation Center.…”

A nine-year (2012-2020) study of publication delay in an open access Library and Information Science journal

“…Contradictory results are also evident (Tort, Targino and Amaral 2012). Khosrowjerdi, Zeraatkar and Vara (2011), while studying the publication delay of twenty-six Iranian scholarly periodicals published in Persian, did not find any significant relationship between the delay and the periodicals' impact factors as presented by the Islamic World Science Citation Centre. Guo, Xiaoxiao and Yugang (2021) while conducting a study on publication delay adjusted impact factor (PDAIF), found that PDAIF would bring a greater impact factor increase for journals with longer publication delay.…”