Publication Times in Ophthalmology Journals: The Story of Accepted Manuscripts

Skrzypczak, Tomasz; Michałowicz, Jakub; Hossa, Marta; Mamak, Michał; Jany, Aleksandra; Skrzypczak, A; Bogusławska, Joanna; Kowal-Lange, Agnieszka

doi:10.7759/cureus.17738

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“…In the present study, individual median peer-review time for dentistry journals varied widely, with an overall peer-review time of 115 days. In top plastic surgery journals in 2020, the median time from submission to acceptance was 5.4 months (approximately 162 days), and in ophthalmology journals was 119 days, which is comparable to dentistry journals [1,13]. Significant time delay in the publication process could influence the reporting of significant clinical findings [2].…”

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Publication Times and Impact Factors (IFs) in Dentistry Journals

Skrzypczak¹,

Skrzypczak²,

Skrzypczak³

2022

Cureus

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Introduction: The speed of manuscript publication in reputable journals plays a crucial role in spreading scientific novelties and may influence the number of received citations. In the present study, the authors investigated the publication speed of dentistry journals. This is crucial for both authors, who desire rapid dissemination of their findings, and patients in need, who seek new therapies.Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional bibliometric analysis of published dentistry journals. A list of dentistry journals featured in the 2021 Journal Citation Report was downloaded. A total of five random original articles were extracted from each of these journals. These articles were published between January and December 2020. Median and interquartile range (IQR) times from submission to acceptance, publication in print, online publication, time from acceptance to in print and online publication were calculated. The correlation between publication times and journal impact factor (IF) was examined.Results: A total of 89 journals were included. Individual time from submission to acceptance (peer review time) ranged from 6 to 279 days, the combined median peer review time was 115 (80-159) days. The overall median time from acceptance to online or print publication was 17 (12-38) and 153 (92-249) days, respectively. Journals with available data concerning publication times tended to have higher IF than others. Only journals that did not have available time from acceptance to online publication had higher IF. There were negative correlations between times from submission (r = -0.442, p = 0.007), acceptance (r = -0.616, p < 0.001) to in-print publication, and IF. There were no correlations between IF and time from submission to acceptance, acceptance to online publication, and submission to online publication. Conclusions: Publication times availability was revealed to be an indicator of higher impacted journals, which is a potential new exponent of journal quality. Higher IF values were associated with shorter times from submission to acceptance and in-print publication, which is consistent with current editorial policies.

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Publication Times and Impact Factors (IFs) in Dentistry Journals

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2022

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“…However, the median time from manuscript submission to acceptance in eight ophthalmology journals in 2020 was 119 days, and most commonly manuscript submissions require going through multiple journals before finally publishing. 14 As such, many of these projects likely required rounds of revisions and resubmissions that occurred during residency and still represent residency scholarly activity. Residents taking at least one gap year had similar odds for having at least one first author publication and at least two first author publications than those not taking a gap year.…”

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Impact of Gap Years Following Medical School Graduation on Resident Research Productivity in Ophthalmology

Choudhry,

Patel,

Tailor

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Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

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Background Gap years following medical school graduation have become more common, but research into their tangible career benefit is lacking. Examining the impact of gap years on resident scholarly productivity in ophthalmology may provide insight generalizable to all specialties. Objective To evaluate whether a gap year following medical school graduation significantly predicts scholarly productivity during ophthalmology residency. Methods In December 2021, residents were recorded from 110 publicly available American ophthalmology residency program webpages. They were included if educational history was listed on publicly accessible academic and social media profiles. Residents were then stratified into gap year and nongap year cohorts. Publication data were recorded from Scopus and PubMed. Pearson's chi-square, independent sample t-tests, and multivariable regression were performed. Results A total of 1,206 residents were analyzed, with 1,036 (85.9%) residents taking no gap year and 170 (14.1%) residents with at least one gap year. Gap year residents were predicted to have increase in the likelihoods of publishing at least one, two, or five total articles during residency, in addition to at least one article in a high-impact journal. There was no significant relationship between gap years and publications with senior authors affiliated with either the resident's medical school or residency program. Conclusion Residents taking gap years following graduation may publish more during residency, but these publications are not associated with senior authors at their institutions. Future investigations should continue to evaluate the significance of gap years in medical education.

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“…Per unit increase in impact factor, there is a 19.1% increase in acceptance delay and a 15.8% decrease in publication delay in orthopedic surgery (Charen et al, 2020 ). Moreover, the increasing pressure to publish journal articles with high impact factor significantly influences the publication time in ophthalmology journals (Skrzypczak et al, 2021 ). Interestingly, scientific publications by board members have shorter publication delays than those by non–board members (Xu et al, 2021 ).…”

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A study of the correlation between publication delays and measurement indicators of journal articles in the social network environment—based on online data in PLOS

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2023

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The development of network technique and open access has made numerous research results freely obtained online, thereby facilitating the growth of the emerging evaluation methods of Altmetrics. However, it is unknown whether the time interval from reception to publication has an impact on the evaluation indicators of articles in the social network environment. We construct a range of time-series indexes that represent the features of the evaluation indicators and then explore the correlation of acceptance delay, technical delay, and overall delay with the relevant indicators of citations, usage, sharing and discussions, and collections that are obtained from the open access journal platform PLOS. Moreover, this research also explores the differences in the correlations of the delays for the literature in six subject areas with the corresponding indicators and the discrepancies of the correlations of delays and indexes in various metric quartiles. The results of the Mann–Whitney U test reveal that the length of delays affects the performance of the literature on some indicators. This study indicates that reducing the acceptance time and final publication time of articles can improve the efficiency of knowledge diffusion through the formal academic citation channel, but in the context of social networking communication, an appropriate interval at a particular stage in the publishing process can enhance the heat of sharing, discussion, and collection of articles to a small extent, hence boosting the influence and attention received by the literature on the internet.

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Publication Times in Ophthalmology Journals: The Story of Accepted Manuscripts

Cited by 6 publications

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Publication Times and Impact Factors (IFs) in Dentistry Journals

Publication Times and Impact Factors (IFs) in Dentistry Journals

Impact of Gap Years Following Medical School Graduation on Resident Research Productivity in Ophthalmology

A study of the correlation between publication delays and measurement indicators of journal articles in the social network environment—based on online data in PLOS

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