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Publication speed and advanced online publication: Are biomedical Indian journals slow?

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the publication speed (peer review time and publication time) of biomedical Indian journals and identify the journals having the facility of advance online publication (AOP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biomedical Indian journals were identified from the J...

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Autores principales: Shah, Akash, Sherighar, Swathi Ganesh, Bhat, Anup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955575
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.173775
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description OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the publication speed (peer review time and publication time) of biomedical Indian journals and identify the journals having the facility of advance online publication (AOP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biomedical Indian journals were identified from the Journal Citation Report of 2013. Thirty original articles published between January 2012 and June 2014 were systematically selected from each journal. Information about the date of submission, revision, and acceptance were extracted from the full text of the articles. Median peer review time (submission to acceptance) and publication time (acceptance to AOP/electronic publication) were calculated for each journal. RESULTS: Of the 19 journals studied, 5 (26.3%), 15 (78.9%), and 6 (31.6%) journals did not mention details about date of submission, date of revision, and date of acceptance, respectively. The individual median peer review time of the journals ranged from 87 to 377.5 days and the combined median peer review time (interquartile range) was 143.5 days (105.5, 238). The individual median publication time ranged from 14 to 349 days. The publication time for journals with AOP was significantly lesser (29.5 [19.6, 50.6] vs. 146.5 [126.5, 202.5]; P = 0.02) compared to journals without AOP. Impact factor of the journal did not correlate with the publication speed. The facility of AOP was provided by 6 (31.6%) journals. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the peer review time and publication time of biomedical Indian journals included in our study seems to be fairly long. Less than one-third of biomedical Indian journals provide the facility of AOP.
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spelling pubmed-47635172016-03-07 Publication speed and advanced online publication: Are biomedical Indian journals slow? Shah, Akash Sherighar, Swathi Ganesh Bhat, Anup Perspect Clin Res Original Article OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the publication speed (peer review time and publication time) of biomedical Indian journals and identify the journals having the facility of advance online publication (AOP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biomedical Indian journals were identified from the Journal Citation Report of 2013. Thirty original articles published between January 2012 and June 2014 were systematically selected from each journal. Information about the date of submission, revision, and acceptance were extracted from the full text of the articles. Median peer review time (submission to acceptance) and publication time (acceptance to AOP/electronic publication) were calculated for each journal. RESULTS: Of the 19 journals studied, 5 (26.3%), 15 (78.9%), and 6 (31.6%) journals did not mention details about date of submission, date of revision, and date of acceptance, respectively. The individual median peer review time of the journals ranged from 87 to 377.5 days and the combined median peer review time (interquartile range) was 143.5 days (105.5, 238). The individual median publication time ranged from 14 to 349 days. The publication time for journals with AOP was significantly lesser (29.5 [19.6, 50.6] vs. 146.5 [126.5, 202.5]; P = 0.02) compared to journals without AOP. Impact factor of the journal did not correlate with the publication speed. The facility of AOP was provided by 6 (31.6%) journals. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the peer review time and publication time of biomedical Indian journals included in our study seems to be fairly long. Less than one-third of biomedical Indian journals provide the facility of AOP. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4763517/ /pubmed/26955575 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.173775 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Perspectives in Clinical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full_unstemmed Publication speed and advanced online publication: Are biomedical Indian journals slow?
title_short Publication speed and advanced online publication: Are biomedical Indian journals slow?
title_sort publication speed and advanced online publication: are biomedical indian journals slow?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955575
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.173775
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