Fate of Manuscripts Previously Rejected by the American Journal of Neuroradiology: A Follow-Up Analysis
Fate of Manuscripts Previously Rejected by the American Journal of Neuroradiology: A Follow-Up Analysis
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DOI：
10.3174/ajnr.a1366
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Kallmes, D. F.
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作者：
McDonald, R. J.;Cloft, H. J.;Kallmes, D. F.
背景与目的：本文是《美国神经放射学杂志退稿的命运：结局与评论》的后续文章。本研究的目的是量化美国神经放射学杂志（AJNR）上发表的论文与被拒后发表的论文的被引频次差异，了解被拒论文之间的被引频次差异。材料和方法：在本研究中，通过MEDLINE检索确定了2005年在AJNR发表的所有稿件，以及2004年最初被AJNR拒稿但随后在其他地方发表的稿件。确定后，使用SCOPUS确定两组的被引频次。引文数据被用于AJNR被拒文章和被接受文章之间的比较研究，以及比较被拒手稿之间引用频率差异作为期刊和/或出版物分类的功能的研究。结果：在2004年发表的315篇被AJNR拒稿文章中，2005 - 2007年累计引用696次（2.4次/期刊年），而2005年发表的441篇文章在2005 - 2007年累计引用2490次（6.4次/期刊年，P < 0.0001）。单向方差分析表明，被拒绝的技术报告和/或发表在神经放射学或普通放射学期刊上的论文，其引用频率明显高于其他投稿类型和期刊分类。非参数分析显示引文频次与各自出版期刊的影响因子呈显著相关（p = 0.444）。结论：本研究结果表明，被AJNR拒稿的论文被引频次明显低于被AJNR录用的论文。在被拒绝的手稿中，引用频率最高的是技术报告和接近神经放射学学科的期刊。
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This is a follow-up article to "Fate of Submitted Manuscripts Rejected from the American Journal of Neuroradiology:: Outcomes and Commentary." The purpose of this study was to quantify differences in citation frequency between manuscripts published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) and those published after AJNR rejection and to understand citation frequency differences among rejected manuscripts.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, a MEDLINE search identified all manuscripts published in AJNR in 2005 and those initially rejected by AJNR in 2004 but subsequently published elsewhere. Once identified, the citation frequencies of both groups were determined by using SCOPUS. Citation data were used in comparative studies between AJNR rejected and accepted articles and in studies comparing citation frequency differences among rejected manuscripts as a function of journal and/or publication classifications.RESULTS: Among 315 subsequently published rejections from AJNR in 2004, 696 citations accumulated between 2005 and 2007 (2.4 citations/journal year), whereas 441 AJNR articles published in 2005 accumulated 2490 citations between 2005 and 2007 (6.4 citations/journal year, P < .0001). One-way analysis of variance suggested that rejected manuscripts classified as technical reports and/or published in journals classified as either neuroradiology or general radiology had significantly higher citation frequencies than other submission types and journal classifications. Nonparametric analysis of citation frequency showed significant correlations with impact factors of respective publishing journals (p = 0.444).CONCLUSION: Results from this study suggest that publications initially rejected from AJNR have a significantly lower citation frequency than those accepted by AJNR. Among rejected manuscripts, citations frequencies were highest in technical reports and among journals close to the neuroradiologic discipline.