Pandemic publishing: Medical journals strongly speed up their publication process for COVID-19
Pandemic publishing: Medical journals strongly speed up their publication process for COVID-19
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DOI：
10.1162/qss_a_00076
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Horbach, Serge P. J. M.
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作者：
Horbach, Serge P. J. M.
在公共危机时期，包括当前的COVID-19大流行，快速传播相关科学知识至关重要。学术期刊出版过程的持续时间是可能阻碍新信息快速传递的主要因素之一。在医学期刊采取措施加快出版过程之后，本研究评估了医学期刊是否设法加快了冠状病毒相关文章的出版过程。它研究了14种医学期刊在当前大流行期间和之前的出版过程。该研究评估了669篇文章，得出的结论是，自大流行爆发以来，医学期刊确实大大加快了与冠状病毒相关文章的出版过程：提交和出版之间的时间平均减少了49%。论文提交和发表之间天数的最大减少是由于同行评审所需时间的减少。对于与COVID-19无关的文章，没有发现出版过程的加速。虽然从快速信息传播的角度来看，出版过程的加速是值得称赞的，但它也可能引起与同行评审过程和最终出版物的质量有关的担忧。
In times of public crises, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, rapid dissemination of relevant scientific knowledge is of paramount importance. The duration of scholarly journals' publication process is one of the main factors that may hinder quick delivery of new information. Following initiatives of medical journals to accelerate their publication process, this study assesses whether medical journals have managed to speed up their publication process for coronavirus-related articles. It studies the duration of 14 medical journals' publication processes both during and prior to the current pandemic. Assessing 669 articles, the study concludes that medical journals have indeed strongly accelerated their publication process for coronavirus-related articles since the outbreak of the pandemic: The time between submission and publication has decreased on average by 49%. The largest decrease in number of days between submission and publication of articles was due to a decrease in time required for peer review. For articles not related to COVID-19, no acceleration of the publication process is found. While the acceleration of the publication process is laudable from the perspective of quick information dissemination, it also may raise concerns relating to the quality of the peer review process and of the resulting publications.