Seasonal bias in editorial decisions for a physics journal: you should write when you like, but submit in July
Seasonal bias in editorial decisions for a physics journal: you should write when you like, but submit in July
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DOI：
10.1087/20120209
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发表时间：
2012-04-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Schreiber, Michael
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作者：
Schreiber, Michael
最近的一次关于编辑决策中可能存在的季节性偏见的讨论，在不同的期刊上得出了不同的结果。所有研究都认为，有必要在不同领域开展进一步的调查。在这篇文章中，提交和验收数据分析使用的样本比以前调查的数据集大得多。特别是所有15，478提交给EPL（前身为欧洲物理学快报）在12年内，从1999年至2010年提交。虽然每年提交的论文数量的趋势可以看出，这些也反映在接受和拒绝的论文数量。接受率的每月波动很大;几年来的平均数使这些波动变得平缓，并在7月显示出明显的最大值。受理时间，即审查过程的持续时间的波动甚至更为明显。几年的平均数表明，1月、5月和10月提交的稿件的这一过程最长。(c)迈克尔·施赖伯2012
A recent discussion on possible seasonal bias in editorial decisions yielded discrepant results for different journals. All studies agreed that further investigations in different fields are necessary. In this article submission and acceptance data are analyzed using a sample that is much larger than the previously investigated datasets. Specifically all the 15,478 submissions to EPL (formerly Europhysics Letters) submitted within the 12 years from 1999 to 2010 are included. While trends in the yearly number of submitted papers can be seen, these are also reflected in the number of accepted and rejected papers. Monthly fluctuations in the rate of acceptance are strong; averaging over several years smoothes these fluctuations and shows a clear maximum in July. Even more conspicuous fluctuations are found for the acceptance time, i.e. the duration of the reviewing process. Averaging over several years shows that this process is longest for manuscripts submitted in January, May and October. (c) Michael Schreiber 2012