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Time to publish? Turnaround times, acceptance rates, and impact factors of journals in fisheries science
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257841 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Selecting a target journal is a universal decision faced by authors of scientific papers. Components of the decision, including expected turnaround time, journal acceptance rate, and journal impact factor, vary in terms of accessibility. In this study, I collated recent turnaround times and impact factors for 82 journals that publish papers in the field of fisheries sciences. In addition, I gathered acceptance rates for the same journals when possible. Findings indicated clear among-journal differences in turnaround time, with median times-to-publication ranging from 79 to 323 days. There was no clear correlation between turnaround time and acceptance rate nor between turnaround time and impact factor; however, acceptance rate and impact factor were negatively correlated. I found no field-wide differences in turnaround time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, though some individual journals took significantly longer or significantly shorter to publish during the pandemic. Depending on their priorities, authors choosing a target journal should use the results of this study as guidance toward a more informed decision.
- Subjects :
- Viral Diseases
Medical Journals
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Epidemiology
Science
Acceptance rate
Fisheries
MEDLINE
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
Aquaculture
Bibliometrics
Research and Analysis Methods
Turnaround time
Medical Conditions
Medicine and Health Sciences
Humans
Marketing
Pandemics
Publication
Scientific Publishing
Publishing
Fisheries science
Multidisciplinary
Impact factor
business.industry
COVID-19
Biology and Life Sciences
Agriculture
Covid 19
Research Assessment
Infectious Diseases
Earth Sciences
Medicine
Journal Impact Factor
Periodicals as Topic
business
Psychology
Medical Humanities
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e88efc8ac4f7d810784a4fde0c3b18ac