Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the six groups of journal articles compared in our analyses
COVID-19 | Ebola | Cardiovascular disease | 2019 COVID-19- publishing journals | 2020 COVID-19-publishing journals (excluding COVID-19 records)a | 2020 COVID-19-publishing journals (including all records)a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total records | 7,155 | 333 | 27,702 | 99,147 | 111,331 | 117,644 |
Total journal articles | 4,403 | 164 | 20,080 | 79,588 | 94,952 | 98,858 |
Total journal articles with dates | 2,113 | 48 | 13,117 | 56,465 | 65,032 | 66,758 |
Median days to acceptance [interquartile range; range] | 6 [12; 134] | 15 [45; 136] | 102 [93; 1,053] | 93 [100; 1,074] | 84 [103; 1,089] | 82 [103; 1,089] |
Accepted within 7 days [N] | 59% [1,250] | 38% [18] | 3% [374] | 2% [1,386] | 3% [2,113] | 5% [3,138] |
Accepted within 30 days [N] | 93% [1,970] | 71% [34] | 9% [1,158] | 13% [7,324] | 18% [11,396] | 20% [13,020] |
Accepted within 100 days [N] | 99% [2,099] | 92% [44] | 49% [6,465] | 54% [30,536] | 58% [37,972] | 59% [39,698] |
