Table 1 Results of the three fitted generalised linear mixed models with journals as random effect.

From: Trade-off between urgency and reduced editorial capacity affect publication speed in ecological and medical journals during 2020

 

Models

Summary results

Log(timelag) ~ year + (1 | journal)

Log(timelag_non_covid) ~ year + (1 | journal)

Log(timelag_rev) ~ covid + discipline + authors + pages + (1 | journal)

Number of articles

5787

5368

1363

REML criterion

8925.6

7138.8

2179.5

Intercept

Estimate = 5.158; CI [5.011, 5.305] t-value = 70.880; p < 0.001

Estimate = 5.123; CI [4.989, 5.255] t-value = 77.618; p < 0.001

Estimate = 3.882; CI [3.522, 4.226] t-value = 20.592; p < 0.001

Fixed effect (2020)

Estimate = −0.149; CI [−0.181, −0.116] t-value = −9.001; p < 0.001

Estimate = 0.032; CI [0.024, 0.086] t-value = 3.479; p < 0.001

Not applicable

Fixed effect (2019)

Estimate = −0.011; CI [-0.044, 0.023] t-value = −0.607; p = 0.544

Estimate = 0.014; CI [−0.016, 0.044] t-value = 0.884; p = 0.376

Not applicable

Fixed effect (COVID-19)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Estimate = −0.176; CI [−0.668, −0.462] t-value = −10.755; p < 0.001

Fixed effect (Discipline)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Estimate = 0.013; CI [−0.628, 0.640] t-value = 0.039; p = 0.9708

Fixed effect (Number of authors)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Estimate = 0.007; CI [0.0003, 0.0131] t-value = 2.091; p < 0.05

Fixed effect (Number of pages)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Estimate = 0.006; CI [−0.001, 0.014] t-value = 1.457; p = 0.1453

  1. CI = 95% confidence interval [lower, and higher limits].