Table 2 Summary statistics (mean, standard deviation, and n) of time in days between submission and publication for 16 academic journals.
Journal | Non-COVID19 | COVID-19 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||||
Mean ± SD | n | mean ± SD | n | Mean ± SD | n | Mean ± SD | n | All | Notes | ||
Ecology | 198.3 ± 113.3 | 796 | 206.9 ± 109.1 | 773 | 212.4 ± 109.2 | 915 | 92.4 ± 34.2 | 17 | 206.7 ± 110.7 | 2594 | |
BMC Ecology | 237.6 ± 80.8 | 58 | 235.7 ± 107.5 | 49 | 235.6 ± 119.8 | 66 | NA | 0 | 236.3 ± 104.0 | 173 | |
Cons. Letters | 168.3 ± 70.1 | 73 | 186.2 ± 81.1 | 63 | 189.8 ± 93.4 | 68 | 144.0 | 1 | 185.0 ± 81.9 | 272 | 66* |
Ecol&Evol | 214.2 ± 126.4 | 114 | 180.5 ± 103.9 | 120 | 181.6 ± 96.9 | 205 | 88.4 ± 37.6 | 12 | 185.8 ± 107.1 | 463 | 12 |
Ecosphere | 131.0 ± 85.4 | 148 | 151.1 ± 93.4 | 120 | 209.1 ± 117.2 | 144 | 91.0 | 1 | 164.0 ± 105.1 | 413 | |
Front. Ecol. Evol. | 147.4 ± 87.9 | 119 | 160.3 ± 63.2 | 120 | 178.4 ± 76.1 | 99 | NA | 0 | 161.1 ± 77.2 | 338 | |
Landscape Ecology | 236.6 ± 99.5 | 138 | 265.1 ± 116.3 | 171 | 231.8 ± 116.9 | 191 | NA | 0 | 245.6 ± 114.7 | 519 | 19 |
Nat. Ecol. Evol. | 285.3 ± 132.6 | 113 | 263.1 ± 107.7 | 106 | 274.6 ± 111.8 | 107 | 98.0 | 1 | 275.3 ± 119.6 | 334 | 6^ |
PECON | 167.2 ± 61.1 | 33 | 182.8 ± 93.5 | 24 | 214.6 ± 79.9 | 36 | 89.0 ± 17.0 | 2 | 186.7 ± 79.0 | 99 | 4 |
Medicine | 176.6 ± 103.7 | 1010 | 176.6 ± 94.3 | 888 | 188.4 ± 94.3 | 746 | 85.0 ± 52.7 | 401 | 166.4 ± 99.3 | 3179 | 133 |
BMC Medicine | 187.3 ± 66.9 | 119 | 166.7 ± 55.1 | 118 | 168.0 ± 53.6 | 199 | 109.6 ± 41.0 | 39 | 167.7 ± 59.8 | 475 | |
BMJ Open | 212.9 ± 79.7 | 120 | 241.5 ± 81.8 | 120 | 234.1 ± 96.7 | 120 | 134.1 ± 40.6 | 135 | 203.5 ± 88.1 | 495 | |
Clin. Infect. Dis. | 121.9 ± 55.2 | 285 | 129.9 ± 49.3 | 168 | 134.2 ± 65.3 | 46 | 39.4 ± 20.5 | 163 | 106.4 ± 59.5 | 773 | 111 |
eLife - Medicine | 157.0 ± 81.4 | 133 | 144.6 ± 53.9 | 128 | 162.3 ± 75.1 | 46 | 67.0 ± 31.7 | 24 | 146.4 ± 71.8 | 331 | |
J. Biomed. Sci. | 126.7 ± 38.5 | 88 | 117.6 ± 50.3 | 91 | 155.8 ± 94.4 | 97 | 54.3 ± 9.5 | 3 | 133.1 ± 68.6 | 279 | |
J. Clin. Immunol. | 162.2 ± 95.5 | 49 | 173.8 ± 107.1 | 79 | 141.2 ± 76.5 | 87 | 100.1 ± 27.3 | 8 | 158.5 ± 93.5 | 239 | 15 |
Nature Medicine | 338.5 ± 176.9 | 97 | 320.4 ± 177.0 | 63 | 282.8 ± 138.0 | 69 | 69.5 ± 25.4 | 13 | 306.4 ± 177.2 | 249 | 7 |
PLos Medicine | 192.7 ± 56.3 | 119 | 192.1 ± 43.9 | 121 | 225.5 ± 62.4 | 82 | 113.8 ± 18.0 | 16 | 196.7 ± 57.3 | 338 | |
Grand total | 186.1 ± 108.5 | 1806 | 190.7 ± 102.5 | 1661 | 201.6 ± 103.4 | 1661 | 86.3 ± 55.5 | 419 | 184.1 ± 106.5 | 5790 | |
