Table 1
Publication, acceptance and processing times, as expressed in days, between 2008 and 2018, in eight HPE journals with available publication timeline metadata
|
Publication date |
Total articles |
Articles with timeline metadata (%) |
Publication time |
Acceptance time |
Processing time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) | |||
|
2008 |
993 |
119 |
185 |
203.83 (120.20) |
156 |
169.19 (88.56) |
7 |
34.64 (87.16) |
|
2009 |
1,328 |
152 |
172 |
155.82 (80.82) |
153.5 |
172.05 (77.98) |
7 |
16.23 (22.78) |
|
2010 |
1,578 |
275 |
199 |
267.16 (181.55) |
138.5 |
149.43 (84.20) |
29 |
118.07 (187.61) |
|
2011 |
1,449 |
273 |
229 |
349.41 (257.16) |
157 |
158.71 (87.47) |
21 |
190.70 (246.11) |
|
2012 |
1,567 |
286 |
204 |
315.75 (253.26) |
162 |
163.91 (84.78) |
19 |
155.37 (241.28) |
|
2013 |
1,796 |
467 |
233 |
275.44 (180.55) |
155 |
162.12 (96.97) |
25 |
113.32 (154.02) |
|
2014 |
1,943 |
643 |
260 |
286.67 (155.48) |
157 |
172.92 (97.60) |
35 |
114.00 (138.40) |
|
2015 |
1,927 |
609 |
236 |
244.38 (120.98) |
157 |
177.45 (106.49) |
30 |
67.35 (76.88) |
|
2016 |
2,126 |
651 |
199 |
227.14 (117.55) |
154 |
176.94 (106.70) |
18 |
50.19 (75.36) |
|
2017 |
2,153 |
610 |
250.5 |
256.09 (98.98) |
186.5 |
205.58 (101.11) |
20 |
50.51 (57.44) |
|
2018 |
2,322 |
647 |
251 |
265.38 (118.32) |
199 |
223.53 (124.57) |
20 |
42.21 (44.43) |
|
Overall study period |
19,182 |
4,735 |
228 |
263.55 (157.61) |
163 |
180.93 (103.89) |
23 |
83.15 (135.72) |
Table 2
Publication, acceptance, and processing time, expressed in days, by journal for articles between 2008 and 2018
|
Journal name |
Total articles published |
Articles with timeline metadata (%) |
Publication time |
Acceptance time |
Processing time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) | |||
|
Advances in Health Sciences Education |
809 |
769 (95) |
182 |
190.34 (103.76) |
157 |
164.04 (98.17) |
18 |
26.30 (42.24) |
|
BMC Medical Education |
2,077 |
2,054 (99) |
217 |
238.51 (114.20) |
203 |
223.56 (112.23) |
11 |
14.91 (14.84) |
|
International Journal of Medical Education |
299 |
298 (99) |
177 |
196.06 (106.97) |
146 |
161.41 (92.10) |
21 |
35.88 (54.33) |
|
Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Practice |
162 |
57 (35) |
374.5 |
377.71 (141.83) |
123.5 |
138.65 (75.13) |
241 |
246.72 (147.92) |
|
Journal of Graduate Medical Education |
1,621 |
635 (39) |
506 |
495.58 (197.12) |
158 |
161.78 (67.84) |
337 |
337.29 (187.26) |
|
Medical Education |
2,766 |
607 (22) |
275 |
286.97 (87.32) |
130 |
137.85 (64.77) |
141 |
148.79 (66.57) |
|
Medical Education Online |
491 |
305 (62) |
126 |
133.63 (67.21) |
80 |
88.19 (62.50) |
39 |
45.17 (27.83) |
|
Perspectives on Medical Education |
456 |
10 (2) |
206 |
210.70 (119.73) |
159.5 |
163.80 (122.84) |
50 |
46.90 (15.52) |
Publication timeline data was unavailable for Academic Medicine (n = 4852), Canadian Medical Education Journal (n = 230), Medical Teacher (n = 3303), Teaching and Learning in Medicine (n = 597), The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (n = 515), and The Clinical Teacher (n = 1004)
Of note, none of the included journals provided complete publication metadata, which must be taken into consideration when examining timelines for individual journals
Fig. 1
Publication time (i.e. the time from article submission to appearance in PubMed) by journal expressed in days for articles published in HPE journals between 2008 and 2018
Table 3
Publication, acceptance, and processing times, as expressed in days, by publication types featuring 10 or more articles
|
Publication typea |
Total articles |
Publication time |
Acceptance time |
Processing time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) | ||
|
Clinical trial |
15 |
232 |
274.13 (161.04) |
227 |
261.53 (158.80) |
11 |
12.60 (8.13) |
|
Comparative study |
259 |
223 |
241.66 (111.54) |
196 |
213.75 (109.73) |
16 |
27.91 (39.07) |
|
Editorial |
43 |
33 |
83.53 (97.41) |
3 |
47.24 (89.77) |
22.5 |
32.24 (47.07) |
|
Evaluation studies |
102 |
211 |
230.84 (125.23) |
167.5 |
199.51 (127.84) |
12 |
31.33 (49.71) |
|
Historical article |
20 |
177 |
194.10 (134.71) |
134.5 |
140.00 (125.99) |
26.5 |
54.10 (67.42) |
|
Letter |
36 |
104 |
147.39 (124.92) |
80.5 |
112.33 (110.15) |
22 |
35.06 (48.73) |
|
Meta-analysis |
30 |
274 |
279.93 (115.88) |
184 |
208.27 (127.78) |
28 |
71.67 (68.95) |
|
Multicenter study |
82 |
261.5 |
261.55 (115.94) |
198.5 |
206.91 (107.91) |
21 |
54.63 (73.11) |
|
Observational study |
48 |
230 |
250.27 (131.16) |
157 |
194.44 (125.21) |
25.5 |
55.83 (65.97) |
|
Randomized controlled trial |
227 |
237 |
241.39 (111.67) |
170 |
196.43 (111.13) |
19 |
44.96 (58.25) |
|
Review |
258 |
232.5 |
244.49 (103.35) |
161.5 |
175.21 (86.26) |
28.5 |
69.28 (76.69) |
|
Validation studies |
109 |
225 |
243.81 (112.28) |
189 |
201.73 (88.33) |
17 |
42.07 (83.93) |
|
Journal article |
4,646 |
230 |
266.22 (156.88) |
165 |
182.82 (102.96) |
23 |
83.94 (136.53) |
aArticles can be indexed with more than one publication type
Table 4
Publication, acceptance and processing times, as expressed in days, by reported funding
|
Funding |
Total articles |
Publication time |
Acceptance time |
Processing time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) |
Median |
Mean (SD) | ||
|
No funding reported |
3,720 |
236 |
273.81 (167.82) |
163 |
180.16 (105.43) |
24 |
94.29 (148.01) |
|
Total funded articles |
1,011 |
209 |
225.83 (104.08) |
163 |
183.77 (98.06) |
16 |
42.15 (58.71) |
|
Non-US government funding |
932 |
211 |
228.02 (104.37) |
166 |
186.40 (98.12) |
16 |
41.72 (58.43) |
|
US government funding |
114 |
183.5 |
134.44 (114.34) |
132.5 |
173.33 (104.36) |
22 |
38.89 (54.14) |
|
National Institutes of Health Funding |
88 |
183 |
195.56 (98.88) |
129.5 |
160.33 (102.16) |
20 |
35.23 (46.82) |
|
US Government funding (Non-NIH) |
37 |
200 |
224.51 (100.76) |
154 |
174.27 (89.70) |
29 | |
aArticles can report multiple funders