ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
Need for Speed: Investigating Publication Times and Impact Factors of Plastic Surgery Journals.
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- Application of the Relative Citation Ratio to Assess Common Characteristics of the Highest Impact Articles in Reconstructive Microsurgery.Archives of plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Scientific Publication Speed of Korean Medical Journals during the COVID-19 Era.Healthcare informatics research · 2024Article
- Disparities in Research during Plastic Surgery Training: How Can We Level the Playing Field?Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Publication Times and Integrated Plastic Surgery Applicant Planning.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundProlonged publishing time in scientific journals can be discouraging for researchers because earlier publication can mean a higher h-index and more academic opportunities. In this study, we evaluated the publication time for articles in plastic surgery journals compared with journals in surgery and medicine. We also assessed correlations between publication speed and journal impact factors (IFs).
methodsThe overall indexes of all plastic surgery journals were compared with journals in the discipline of surgery and medicine. In addition, we evaluated original articles published in all plastic surgical journals and the highest-ranking journals from various surgical subspecialties listed in the 2018 Journal Citation Report, assessing the time intervals from submission to publication, submission to acceptance, and acceptance to publication. Correlation between time interval and journal IF were analyzed.
resultsA total of 18 plastic surgery journals were compared with 210 surgical journals. Our study found that the IFs of journals significantly affect submission-to-acceptance times of the articles (
conclusionsThere is a significant submission to publication time lag in plastic surgery journals when compared with other nonplastic-surgery journals. There was a positive correlation between submission-to publication time and IF for plastic surgery journals but a negative correlation for surgery journals (Spearman Correlation). In the last 14 years, plastic surgery journals have remained slow in publishing articles.
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