Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Surgery. 2010 Apr;147(4):475-80. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.042. Epub 2009 Dec 11.
An increasing number of general and affiliated specialty society journals make finding the right place for manuscript submission of an article challenging. Little is known about what factors surgeons hold important when choosing a journal for article submission.
A global e-mail survey of authors publishing in 5 general surgery journals (Annals of Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, World Journal of Surgery, Archives of Surgery, and Surgery) from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2008. Demographic data were collected. 15 arbitrarily chosen factors associated with submission strategy were rated for importance on a 5-point modified Likert scale (ranging from 1 representing "unimportant" and 5 representing "very important").
Of 1,855 authors, 250 (14%) responded. Representing 41 countries, 23 (10%) of the respondents were female and 250 (90%) were male. About two thirds of the authors had less than 10 years of clinical practice, with general surgery or gastrointestinal surgery as the major fields of interest represented. Of the 15 factors, the journal "reputation" was rated "very important" (5 points) by 62% of the respondents, followed by the journal "impact factor," which was rated "very important" by 61%, although some geographic differences were noted in this rating. Grouping several factors together in categories, the journal "prestige" and "turnaround time" category was held to be most important based on the average scores received. Age correlated with valued importance of the journal reputation (Spearman rho=0.141; P=.033). The factors considered the least important included the journal's acceptance/rejection rate, the option to suggest peer reviewers, and open access.
The majority of seasoned surgeons held the overall reputation of the journal as the most important factor followed by the impact factor when choosing a journal for manuscript submission.
越来越多的普通和附属专业学会期刊使得寻找合适的文章投稿位置变得具有挑战性。对于外科医生在选择期刊投稿时看重哪些因素，我们知之甚少。
对 2007 年 1 月 1 日至 2008 年 12 月 31 日期间在 5 种普通外科期刊（《外科学年鉴》《英国外科学杂志》《世界外科学杂志》《外科学档案》和《外科》）上发表文章的作者进行了全球电子邮件调查。收集了人口统计学数据。对与投稿策略相关的 15 个任意选择的因素进行了 5 分制的修改后的李克特量表（1 代表“不重要”，5 代表“非常重要”）的重要性评分。
在 1855 名作者中，有 250 名（14%）做出了回应。来自 41 个国家，23 名（10%）为女性，250 名（90%）为男性。大约三分之二的作者临床经验不足 10 年，主要关注普通外科或胃肠外科领域。在这 15 个因素中，有 62%的受访者认为期刊“声誉”非常重要（5 分），其次是期刊“影响因子”，有 61%的受访者认为其非常重要，尽管在这种评分中注意到了一些地域差异。将几个因素归为一类，根据平均得分，期刊的“威望”和“周转时间”类别被认为是最重要的。年龄与期刊声誉的重要性呈正相关（Spearman rho=0.141；P=.033）。被认为最不重要的因素包括期刊的接受/拒绝率、选择建议同行评审的选项和开放获取。
大多数经验丰富的外科医生认为期刊的整体声誉是最重要的因素，其次是影响因子，他们在选择期刊投稿时会考虑这两个因素。
