School of Nursing, Udine University, Viale Ungheria 20, Udine, Italy.
Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Apr;50(4):543-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.019. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
Knowledge translation is attracting different professional, educational and institutional strategies mainly focused on how new knowledge should be tailored and transferred at bedside. Less attention is dedicated to the antecedent of knowledge translation, which is the availability of the knowledge itself. Knowledge diffusion is a process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels among members of a social system over time. Publishing in peer review journals is recognised as the main method for knowledge diffusion: nevertheless publication efficiency has received little attention to date.
Describing publication efficiency via nursing journals as the time occurring between data collection and manuscript publication was the main aim of the study. The secondary aim was to discover the differences, if any, in publication efficiency within manuscripts reporting results from different study designs.
A retrospective study design was adopted in 2010.
The 2009 Impact Factor List of Nursing Journals published by the ISI web of Knowledge in 2010 was obtained. The first top ten IF Nursing Journals available as a full text and for which the overall ISI 5-Year Impact Factor was also available, was eligible. The articles published on paper by the selected journals, from 1st January to 31st December 2009, were then included. Commentaries, editorials and book reviews were excluded. For each article included, the following were evaluated: (a) the time occurring between each step of publication, from data collection to article submission, acceptance and publication online and on paper; and (b) the differences in the publication efficiency within articles reporting different study designs.
1152 articles were included. From the end of data collection to manuscript publication online/on paper it takes an average of 981 days [CI95% 929-1032] (2.5-3 years). Meta-analysis and systematic reviews have demonstrated the fastest process, requiring an average 1.3 years and 1.9 years respectively. Case-control, cohort and quasi-experimental studies have required more time to enjoy publication in nursing journals, 4 years, 3.5 years and 3.2 years respectively.
The production time of an article from its data collection involves significant processes and skills. However, the time may also be lengthened by factors not related to the processes of research, such as the time available to researchers. The scientific world needs to reflect on publication efficiency because lateness can potentially have a negative impact on patients and on further research. In the future, the same emphasis given to the evaluation of knowledge translation effectiveness should be given also to the complex process of knowledge diffusion, discovering facilitators and barriers.
知识转化正在吸引不同的专业、教育和机构策略，主要集中在如何调整和传递新知识。然而，人们对知识转化的前因——知识本身的可用性关注较少。知识传播是指创新通过社会系统成员之间的特定渠道随时间传播的过程。在同行评议期刊上发表被认为是知识传播的主要方法：尽管如此，迄今为止，出版效率很少受到关注。
本研究的主要目的是通过护理期刊描述出版效率，即从数据收集到稿件出版之间的时间。次要目的是发现报告不同研究设计结果的稿件在出版效率上的差异。
采用 2010 年回顾性研究设计。
获取 2010 年 ISI Web of Knowledge 发布的 2009 年护理期刊影响因子列表。符合条件的是前 10 名 IF 护理期刊中可用的全文，以及可获得整体 ISI 5 年影响因子的全文。然后纳入所选期刊 2009 年 1 月 1 日至 12 月 31 日以纸质形式发表的文章。评论、社论和书评除外。对于纳入的每一篇文章，评估以下内容：（a）从数据收集到稿件提交、接受和在线/纸质出版的每个出版步骤之间的时间；（b）报告不同研究设计的文章在出版效率上的差异。
纳入 1152 篇文章。从数据收集结束到稿件在线/纸质发表平均需要 981 天[95%CI95%929-1032]（2.5-3 年）。荟萃分析和系统评价的过程最快，分别需要平均 1.3 年和 1.9 年。病例对照、队列和准实验研究需要更长的时间才能在护理期刊上发表，分别需要 4 年、3.5 年和 3.2 年。
从数据收集到文章发表的制作时间涉及到大量的过程和技能。然而，研究人员可用的时间等与研究过程无关的因素也可能延长时间。科学界需要反思出版效率，因为延迟可能对患者和进一步研究产生负面影响。未来，应该对知识转化效果的评估给予同样的重视，也应该对知识传播这一复杂过程中的促进因素和障碍进行研究。
