Lamb C R, Adams C A
Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK.
Equine Vet J. 2015 Nov;47(6):736-40. doi: 10.1111/evj.12376. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
Relatively few journals publish their annual acceptance rate, although this figure is of scientific and academic interest.
To determine the acceptance rate for manuscripts submitted to veterinary peer-reviewed journals during 2012 and to determine the proportions of submitted manuscripts that were accepted without revision, accepted after revision or rejected.
Self-reporting email questionnaire
Editors of 118 peer-reviewed journals listed in the Web of Science in the subject category veterinary sciences were invited by email to submit data pertinent to manuscripts submitted to their journal in 2012.
Data were received from 30 (26%) journals. Mean ± s.d. acceptance rate was 47 ± 15%. On average 3 ± 5% submitted manuscripts were accepted without revision, 44% ± 15% manuscripts were accepted after revision, 4 ± 4% manuscripts were withdrawn by authors, 46 ± 17% manuscripts were rejected and 3 ± 5% manuscripts were still pending at the end of the study period.
With so few manuscripts accepted without revision, prospective authors must expect to expend time and effort revising and resubmitting their manuscripts for publication. Although authors are frequently able to correct manuscript flaws identified by reviewers, the knowledge that less than half submitted manuscripts are accepted might help stimulate prospective authors to try to submit better quality manuscripts.
尽管年度录用率这一数据具有科学和学术价值，但相对较少的期刊会公布该数据。
确定2012年提交给兽医领域同行评审期刊的稿件录用率，并确定提交稿件中被直接录用、修改后录用或被拒稿的比例。
自填式电子邮件调查问卷
通过电子邮件邀请科学引文索引（Web of Science）中兽医科学主题分类下列出的118种同行评审期刊的编辑，提交与2012年提交至其期刊的稿件相关的数据。
收到了30种（26%）期刊的数据。平均录用率为47±15%。平均有3±5%的提交稿件被直接录用，44%±15%的稿件修改后录用，4±4%的稿件被作者撤回，46±17%的稿件被拒稿，3±5%的稿件在研究期结束时仍处于待处理状态。
由于直接被录用的稿件如此之少，未来的作者必须做好花费时间和精力修改并重新提交稿件以争取发表的准备。尽管作者通常能够纠正审稿人指出的稿件缺陷，但了解到提交的稿件不到一半会被录用，可能有助于激励未来的作者努力提交质量更高的稿件。
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