Duek Irit, Muhanna Nidal, Horowitz Gilad, Warshavsky Anton, Oron Yahav, Shraga Yohai, Ungar Omer J
Tel Aviv, Israel Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Jun;75(2):478-484. doi: 10.1007/s12070-022-03300-0. Epub 2022 Dec 8.
To study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on journal processing times before publication in the field of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ORL-HNS). Online search of original papers published in selected ORL-HNS journals in terms of times from submission to acceptance (S-A), acceptance to first online publication (A-P), and submission to online publication (S-P). Papers were divided into those published in the pre-COVID-19 era and those during the COVID-19 era. The latter were further divided into unrelated to COVID-19 and related to COVID-19. A total of 487 articles from 5 selected ORL-HNS journals were included, of which 236 (48.5%) were published during the pre-COVID-19 era and 251 (51.5%) were published during the COVID-19 era. Among them, 180 (37%) papers were not related to COVID-19, and 71 (14.5%) were related to COVID-19. The S-A duration of COVID-19-related articles was significantly shorter compared to papers submitted in the pre-COVID-19 era and to papers submitted in the COVID-19 era but unrelated to COVID-19 (median 6-34 days compared to 65-125 and 46-127, respectively) in all 5 journals. The most prominent reductions in S-A and S-P times were documented in the laryngology and otology/neurotology disciplines, respectively. Processing times of the included papers were significantly shorter in most of the selected ORL-HNS journals during the COVID-19 era compared to the pre-COVID-19 era. COVID-19-related papers were processed more rapidly than non-COVID-19-related papers. These findings testify to the possibility of markedly expediting S-P times and hopefully set a precedent for post-pandemic publishing schedules.
研究新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）大流行对耳鼻咽喉-头颈外科（ORL-HNS）领域期刊发表前处理时间的影响。在线检索选定的ORL-HNS期刊发表的原创论文，统计从投稿到录用（S-A）、录用至首次在线发表（A-P）以及投稿至在线发表（S-P）的时间。论文分为在COVID-19大流行前发表的和在COVID-19大流行期间发表的。后者进一步分为与COVID-19无关的和与COVID-19相关的。共纳入5种选定的ORL-HNS期刊的487篇文章，其中236篇（48.5%）在COVID-19大流行前发表，251篇（51.5%）在COVID-19大流行期间发表。其中，180篇（37%）论文与COVID-19无关，71篇（14.5%）与COVID-19相关。在所有5种期刊中，与COVID-19相关文章的S-A时长显著短于在COVID-19大流行前投稿的论文以及在COVID-19大流行期间投稿但与COVID-19无关的论文（中位数分别为6 - 34天，而后者为65 - 125天和46 - 127天）。S-A和S-P时间减少最为显著的分别是在喉科学和耳科学/神经耳科学领域。与COVID-19大流行前相比，在COVID-19大流行期间，大多数选定的ORL-HNS期刊中纳入论文的处理时间显著缩短。与COVID-19无关的论文相比，与COVID-19相关的论文处理得更快。这些发现证明了显著加快S-P时间的可能性，并有望为大流行后出版时间表树立一个先例。
