Harlianto Netanja I, Harlianto Zaneta N
University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Faculty of Medicine, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Heliyon. 2023 Mar 2;9(3):e14233. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14233. eCollection 2023 Mar.
The Covid-19 pandemic impacted scientific publishing, though it's effect on publication times in urology literature is unknown. The objective of our study were to determine and compare acceptance and publication times in general and specific urology journals, and to quantify these times before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We identified all original articles published in seven urology journals in 2019 and 2021, and extracted data on submission, acceptance, online, and in-print publication times. Differences between groups were compared using Mann-Whitney U tests.
A total of 2880 articles were included, comprising 1601 articles published in 2021 and 1279 in 2019. Less experimental/animal studies were published in 2021 compared to 2019 (197 vs. 289). Time between submission and online publication was longer in 2021 (median 4.4 vs 3.3 months, p < 0.001), though acceptance times were not different (median 3.3 vs 3.3 months, p = 0.25). Prostate (median: 2.8 months, Neurourology and Urodynamics (median: 2.8 months) and Word Journal of Urology (median 2.9 months) had the shortest acceptance time in 2021. Time between submission and in-print publication ranged from 4.6 months (IQR: 3.6-6.8) for Prostate to 11.9 months (IQR: 9.8-13.2) for World Journal of Urology. Acceptance times were significantly longer in 2021 compared to 2019 for Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, Journal of Sexual Medicine, and Prostate. Moreover, time between submission and in print publication was longer in 2021 compared to 2019 for Journal of Sexual Medicine and Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, and shorter for Neurourology and Urodynamics. The median time to in print publication was lower for publications from US institutions (median 7.0 vs. 7.7 months in 2019 and 8.7 months vs 9.1 months in 2021).
We identified journal specific acceptance and publication times and observed substantial differences between urology journals for the years 2019 and 2021.
新冠疫情对科学出版产生了影响，但其对泌尿外科文献发表时间的影响尚不清楚。我们研究的目的是确定并比较普通泌尿外科期刊和特定泌尿外科期刊的录用时间和发表时间，并对新冠疫情之前和期间的这些时间进行量化。
我们确定了2019年和2021年在7种泌尿外科期刊上发表的所有原创文章，并提取了投稿、录用、网络发表和印刷版发表时间的数据。使用曼-惠特尼U检验比较组间差异。
共纳入2880篇文章，其中2021年发表1601篇，2019年发表1279篇。与2019年相比，2021年发表的实验性/动物研究较少（197篇对289篇）。2021年投稿至网络发表的时间更长（中位数4.4个月对3.3个月，p<0.001），但录用时间无差异（中位数3.3个月对3.3个月，p=0.25）。《前列腺》（中位数：2.8个月）、《神经泌尿学与尿动力学》（中位数：2.8个月）和《世界泌尿外科杂志》（中位数2.9个月）在2021年的录用时间最短。投稿至印刷版发表的时间从《前列腺》的4.6个月（四分位间距：3.6-6.8）到《世界泌尿外科杂志》的11.9个月（四分位间距：9.8-13.2）不等。2021年，《前列腺癌与前列腺疾病》《性医学杂志》和《前列腺》的录用时间相比2019年显著延长。此外，2021年，《性医学杂志》和《泌尿肿瘤学：研讨会与原创研究》投稿至印刷版发表的时间相比2019年更长，而《神经泌尿学与尿动力学》则更短。美国机构发表的文章印刷版发表的中位时间更低（2019年中位数7.0个月对7.7个月，2021年8.7个月对9.1个月）。
我们确定了各期刊特定的录用时间和发表时间，并观察到2019年和2021年泌尿外科期刊之间存在显著差异。
