Yokote G, Utterback R A
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1974 Jul;62(3):251-7.
To illustrate the extent of time lags from manuscript submission to journal publication certain "core" journals in neurology and general medicine have been surveyed. The clinical journals experience less time lag, but more of a problem with backlogs of manuscripts, than basic research journals. Most editors of the journals surveyed cited the following as the major causes for publication delay: failure of authors to follow journal requirements, slowness of editorial and referee reviews, and author revisions. After reviewing the results of the journal survey and articles concerning information dissemination, it seems that the role of the journal is changing. Publication speed in a journal is not of vital importance to members within an "invisible college" but is important to those conducting research in fields outside of their "invisible college" contacts. Distinctions will have to be made between the archival function and the rapid dissemination function if efficient and effective modes of information dissemination are to be developed.
为了说明从稿件投出到期刊发表之间的时间间隔情况，我们对神经病学和普通医学领域的某些“核心”期刊进行了调查。与基础研究期刊相比，临床期刊的时间间隔较短，但稿件积压问题更为严重。参与调查的大多数期刊编辑认为，造成发表延迟的主要原因如下：作者未遵循期刊要求、编辑和审稿过程缓慢以及作者修改。在审视了期刊调查结果以及有关信息传播的文章后，期刊的作用似乎正在发生变化。对于“无形学院”内部的成员而言，期刊的发表速度并非至关重要，但对于那些在其“无形学院”联系范围之外的领域开展研究的人员来说却很重要。若要开发高效且有效的信息传播模式，就必须区分存档功能和快速传播功能。
