CER - Central Repository
Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy
    • English
    • Српски
    • Српски (Serbia)
  • English 
    • English
    • Serbian (Cyrillic)
    • Serbian (Latin)
  • Login
View Item 
  •   CER
  • IHTM
  • Radovi istraživača / Researchers' publications
  • View Item
  •   CER
  • IHTM
  • Radovi istraživača / Researchers' publications
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals

Thumbnail
2019
Ausloos2019_Article_CorrelationsBetweenSubmissionA.pdf (1.617Mb)
Authors
Ausloos, Marcel
Nedić, Olgica
Dekanski, Aleksandar
Article (Published version)
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
This paper provides a comparative study about seasonal influence on editorial decisions for papers submitted to two peer review journals. We distinguish a specialized one, the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (JSCS) and an interdisciplinary one, Entropy. Dates of electronic submission for about 600 papers to JSCS and 2500 to Entropy have been recorded over 3 recent years. Time series of either accepted or rejected papers are subsequently analyzed. We take either editors or authors view points into account, thereby considering magnitudes and probabilities. In this sample, it is found that there are distinguishable peaks and dips in the time series, demonstrating preferred months for the submission of papers. It is also found that papers are more likely accepted if they are submitted during a few specific months—these depending on the journal. The probability of having a rejected paper also appears to be seasonally biased. In view of clarifying reports with contradictory findings,... we discuss previously proposed conjectures for such effects, like holiday effects and the desk rejection by editors. We conclude that, in this sample, the type of journal, specialized or multidisciplinary, seems to be the drastic criterion for distinguishing the outcomes rates.

Keywords:
Constraints of editors / Editor work load / Paper acceptance / Paper submission / Peer review / Peer review management in scientific publishing / Rejection–submission ratios / Seasonal effects
Source:
Scientometrics, 2019, 119, 279-302
Publisher:
  • Springer Nature

DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x

ISSN: 0138-9130

WoS: 000463637600014

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85062018602
[ Google Scholar ]
3
3
URI
https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2641
Collections
  • Radovi istraživača / Researchers' publications
Institution/Community
IHTM
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ausloos, Marcel
AU  - Nedić, Olgica
AU  - Dekanski, Aleksandar
PY  - 2019
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2641
AB  - This paper provides a comparative study about seasonal influence on editorial decisions for papers submitted to two peer review journals. We distinguish a specialized one, the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (JSCS) and an interdisciplinary one, Entropy. Dates of electronic submission for about 600 papers to JSCS and 2500 to Entropy have been recorded over 3 recent years. Time series of either accepted or rejected papers are subsequently analyzed. We take either editors or authors view points into account, thereby considering magnitudes and probabilities. In this sample, it is found that there are distinguishable peaks and dips in the time series, demonstrating preferred months for the submission of papers. It is also found that papers are more likely accepted if they are submitted during a few specific months—these depending on the journal. The probability of having a rejected paper also appears to be seasonally biased. In view of clarifying reports with contradictory findings, we discuss previously proposed conjectures for such effects, like holiday effects and the desk rejection by editors. We conclude that, in this sample, the type of journal, specialized or multidisciplinary, seems to be the drastic criterion for distinguishing the outcomes rates.
PB  - Springer Nature
T2  - Scientometrics
T2  - Scientometrics
T1  - Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals
VL  - 119
SP  - 279
EP  - 302
DO  - 10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x
ER  - 
@article{
author = "Ausloos, Marcel and Nedić, Olgica and Dekanski, Aleksandar",
year = "2019",
abstract = "This paper provides a comparative study about seasonal influence on editorial decisions for papers submitted to two peer review journals. We distinguish a specialized one, the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (JSCS) and an interdisciplinary one, Entropy. Dates of electronic submission for about 600 papers to JSCS and 2500 to Entropy have been recorded over 3 recent years. Time series of either accepted or rejected papers are subsequently analyzed. We take either editors or authors view points into account, thereby considering magnitudes and probabilities. In this sample, it is found that there are distinguishable peaks and dips in the time series, demonstrating preferred months for the submission of papers. It is also found that papers are more likely accepted if they are submitted during a few specific months—these depending on the journal. The probability of having a rejected paper also appears to be seasonally biased. In view of clarifying reports with contradictory findings, we discuss previously proposed conjectures for such effects, like holiday effects and the desk rejection by editors. We conclude that, in this sample, the type of journal, specialized or multidisciplinary, seems to be the drastic criterion for distinguishing the outcomes rates.",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
journal = "Scientometrics, Scientometrics",
title = "Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals",
volume = "119",
pages = "279-302",
doi = "10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x"
}
Ausloos, M., Nedić, O.,& Dekanski, A.. (2019). Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals. in Scientometrics
Springer Nature., 119, 279-302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x
Ausloos M, Nedić O, Dekanski A. Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals. in Scientometrics. 2019;119:279-302.
doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x .
Ausloos, Marcel, Nedić, Olgica, Dekanski, Aleksandar, "Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals" in Scientometrics, 119 (2019):279-302,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03026-x . .

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
About CeR – Central Repository | Send Feedback

re3dataOpenAIRERCUB
 

 

All of DSpaceInstitutions/communitiesAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis institutionAuthorsTitlesSubjects

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
About CeR – Central Repository | Send Feedback

re3dataOpenAIRERCUB