Time to publish? Turnaround times, acceptance rates, and impact factors of journals in fisheries science.

ABSTRACT: Selecting a target journal is a universal decision faced by authors of scientific papers. Components of the decision, including expected turnaround time, journal acceptance rate, and journal impact factor, vary in terms of accessibility. In this study, I collated recent turnaround times and impact factors for 82 journals that publish papers in the field of fisheries sciences. In addition, I gathered acceptance rates for the same journals when possible. Findings indicated clear among-journal differences in turnaround time, with median times-to-publication ranging from 79 to 323 days. There was no clear correlation between turnaround time and acceptance rate nor between turnaround time and impact factor; however, acceptance rate and impact factor were negatively correlated. I found no field-

SUBMITTER: Runde BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459974 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature