Factors affecting time to publication in information science

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Taskin Z., Taskin A., DOĞAN G., Kulczycki E.

SCIENTOMETRICS, cilt.127, sa.12, ss.7499-7515, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 127 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11192-022-04296-8
  • Dergi Adı: SCIENTOMETRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, FRANCIS, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, BIOSIS, CINAHL, Computer & Applied Sciences, Index Islamicus, Information Science and Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts, PAIS International, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, Sociological abstracts, zbMATH, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7499-7515
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Publication time, Time to publication, Scholarly communication, Publication delay, Information science, SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION, EDITORIAL-BOARD, DURATION, IMPACT, COLLABORATION, COVID-19, SPEED
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Publication speed is one of the important aspects of scholarly communication since various research performance evaluation systems are based mostly on published papers. This study aims to reveal the factors affecting the publication speed of journals. In this context, six information science journals: ASLIB Journal of Information Management, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Informetrics, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Online Information Review, and Scientometrics are analysed in terms of time to publication (from submission to decision). Our results show that publication time is significantly shorter when an editorial board member or a productive author of a given journal is one of the authors, in compare with the articles. submitted by other authors. The number of authors has a time-prolonging effect on publication time, as expected. On the other hand, publications with more citations were accepted in a shorter time. The papers with authors from central countries and high-income countries have an advantage of shorter publication time. Thus, this study shows that researchers who publish papers with popular and successful researchers from central countries have the advantage of the speed of publication which may have substantial effects on the future academic work, especially of early career researchers.