Time lags in scientific communication (with publication speed)
The time perspective in knowledge production and use. Modification of a model in Garvey & Griffith (1972), p. 127.
Literature:
Garvey, W. D. & Griffith, B. C. (1972), “Communication and Information Processing Within Scientific Disciplines: Empirical Findings for Psychology”, Information Storage and Retrieval, no. 8, pp. 123-136.
Peng, D.; Loh, M. & Mondry, A. (2006). Publication lag in
biomedical journals varies due to the periodical's publishing model.
Scientometrics, 69(2), 271-286.
Abstract: Research manuscripts face various time lags from initial
submission to final publication in a scientific periodical.
Three
publishing models compete for the market. Professional
publishing
houses publish in print and/or online in a "reader-pays"
model, or
follow the open access model of "author-pays", while a number
of
periodicals are bound to learned societies. The present study
aims to
compare the three business models of publishing, with regards
to
publication speed. 28 topically similar biomedical
journals were
compared. Open access journals have a publication lag
comparable to
journals published by traditional publishers. Manuscript
submitted to
and accepted in either of these two types of periodicals are
available
to the reader much faster than manuscripts published in
journals with
strong ties to specialized learned societies.
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 05-10-2006