Timing of submissions to The Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health: Associations with the COVID-19 pandemic and editorial decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine if the timing of manuscript submissions to The Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (JPCH) changed following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine if the timing of manuscript submissions influenced editorial decisions.

Methods

A retrospective observational study of submissions to JPCH from 1 January 2015 to 1 August 2022 was performed. Regression models were used to explore the change over time. Editorial decisions were examined using a multinomial regression model with the three-category ordinal outcome of reject, revise and accept. All statistical models were fitted using a Bayesian approach and show 95% credible intervals (CI).

Results

The analyses included 11 499 manuscript submissions between 2015 and 2022. The mean number of man

SUBMITTER: McGee RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature