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Does online submission of manuscripts improve efficiency?
P Govender1, O Buckley, G McAuley
1Adelaide and Meath Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
Summary
Online manuscript submission significantly speeds up the peer review process compared to traditional hard copy submissions. This efficiency benefit applies across all article types, making online submission the preferred method for faster publication.
Area of Science:
- Medical publishing
- Scientific communication
- Radiology
Background:
- The efficiency of manuscript submission and peer review is crucial for timely dissemination of scientific findings.
- Traditional hard copy submission methods can be time-consuming and may introduce delays in the publication process.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficiency of online manuscript submission versus hard copy submission for a peer-reviewed journal.
- To compare the time taken from submission to acceptance for different submission methods and article types.
Main Methods:
- A retrospective study analyzed 155 accepted papers from 'Clinical Radiology' over a 12-month period (July 2003-July 2004).
- Manuscripts were categorized into online submission/online review, online submission/hard copy review, and hard copy submission/hard copy review.
- Data on the time from submission to acceptance was collected and compared across categories and manuscript types (review articles, pictorial reviews, original papers).
Main Results:
- Online submission and review averaged 108.9 days, significantly faster than online submission/hard copy review (147.2 days) and hard copy submission (149.8 days).
- Online submission and review was most efficient for pictorial review articles (69.6 days) and review articles (91.9 days).
- Even with hard copy review, online submission showed some time advantage over purely hard copy submission for certain article types.
Conclusions:
- Online manuscript submission is demonstrably more efficient than hard copy submission.
- The adoption of online submission systems streamlines the peer review workflow, reducing overall publication time for all manuscript types.
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