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Fate of rejected manuscripts in the journal Medicina Intensiva during 2015-2017 period
J L García-Garmendia1, F Gordo-Vidal2, S R Leal-Noval3
1Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, Sevilla, España.
Objective:
To know the fate of the rejected manuscripts in Medicina Intensiva journal (MI) from 2015 to 2017 with surveillance until 2019.
Design:
Retrospective observational study.
Setting:
Biomedical journals publication.
Participants:
Rejected manuscripts in MI journal.
Interventions:
None.
Main Variables Of Interest:
Time of publication, impact factor (IF), generated citations and variables associated to publication.
Results:
The 69% (420) of analyzed articles (344 originals and 263 scientific letters) were rejected, and 205 (48.8%) were subsequently published, with 180 citations of 66 articles. Journal IF was lower in 173 (84.4%) articles. The number of FI-valid citations was higher than the FI of MI in 21 articles. Origin of manuscript OR 2,11 (IC 95% 1.29 - 3.46), female author OR 1.58 (IC 95% 1.03-2.44), english language OR 2,38 (IC 95% 1.41-4.0) and reviewed papers OR 1.71 (IC 95% 1.10-2.66) were associated to publication in PubMed database.
Conclusions:
The rejected articles in MI have a mean publication rate in other journals. Most of these articles are published in journals with less IF and fewer citations than the IF of MI.
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