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Papers perpetually in press: intellect left to rot.

Jaime A Teixeira da Silva1

  • 1, P. O. Box 7, Ikenobe 3011-2, Kagawa-ken, 761-0799, Japan. jaimetex@yahoo.com.

Irish Journal of Medical Science
|January 24, 2022
PubMed
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Academic papers can remain "in press" for years, delaying publication and defeating the purpose of online access. This study highlights the need for faster editorial processes to avoid prolonged publication limbo.

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Area of Science:

  • * Scholarly publishing and academic journal operations.
  • * Bibliometrics and scientific communication analysis.

Background:

  • * The academic publishing process involves peer review and editorial processing, culminating in a proof stage before journal issue assignment.
  • * Some articles remain in an
  • in press
  • status for extended periods, potentially years.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate the duration of the
  • in press
  • status for academic papers.
  • * To identify potential delays in the publication pipeline and their implications.

Main Methods:

  • * Manual extraction of the last
  • in press
  • article dates.
Keywords:
Editorial freedomEfficiencyProofPublicationTrust

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  • * Comparative analysis across 23 medicine-related journals indexed in Elsevier's Science Direct.

    • Main Results:

    • * Significant variation in
    • in press
    • article durations observed.
    • * Timeframes ranged from under one month to nearly 16 years across the studied journals.

    Conclusions:

    • * Editors and publishers should expedite the publication of
    • in press
    • articles.
    • * Re-evaluation of publication workflows is necessary to prevent undue delays and academic publishing limbo.