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Factors influencing surgeons’ choice of journal
for article submission
Kjetil Søreide MD PhD
Department of Surgical Sciences
Department of Surgery
Vougot, France June 12-14, 2009
Background• JCR: some 139 ”surgery” journals available
• NOT incl. non-indexed; BMC etc…
• How to choose a [”the right”] journal? *• visibility of the journal, • the focus of the journal and how well it matches the topic of the
manuscript, • the impact factor of the journal, • the timeliness of the editorial office process and whether feedback is
constructive, • journal accessibility, author costs, and the governance of the journal
* Thompson, Chest 2007
Objective
• What factor(s) guide surgeons’ journal submission preferences?
Materials
• Authors of top 5 general surgical journals• Years 2007-2008
• Email contact & online questionaire• Person descriptives (age, gender, field etc)• “Factor importance” rating
Factors scored
for 'unimportant', for 'of little importance', for 'somewhat important', for 'important' for 'very important'
Factors investigated
• Journal Impact factor• Journal overall reputation• Knowing editors/editorial
board• Subscription numbers and
wide distribution• Open access to articles• General scope of journal• Specialty scope of journal
• Costs with publication• Journal previously published
on “your” topic• Previous acceptance in same
journal• Fast-track decision• Time from acceptance to “in
print”• Time from acceptance to “e-
print”• acceptance/rejection rate• Possibility to invite/exclude
referees
Journal factors in categories
Prestige
• Impact factor•Reputation•Subscriptions/distribution
Turnaround time
•Fast-track decision•Time to print•Time to e-print
Accessibility
•Acceptance/rejection rate•Costs•Open access
Scope
•Society affiliation•Previous publ. on “your” topic
•General vs specialty
Influence
•Previous success same journal
•Knowing editors/board•Suggest/exclude referees