Fate of rejected manuscripts in the journal Medicina Intensiva during 2015-2017 period

J L García-Garmendia; F Gordo-Vidal; S R Leal-Noval; R Amaya-Villar; N Raimondi; A Ochagavía-Calvo; J Garnacho-Montero

doi:10.1016/j.medin.2020.11.006

Fate of rejected manuscripts in the journal Medicina Intensiva during 2015-2017 period

Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2021 Jun-Jul;45(5):271-279. doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2020.11.006. Epub 2021 Jan 26.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

J L García-Garmendia¹, F Gordo-Vidal², S R Leal-Noval³, R Amaya-Villar³, N Raimondi⁴, A Ochagavía-Calvo⁵, J Garnacho-Montero⁶

Affiliations

¹ Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: joseluis.garciagarmendia@sjd.es.
² Hospital Universitario del Henares, Grupo de investigación en Patología Crítica, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, España.
³ Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España.
⁴ Hospital Municipal Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Barcelona, España.
⁶ Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España.

PMID: 33509644
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2020.11.006

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Artículos rechazados; Bibliometrics; Bibliometría; Factor de impacto; Gender; Género; Impact factor; Peer review; Publication rate; Rejected articles; Revisión por pares; Tasa de publicación.