Keys for successful publication in Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis : A STROBE analysis of peer reviews of articles submitted in 2020-2021

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate reviewing and editorial decision for articles submitted to the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was made of reviewers' comments on 1,133 scientific articles (700 original articles, 96 literature reviews, and 337 case reports), originating from 69 countries, consecutively submitted on-line between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2021. The main objective was to document the acceptance rate and decision time. Accessory objectives were to synthesize the main comments and to screen for correlations between acceptance and the main characteristics of first authors, articles and reviewers' comments.

RESULTS: In total, 4.1% of submitted articles were accepted. Median decision time differed significantly (P<0.0001), at 1 month in case of refusal and 4 months in case of acceptance. Reviewers mentioned failure to adhere to the journal's authors' guide, to use the appropriate EQUATOR guidelines and to adopt the recommended P<0.005 significance threshold in 94.8%, 54.2%, and 39.9% of cases, respectively. On multivariate analysis, 3 variables significantly impacted acceptance, which increased from 1.3% to 44.6% (P<0.0001) when an appropriate EQUATOR guideline was used and from 0.3% to 57.4% (P<0.0001) when the significance threshold was set at P<0.005, and decreased from 10.5% to 1.1% (P=0.0001) when the article did not originate from a French-speaking country (member of the Francophonie organization).

CONCLUSION: Adhesion to modern scientific medical writing rules increased acceptance rates for articles in the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases. Teaching modern scientific medical writing needs to be enhanced in otorhinolaryngology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:140

Enthalten in:

European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases - 140(2023), 1 vom: 27. Jan., Seite 19-24

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Laccourreye, O [VerfasserIn]
Lisan, Q [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, C [VerfasserIn]
Righini, C [VerfasserIn]
Leboulanger, N [VerfasserIn]
Franco-Vidal, V [VerfasserIn]
Radulesco, T [VerfasserIn]
Rumeau, C [VerfasserIn]
Schmerber, S [VerfasserIn]
Simon, F [VerfasserIn]
Van, H T [VerfasserIn]
Vergez, S [VerfasserIn]
Fakhry, N [VerfasserIn]
Jankowski, R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Medical writing
Otorhinolaryngology
Scientific article

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Date Completed 07.02.2023

Date Revised 07.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anorl.2022.05.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34159346X