Table 3. Time intervals (days) from submission to publication according to JIF quartile.
| JIF Quartile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | p-value | |
| Submission-Acceptance1 (days) | 125 | 118 | 115 | 63 | <0.001 |
| median | (1; 1,669; 81; 179) | (1; 1,046; 78; 172) | (1; 1,215; 72; 177) | (1; 1,854; 18; 124) | |
| (min; max; P25; P75) | |||||
| Acceptance-Publicaton2 (days) | 32 | 18 | 34 | 51 | <0.001 |
| median | (1; 355; 14; 57) | (1; 753; 9; 35) | (1; 1,147; 12; 64) | (1; 774; 24; 106) | |
| (min; max; P25; P75) | |||||
| Submission-Publicaton3 (days) | 166 | 147 | 161 | 137 | <0.001 |
| median | (2; 1,850; 118; 225) | (1; 1,048; 103; 206) | (2; 1,382; 116; 226) | (8; 2,227; 69; 265) | |
| (min; max; P25; P75) | |||||
1 n = 45,214, distribution by quartile Q1–10,499; Q2–18,122; Q3–9,898; Q4–6,559.
2 n = 45,196, distribution by quartile Q1–10,482; Q2–18,108; Q3–9,889; Q4–6,631.
3 n = 45,657, distribution by quartile Q1–10,566; Q2–18,153; Q3–9,907; Q4–7,030.
* p-value significant by Kruskal-Wallis test.