Table 4. Time from submission to publication journals by continent^*.

JIF Quartile	Variables	North America			Europe			Others
		SA1	AP2	SP3	SA1	AP2	SP3	SA1	AP2	SP3
Q1	Minimum	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	3
	Maximum	1,669	353	1,850	887	282	901	907	355	955
	Median	121	36	165	121	38	167	133	18	162
	Percentile 25	80	19	120	80	20	122	84	6	107
	Percentile 75	175	59	223	173	64	224	189	42	229
	N	5,622	5,621	5,655	4,805	4,798	4,822	2,245	2,239	2,272
Q2	Minimum	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Maximum	1,046	463	1,048	851	753	879	831	295	833
	Median	116	19	145	124	20	152	117	17	145
	Percentile 25	75	10	100	82	10	106	79	7	102
	Percentile 75	168	35	205	178	36	211	170	34	204
	N	5,545	5,553	5,562	6,375	6,378	6,387	7,789	7,768	7,799
Q3	Minimum	1	1	6	1	1	6	1	1	2
	Maximum	678	1,147	1,147	1,215	577	1,382	1,199	467	1,211
	Median	104	47	158	121	28	165	122	20	160
	Percentile 25	65	18	116	76	12	119	81	10	114
	Percentile 75	166	70	222	187	63	232,5	182	51	224
	N	4,331	4,330	4,334	3,737	3,732	3,740	2,903	2,901	2,908
Q4	Minimum	1	1	21	1	1	14	1	1	8
	Maximum	598	338	1,303	1,840	461	2,007	1,854	774	2,227
	Median	81	40	133	76	82	215	51	46	110
	Percentile 25	33	20	87	42	27	115	12	24	56
	Percentile 75	130	83	221	125	219	337	122	85	225
	N	879	882	986	1,654	1,656	1,914	4,237	4,305	4,371

* The total N for each quartile will be higher, since there are articles with authors affiliated to both North American and European continents, thus accounted for in each of the groups.

SA¹ - Submission to Acceptance; AP² - Acceptance to Publication; SP³ - Submission to Publication.