Table 2. Annual decrease in acceptance lags (days) of individual journal.
| Journals | No. of articles | Mean days in 2013 | Annual decrease, day |
|---|---|---|---|
| J CLIN NEUROL | 191 | 134.5 | 15.8 |
| J ADV PROSTHODONT | 286 | 169.8 | 8.6 |
| ANN LAB MED | 292 | 177.0 | 6.3 |
| ANN DERMATOL | 696 | 135.6 | 4.8 |
| KOREAN J ANESTHESIOL | 510 | 83.1 | 2.2 |
| J KOREAN MED SCI | 1,188 | 121.2 | 1.3 |
| J BREAST CANCER | 228 | 126.4 | −0.4 |
| ALLERGY ASTHMA IMMUNOL RES | 312 | 96.5 | −2.3 |
| J GYNECOL ONCOL | 191 | 57.1 | −10.6 |
| YONSEI MED J | 868 | 81.9 | −11.9 |
The annual decrease is the arbitrary negative transformation of the individual coefficients in the linear mixed-effects models. Table rows are arranged by order of the ‘annual decrease.’