Table 1. Number of journals and frequency distribution of selected sample characteristics by field of research.
| Biomedicine and health | Life sciences | Physical sciences |
Social sciences and humanities |
|
| Number of journals | 55 | 24 | 50 | 16 |
| Mean impact factor (SD) | 2.99 (1.49) | 3.14 (1.60) | 3.04 (1.32) | 2.18 (1.07) |
| Number of submissions | 113,421 | 31,331 | 184,315 | 19,051 |
| Percentage first-round rejections |
45.8 | 35.2 | 41.2 | 50.0 |
| Percentage final rejections | 58.8 | 48.1 | 48.5 | 62.3 |
| Percentage women authors | 31.5 | 27.7 | 19.1 | 38.0 |
| Percentage women referees | 24.6 | 21.0 | 16.3 | 38.1 |