TABLE 1. Time to acceptance and time to publication for articles, comparing groups COVID-19 and human influenza 2020 and 2019.

Group		Time to acceptance	Time to publication
	n	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
COVID-19	11 924	8 (2–21)	12 (8–20)
FLU 2020	439	92 (49–159)	16 (8–37)
FLU 2019	507	106 (60–168)	24 (12–48)
		p < 0.000*	p < 0.000*

Notes: Time to acceptance: the interval from submission of the article to its acceptance; Time to publication: the interval from when the article is accepted until it is published online; IQR, interquartile range; FLU, human influenza;

^*Kruskal–Wallis test.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the study results.