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How long does it take to publish a paper in an academic journal?
Conducting, writing, and publishing research papers can be time and resource
consuming for authors. The journey from inception of the research idea to
printed research paper can be as long as three years.
Submission to publication
For the publication process itself from submitting a paper to the journal to
responding to reviewer comments to the journal accepting your paper that varies
among fields and across journals, but it takes on average six months.
A lot of this time is spent responding to reviewer comments as this step
requires individual responses to multiple comments from multiple
reviewers. Journal administration is another time-consuming part of the
publication where a significant amount of time is spent on general
responsiveness from the editorial board and finding peer reviewers publication
turnaround times also depend on the quality of the research paper as written
by the author. Generally, better quality papers turnaround faster. Further,
journals are periodicals and so there is time until the next edition comes out to
be factored in as well.
Practical example for Life Sciences
Within the life sciences the average turnaround time tends to be around three
months. Journals will rarely accept papers on the first submission attemp.,
Therefore, the turnaround time for publishing your paper must always
consider the time spent responding to reviewer comments. This depends on the
responsiveness and the efficiency of you as an author when not only revising the
paper in response to the peer review, but also providing a detailed document of
all changes you have made and how they address the reviewers concerns.
Practical example for social sciences
The time taken for publication can vary
anywhere from three to twelve months and sometimes longer depending on the
journal submitted to, the time taken by reviewers, and the number and extent of
revisions required. Major revisions will generally take the longest as you are
required to address each reviewer concern and it is often up to the
reviewer to assess whether you've achieved this when it is sent back to
them. Thus, it is in your best interest to address the reviewer concerns as
thoroughly as possible to minimize and need for further revision and avoid
getting your paper rejected. Once again, this is Emily from unit-edit.
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