title: Research on the Submission, Acceptance and Publication Times of Articles Submitted to International Otorhinolaryngology Journals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to provide insight into the acceptance and publication times of articles submitted to international otolaryngology journals.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out by examining the top 37 journal titles returned in an online search for otolaryngology journals published from 1999 to 2013 that have an international status based on their impact factor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 9,765 publications were examined. When journals were compared based on journal impact factor, statistically significant differences (p<0.01) were found. Comparisons of the acceptance and publication times for both original research and case reports revealed that these times have become shorter over the years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Journals with higher impact factors likely have larger workloads in terms of articles, and consequently, their acceptance and publication times might be longer. An implication from this study finding that these periods have decreased over the years is that these processes can be expedited by more intensive use of the Internet and increases in journal capacity and number of issues published.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The expedition of these processes over time might result from journals' ability to use technology more intensively or from increases in journal's capacity and number of issues published.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: M Tayyar
authors: MT
authors: Kalcioglu
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Yavuz
authors: Y
authors: Ileri
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Servet
authors: S
authors: Karaca
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Oguz Kadir
authors: OK
authors: Egilmez
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Numan
authors: N
authors: Kokten
keywords: Otorhinolaryngology; Submitted manuscript; acceptance time; publication time; submission time