Academic Publishing Speed: Researcher.Life Adds Time to Publish Metric to Enhance Journal Selection

For researchers, choosing the right journal to publish your work in and academic publishing speeds can influence the trajectory of your academic career. However, journal selection is a complex process that involves evaluating various metrics and getting this right can make or break your work’s impact. One of the vital aspects to be considered is a journal’s time to publish, yet this metric is often vague or unavailable. Understanding how long it takes for a paper to move from submission to publication is crucial, as it can affect everything from the timeliness of your data to your ability to compete for grants and positions. This is why Researcher.Life is now making this vital datapoint available through its trusted Journal Finder tool to empower academics like you to make more informed decisions. 

Journal Selection is a Key Step in the Academic Publishing Process 

Academic publishing is a pivotal step in disseminating your research findings and advancing existing knowledge in your chosen subject area. The journal you choose to publish your work plays a crucial role in shaping your career, building your reputation, and amplifying the impact of your research. Apart from journal’s reputation, readership, and reach, an Elsevier author survey shows academic publishing speed is one of the top three considerations when it comes to journal selection. However, with average time to publish varying significantly across different fields and journals, researchers are often left navigating in the dark. 

The time to publish metric indicates the average time it takes for research papers to be published in a specific journal, impacting how quickly your findings can influence the field. This is especially crucial for researchers working in fast-moving fields like medicine, where delays can hinder dissemination of new knowledge, affect research relevance, and impede progress and impact. Academic publishing speeds have improved in the last decade, but there is still a lack of transparency about this metric. 

Researcher.Life Introduces Time to Publish Metric for Top Journals 

To address these challenges and shine a light on often opaque publication timelines, Researcher.Life has collaborated with Scholarly Intelligence to add the ‘Time to Publish’ metric to their Journal Finder tool. With this addition, researchers can now access academic publication speeds for 8,000+ research journals, based on comprehensive submission-to-publication data, empowering you to make more informed decisions and steer the pace of your publication journey. 

Siddharth Varshney, Head of Researcher.Life, Cactus Communications, said, “We are excited about our partnership with Scholarly Intelligence as it makes Researcher.Life’s Journal Finder the only platform to feature the ‘Time to Publish’ metric. This partnership aims to address the lack of information transparency about journal publication speeds. Collectively, our goal is to empower researchers with information about publication speed, enabling them to make well-informed decisions about choosing the most appropriate journal. We believe this partnership will greatly benefit the research community and contribute to a more efficient publishing process.” 

By integrating this crucial metric into the journal selection process, Researcher.Life offers a practical, user-friendly solution that not only elevates the research experience but ensures that your findings reach your scientific community promptly. It also aims to streamline the overall publication process, enhancing academic output and the impact of research on global knowledge bases.  

How to Access Time to Publish Metric on Researcher.Life 

Researcher.Life offers easy access and transparency on publication timelines; you just need to know how and where to look. Follow these simple steps to get ‘Time to Publish’ metric for your journal: 

1. Journal Search: Open the Journal Finder tool and search for journals using an Abstract, Topic, Name/ISSN, or Upload your manuscript to find the best fit from over 43,000 journals. 

2. Explore Journal Metrics: Each recommended journal comes with key metrics, including time to publish and recently published articles, to help you make the right choice and boost your chances of acceptance.

3. Visual Insights: Dive deeper into the Time to Publish metric using the “View Chart” option, which reveals the percentage of published articles around your topic, giving you broader context. 

Setting the Pace; Better Decisions, Faster Innovation  

The partnership between Researcher.Life and Scholarly Intelligence marks a significant milestone and furthers our goal to continually simplify and streamline your research journey. By providing insights into the academic publication speeds of various journals, Researcher.Life empowers researchers to choose journals that not only align with their work, but also have academic publication speeds that fit their specific timelines. This initiative also encourages publishers to improve the efficiency of their publishing process, allowing for smoother dissemination of knowledge and greater scholarly impact.  

Ready to plan your research submissions better and avoid publication delays with Researcher.Life? Explore Journal Finder tool now and elevate your journal selection journey!