Publication lag for articles considered as research articles.

Distribution of the publication lag median (with marginal density plot of distributions) for the subgroup of 2,790 (52.2%) journals reporting submission and publication dates. Publication lag median (in days) are presented for articles signed by the most prolific authors compared to the articles without any of the most prolific authors, among articles considered as research articles (i.e., original article, case reports, and reviews). The data underlying this figure may be found in https://osf.io/6e3uf/.

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