EAFP Bulletin Summary Oct 2007 Sept 2015
Ms. Submissions 2004-2015 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 3Q 2015 8 months
Outcome of Ms.s % of submitted Ms.s rejected 60 % 50 40 30 20 10 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 3Q 2015 8 months some Ms.s still in review
Published articles, by topic 4 & 3.7 year periods 2008 to end 2011 2012 to Sept 2015 % % Bacteriology 18 13.3 14 13.9 Immunology/Vaccines 2 1.5 2 2.0 Mycology 2 1.5 1 1.0 Histopath. & Other 15 11.1 21 20.8 Parasitology 70 51.9 45 44.6 Therapeutics 5 3.7 2 2.0 Virology 23 17.0 18 17.8
Published articles, by country* 4 & 3.7 year periods *country of corresponding author 2008 to end 2011 2012 to Sept 2015 % % Turkey 23 17.0 Turkey 17 12.6 UK 9 6.7 Brazil 11 8.1 Chile 8 5.9 Italy 6 4.4 Italy 8 5.9 Poland 6 4.4 Iran 7 5.2 Spain 6 4.4 Norway 6 4.4 Japan 5 3.7 Portugal 6 4.4 Chile 4 3.0 Germany 5 3.7 China 3 2.2 Spain 5 3.7 Iran 3 2.2 Tunisia 5 3.7 Malaya 3 2.2 Argentina 4 3.0 Portugal 3 2.2 Philippines 4 3.0 UK 3 2.2 Slovenia 4 3.0 Croatia 2 1.5 Czech Rep. 3 2.2 Finland 2 1.5 Denmark 3 2.2 Greece 2 1.5 Japan 3 2.2 Holland 2 1.5 Poland 3 2.2 Ireland 2 1.5 Taiwan 3 2.2 Norway 2 1.5 Australia 2 1.5 Russia 2 1.5 Croatia 2 1.5 Slovenia 2 1.5 Finland 2 1.5 South Africa 2 1.5 Greece 2 1.5 Others** 15 11.1 S Africa 2 1.5 Sweden 2 1.5 Others* 14 10.4 * 1 each: Algeria, Brazil, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Korea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, USA ** 1 each: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Germany, Korea, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Uraguay, USA
International collaborations 40.00 35.00 30.00 25.00 % of published articles, with authors from more than one country 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SCImago. (2007). SJR SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved August, 2015, from http://www.scimagojr.com
Citations of Bulletin articles % of articles cited at least once; 3 year moving average 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 SCImago. (2007). SJR SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved August, 2015, from http://www.scimagojr.com
Citations of Bulletin articles Mean number of citations per article; 2 year moving average* 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 * = Journal Impact Factor Thomson Reuters SCImago. (2007). SJR SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved August, 2015, from http://www.scimagojr.com
Mean time from submission to print, by year of publication 12 10 8 Months 6 4 2 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2007 - Issue 6 only; 2008 included some Ms.s ongoing since 2006; 2015 1st 4 Issues NB. Many Ms.s have extended review periods, with many revisions; this is not permitted by many journals, but is allowed by the Bulletin as an association publication. Also, most journals do not include author revision periods in their calculations of publication times.
Shortest time from submission to print, by year of submission 24 20 16 Weeks 12 8 4 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NB. Shortest time to print 3 weeks.
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Acknowledgements Subject Editors current and previous Ivona Mladineo - Parasitology Simon Jones - Parasitology David Verner-Jeffreys - Bacteriology David Alderman - Mycology & Therapeutics Eann Munro - Virology Stephen Feist - Histopathology Paul Midtlyng - Vaccines/Immunology Tom Wiklund previous Bacteriology Tor Atle Mo previous Parasitology Matt Longshaw previous Parasitology David Smith, Celia Campos, Paul Haywood - EAFP Admin., Cefas Referees Authors Lis Knudsen - previous EAFP Admin, Nat. Vet. Inst., Aarhus Ellen Ariel - previous Editor Webmasters Bart Gorgoglione, David Bruno - previous Albion Press - Stewart McGuffie The Council Members current and previous
Welcome to the new EAFP Bulletin Editor Sean Monaghan Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling