The study of science-making is a growing discipline that builds largely on online publication and citation databases, while prepublication processes remain hidden. Here, we report on results from a large-scale survey of the submission process, covering 923 scientific journals from the biological sciences in years 2006 to 2008. Manuscript flows among journals revealed a modular submission network, with high-impact journals preferentially attracting submissions. However, about 75% of published articles were submitted first to the journal that would publish them, and high-impact journals published proportionally more articles that had been resubmitted from another journal. Submission history affected post-publication impact: Resubmissions from other journals received significantly more citations than first-intent submissions, and resubmissions between different journal communities received significantly fewer citations.
%0 Journal Article
%1 calcagno2012flows
%A Calcagno, V.
%A Demoinet, E.
%A Gollner, K.
%A Guidi, L.
%A Ruths, D.
%A de Mazancourt, C.
%D 2012
%J Science
%K research science scientometrics
%N 6110
%P 1065--1069
%R 10.1126/science.1227833
%T Flows of Research Manuscripts Among Scientific Journals Reveal Hidden Submission Patterns
%U http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6110/1065.abstract
%V 338
%X The study of science-making is a growing discipline that builds largely on online publication and citation databases, while prepublication processes remain hidden. Here, we report on results from a large-scale survey of the submission process, covering 923 scientific journals from the biological sciences in years 2006 to 2008. Manuscript flows among journals revealed a modular submission network, with high-impact journals preferentially attracting submissions. However, about 75% of published articles were submitted first to the journal that would publish them, and high-impact journals published proportionally more articles that had been resubmitted from another journal. Submission history affected post-publication impact: Resubmissions from other journals received significantly more citations than first-intent submissions, and resubmissions between different journal communities received significantly fewer citations.
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abstract = {The study of science-making is a growing discipline that builds largely on online publication and citation databases, while prepublication processes remain hidden. Here, we report on results from a large-scale survey of the submission process, covering 923 scientific journals from the biological sciences in years 2006 to 2008. Manuscript flows among journals revealed a modular submission network, with high-impact journals preferentially attracting submissions. However, about 75% of published articles were submitted first to the journal that would publish them, and high-impact journals published proportionally more articles that had been resubmitted from another journal. Submission history affected post-publication impact: Resubmissions from other journals received significantly more citations than first-intent submissions, and resubmissions between different journal communities received significantly fewer citations.},
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author = {Calcagno, V. and Demoinet, E. and Gollner, K. and Guidi, L. and Ruths, D. and de Mazancourt, C.},
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journal = {Science},
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pages = {1065--1069},
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title = {Flows of Research Manuscripts Among Scientific Journals Reveal Hidden Submission Patterns},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6110/1065.abstract},
volume = 338,
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