Am J Public Health. 1993 Nov;83(11):1618-20. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1618.

The authorship and fate of international health papers submitted to the American Journal of Public Health in 1989.

American journal of public health

D Koch-Weser, A Yankauer

PMID: 8238689 PMCID: PMC1694872 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1618
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Abstract

We reviewed the authorship characteristics, editorial processing, and final fate of 126 papers dealing with data from countries other than the United States and Canada and submitted to the American Journal of Public Health in 1989. The acceptance rate of these international health papers was 22%, similar to that of all papers (25%). Authors from developed countries had higher acceptance rates than authors from developing countries, but the highest acceptance rate (36%) was for international health papers with joint authorship from both developed and developing countries. Of 83 rejected papers, 72% were published in other journals. Of these, 45% were published in journals covered by Index Medicus, a figure similar to that for all papers rejected by the Journal.

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MeSH terms

• Authorship*
• Periodicals as Topic*
• Public Health*
• Publishing
• Societies, Medical
• United States

Publication Types

• Journal Article

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