• Jacob Rosenberg, Hans-Christian Pommergaard, Siri Vinther, and Jakob Burcharth.
• Gastroenheden, Kirurgisk Sektion D, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. jacob.rosenberg@regionh.dk.
• Dan Med J. 2015 Feb 1; 62 (2).

IntroductionThere seems to be no dedicated journals available for publication of editorial research in the biomedical sciences; that is research into editorial or publication process issues involving the scientific approach to writing, reviewing, editing and publishing. It is unknown where papers concerning these issues are typically published. We therefore set out to study the distribution of such papers in the biomedical literature.MethodsIn this pilot study, we conducted a MEDLINE search for papers on editorial research published in the year 2012.ResultsWe found 445 articles published in 311 journals with a median of one article per journal (range: 1-17).ConclusionThe publication of papers on editorial research seems to be dispersed. In order to increase the visibility of this research field, it may be reasonable to establish well-defined platforms such as dedicated journals or journal sections in which such research could preferably be published.

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