• The Laryngoscope · Nov 2020

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    Dissemination of Information During Public Health Crises: Early COVID-19 Data From The Laryngoscope.

    • Alexander Chern and Samuel H Selesnick.
    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, U.S.A.
    • Laryngoscope. 2020 Nov 1; 130 (11): 2508-2515.

    ObjectivesDuring a public health crisis, it is important for medical journals to share information in a timely manner while maintaining a robust peer-review process. This review reports and analyzes The Laryngoscope's publication trends and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and during previous pandemics.MethodsComprehensive review of two databases (PubMed and The Laryngoscope) was performed. COVID-19 manuscripts (published in The Laryngoscope during the first 4 months of the pandemic) were identified and compared to manuscripts pertaining to historic pandemics (published in The Laryngoscope during the first 2 years of each outbreak). Keywords included "Laryngoscope", "flu", "pandemic", "influenza", "SARS", "severe acute respiratory syndrome", "coronavirus", "COVID-19", and "SARS-CoV-2". Data were obtained from The Laryngoscope to characterize publication trends during and before the COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsFrom March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, The Laryngoscope had 203 COVID-19 submissions. As of July 8, 2020, 20 (9.9%) were accepted, 117 (57.6%) under review, and 66 (32.5%) rejected. During the first 4 months of the pandemic, 18 COVID-19 manuscripts were published. The mean number of days from submission to online publication was 45, compared to 170 in 2018 and 196 in 2019. A total of 4 manuscripts concerning previous pandemics were published during the initial 2 years of each outbreak.ConclusionsThe Laryngoscope rapidly disseminated quality publications during the COVID-19 pandemic by upholding a robust peer-review process while expediting editorial steps, highlighting relevant articles online, and providing open access to make COVID-19-related publications available as quickly as possible. Laryngoscope, 130:2508-2515, 2020.© 2020 American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Inc, "The Triological Society" and American Laryngological Association (ALA).

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