SUBMISSION TO PUBLICATION
ANALYSIS OF THE EDITORIAL WORKFLOW OF SCIELO JOURNALS
Keywords:
scientific communication, scientific journals, scientific publishing, editorial workflowsAbstract
The time elapsed between the submission and publication of an article is an indicator of a journal's editorial workflow speed. This study aims to analyze the publication time of journals in the SciELO Brazil Collection, considering the stages of submission, acceptance, and publication, across different subject areas. The research is exploratory and descriptive in nature, based on data extracted from SciELO Analytics regarding 18.540 articles published in 2025 by 326 journals. Descriptive statistics were used to measure editorial times, alongside qualitative analyses to compare the results with existing literature. The results indicate that the average time between submission and acceptance was 192.4 days, and between acceptance and publication on SciELO, it was 165.5 days. The complete publication cycle ranged from 234.9 days in Engineering to 418.7 days in the Humanities, with an overall average of 357.9 days, exceeding the 180-day limit recommended by SciELO. The Humanities and Applied Social Sciences areas showed greater heterogeneity and timeframes exceeding 12 months, whereas Engineering and Biological Sciences demonstrated greater uniformity and shorter durations. It is concluded that the editorial workflows of the SciELO Brazil collection still face challenges related to delays in the review and production processes.