caa a22 4500 445349913 CHVBK 20180317142840.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0438-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0438-2 Are American astrophysics papers accepted more quickly than others? [Elektronische Daten] Part I [Virgina Trimble, Jose Ceja] It has been shown that papers in stem cell research submitted from institutions in the USA are accepted faster than those submitted from elsewhere and that the cause might at least partly be some bias in the refereeing process. We investigate whether there is a similar difference in time scale for papers in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology and look briefly at some of the possible causes. We find a publication time lag of 3.8 days (out of a median time of 105 days) while in the stem cell case it is 24 days out of a median of 83 days. One of many possible causes is a difference in how useful the papers are to the community, and we will assess this in a second paper making use of citation analysis. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 Astronomical journals nationallicence Publications nationallicence Citations nationallicence Trimble Virgina Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 92697-4575, Irvine, CA, USA aut Ceja Jose 91340, San Fernando, CA, USA aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 89/1(2011-10-01), 281-289 0138-9130 89:1<281 2011 89 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0438-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0438-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trimble Virgina Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 92697-4575, Irvine, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ceja Jose 91340, San Fernando, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 89/1(2011-10-01), 281-289 0138-9130 89:1<281 2011 89 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer