Estimating the productivity cost of administrative duties and work-related engagements from submission trends during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Year: 2024
Type: editorial
Abstract: experienced a large increase in the number of submissions, a phenomenon that was also observed for journals of different fields. Since most research laboratories were closed, this increase cannot reflect increased research activity. In this editorial, we propose that the increase in submissions reflected the release of a backlog of unpublished work following a reduction in work-related engagements including scientific travel, which in turn provides an estimate of the productivity costs of such activities on research output.
Source: mBio
Authors: Arturo Casadevall, Lorraine F. Clark
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, American Society for Microbiology
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,900
OpenAlex ID: W4399760254