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Table 2 Extent of revision after first round of peer-review and processing times (in days)

From: A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017

Extent of revision

major (n = 206)

minor (n = 272)

Submission to first peer-review

  

 Days, mean (SD)

52 (44)

48 (48)

 Days, median (IQR)

40 (25–60)

33 (21–54)

Submission to publication

  

 Days, mean (SD)

150 (69)

119 (65)

 Days, median (IQR)

134 (103–177)

105 (77–143)

Submission to acceptance

  

 Days, mean (SD)

134 (69)

104 (65)

 Days, median (IQR)

120 (87–157)

87 (60–124)

Acceptance to publication

  

 Days, mean (SD)

17 (12)

15 (9)

 Days, median (IQR)

13 (9–20)

14 (9–18)

  1. In the remaining protocols (n = 66) there was no reviewer, no revision or no comments from the reviewer entailing a revision