In the last year, more than 350 articles were submitted to the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (JKNS). The editorial office of the JKNS investigated the records regarding who had participated as reviewers for the JKNS in 2020. From January 1 to November 12, a total of 582 requests to review articles were sent to 193 reviewers. Of these, 446 review requests were completed, corresponding to 76.6% of the total requests. The average duration of the first review was 10.5±4.8 days (Fig. 1). The reviewers were divided into two groups—those who completed the review request in 1–10 days were categorized as “fast reviewers,” while those who completed the review request after 10 days were categorized as “slow reviewers.” Group analyses revealed a trend in which the fast reviewers were requested to review more articles (3.2 articles/reviewer) than slow reviewers (2.7 articles/reviewer, independent t-test, P=0.052). However, there was no statistical difference between the two groups regarding the numbers of review requests completed (2.5 articles in fast reviewers and 2.1 articles in slow reviewers, independent t-test, P=0.126).
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