A retrospective analysis of submissions acceptance rate open peer review operations and prepublication bias of the multidisciplinary open access journal Head Face Medicine

摘要

BackgroundHead & Face Medicine (HFM) was launched in August 2005 to provide multidisciplinary science in the field of head and face disorders with an open access and open peer review publication platform. The objective of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of submissions, the effectiveness of open peer reviewing, and factors biasing the acceptance or rejection of submitted manuscripts.