Day of the week effect in paper submission/acceptance/rejection to/in/by peer review journals. II. An ARCH econometric-like modeling

TL;DR

This study models the day-of-week submission and acceptance patterns of papers to a scientific journal using an ARCH-like econometric approach, revealing underlying behavioral and seasonal influences.

Contribution

It introduces an ARCH-like econometric model to analyze day-of-week effects in paper submissions and decisions, incorporating seasonal and editorial factors.

Findings

Identifies seasonal and editorial influences on submission patterns.

Models the day-of-week effect using ARCH-like econometrics.

Provides insights into authors' submission behaviors.

Abstract

This paper aims at providing a statistical model for the preferred behavior of authors submitting a paper to a scientific journal. The electronic submission of (about 600) papers to the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society has been recorded for every day from Jan. 01, 2013 till Dec. 31, 2014, together with the acceptance or rejection paper fate. Seasonal effects and editor roles (through desk rejection and subfield editors) are examined. An ARCH-like econometric model is derived stressing the main determinants of the favorite day-of-week process.