Table 2 For all headers the mean is the posterior mean estimate of time (A and C) or the pandemic (B and D). 2.5% and 97.5% are the lower and upper quantiles, representing the 95% credible interval for the mean. % Same Sign is simply the percentage of MCMC iterations with the same sign as the mean and is just another descriptor of the posterior distribution. Finally, because the mean is reported in terms of the log change of expected counts, the % Effect is a more easily interpreted percent change of the effect. Bold values refer to journals with a significantly positive or negative effect
A) Changes in peer review invites from 2011–2021 | ||||||
Journal | Mean | 2.5% | 97.5% | % Same Sign | % Effect | |
Fisheries | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 100 | 4 | |
JAAH | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 100 | 7 | |
MCF | 0.01 | -0.01 | 0.02 | 79 | 1 | |
NAJA | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 100 | 6 | |
NAJFM | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.01 | 54 | 0 | |
TAFS | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 100 | 2 | |
B) Changes in peer review invites before and during COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
Journal | Mean | 2.5% | 97.5% | % Same Sign | % Effect | |
Fisheries | 0.06 | -0.08 | 0.20 | 80 | 6 | |
JAAH | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 100 | 42 | |
MCF | -0.02 | -0.15 | 0.11 | 60 | -2 | |
NAJA | -0.15 | -0.24 | -0.05 | 99 | -14 | |
NAJFM | 0.04 | -0.02 | 0.11 | 90 | 4 | |
TAFS | -0.08 | -0.16 | 0.01 | 97 | -8 | |
C) Changes in time in review from 2011–2021 | ||||||
Journal | Mean | 2.5% | 97.5% | % Same Sign | % Effect | |
Fisheries | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 74 | 0 | |
JAAH | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 | 98 | 0 | |
MCF | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52 | 0 | |
NAJA | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 | 100 | -2 | |
NAJFM | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | 100 | -1 | |
TAFS | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.01 | 100 | -2 | |
D) Changes in time in review before and during COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
Journal | Mean | 2.5% | 97.5% | % Same Sign | % Effect | |
Fisheries | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 100 | 18 | |
JAAH | -0.18 | -0.22 | -0.14 | 100 | -17 | |
MCF | -0.10 | -0.15 | -0.06 | 100 | -10 | |
NAJA | -0.06 | -0.10 | -0.02 | 99 | -6 | |
NAJFM | -0.02 | -0.04 | 0.01 | 93 | -2 | |
TAFS | -0.03 | -0.06 | 0.00 | 99 | -3 | |