Editorial reports implementation of continuous publishing in pediatric hospital medicine, highlighting reductions in acceptance-to-publication timelines and streamlined editorial review.
Key Points
To outline the transition of Hospital Pediatrics to a continuous publishing model and describe recent editorial workflow enhancements aimed at reducing publication delays.
Transitioned from issue-based printing to online continuous publishing, releasing articles directly after author proof completion.
Increased pre-review administrative rapid rejections and adopted editor-only evaluations for revised submissions (R1 and R2).
Continuous publishing is projected to shorten acceptance-to-publication turnaround time from 4–5 months down to 1–3 weeks.
Administrative rapid rejections increased from 106 in 2024 to 236 in 2025, contributing to an overall reduction in peer review duration of >25% across 3 years.
Journal submissions increased by >60% following the attainment of a debut impact factor of 2.1.