Abstract: Peer review as an important part of the publishing system and norms of papers has long attracted the attention of academic circles. However, the scientific connotation of peer review has not been fully studied and explained. On this basis, this study attempts to explore the scientific significance of peer review speed as measured by the time difference of Replicated Journal of Information Center for Social Sciences of RUC from the perspective of the speed of paper selection, as well as the correlation between peer review duration and paper impact. It is found that there was a significant negative correlation between the speed of paper selection and the impact of the thesis. This conclusion shows remarkable results for PKU core samples, first-class universities, and professors.

Key words: Peer review, Speed of paper selection, Impact of paper, Replicated Journal of Information Center for Social Sciences, Science of science