Conception First written outline or synopsis of project rationale and aims | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
Funding First funding received in direct support of the project | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Regulatory submission First submission to IRB/IACUC | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Regulatory approval Receipt of all approvals needed to conduct the project | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Start of data collection | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
End of data collection | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
Manuscript draft First draft of manuscript, including introduction, methods, and results | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
Manuscript submission First submission of manuscript to peer-reviewed journal | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
Manuscript acceptance* Date of acceptance decision from journal | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
Publication date Date of earliest publication online or in print | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 |