Since the birth of first ever one in 1665, academic journals have long been recognized as one of the important formal channels for scholarly communication. Followed by the introduction of electronic journal, scholarly communication with significant reformation steps into a brand new era after singing the same old tune for hundreds years. It is therefore interesting to see how the electronic format affects time efficiency of communication via academic journals. In this study, differences on the time of communication between articles published under the open access (OA) model and in the article in press (AIP) format will be analyzed based on the characteristics of publication lag and first-citation speed. The correlation of publication lag and first-citation lag to the journal evaluation indicators will also be explored. A total of 24,176 journal articles collected from 64 journals indexed in the JCR Energy and Fuel field, one of the hot research topics recently, are selected as research objects. Publication and first-citation lags of these articles are calculated separately based on the submission date, revised date, accepted date, publication date, and month of the first-citation occur. Results demonstrate that the OA mechanism can influence the lag of publication, but it does not form a citation advantage. The AIP mechanism affects citation speed but is not significantly related to publication lag. It can be seen that OA and AIP mechanisms contribute to the efficiency of scholarly communication at different stages.

自从1665年有史以来第一本期刊诞生以来，学术期刊一直被公认为是学术交流的重要正式渠道之一。在引入电子期刊之后，经过数百年不变的古老曲调，学术交流有了重大的改革，迈入了一个崭新的时代。因此，有趣的是看到电子格式如何影响通过学术期刊进行交流的时间效率。在这项研究中，将基于发布滞后和首次引用速度的特点，分析以开放访问（OA）模式发布的文章与以印刷形式（AIP）格式发布的文章之间的交流时间差异。还将探讨出版滞后和首次引用滞后与期刊评估指标之间的关系。总共24个 从最近在JCR能源和燃料领域索引的64种期刊（最近的热门研究主题之一）中收集的176种期刊文章被选为研究对象。这些文章的发表和被第一次引用的滞后时间是根据提交日期，修订日期，接受日期，出版日期和第一次被引用的月份分别计算的。结果表明，OA机制可以影响出版的时滞，但它并未形成被引用的优势。AIP机制会影响引文速度，但与发布滞后关系不大。可以看出，OA和AIP机制在不同阶段有助于学术交流的效率。这些文章的发表和被第一次引用的滞后时间是根据提交日期，修订日期，接受日期，出版日期和第一次被引用的月份分别计算的。结果表明，OA机制可以影响出版的时滞，但它并未形成被引用的优势。AIP机制会影响引文速度，但与发布滞后关系不大。可以看出，OA和AIP机制在不同阶段有助于学术交流的效率。这些文章的发表和被第一次引用的滞后时间是根据提交日期，修订日期，接受日期，出版日期和第一次被引用的月份分别计算的。结果表明，OA机制可以影响出版的时滞，但它并未形成被引用的优势。AIP机制会影响引文速度，但与发布滞后关系不大。可以看出，OA和AIP机制在不同阶段有助于学术交流的效率。AIP机制会影响引文速度，但与发布滞后关系不大。可以看出，OA和AIP机制在不同阶段有助于学术交流的效率。AIP机制会影响引文速度，但与发布滞后关系不大。可以看出，OA和AIP机制在不同阶段有助于学术交流的效率。