Abstract: Objective To explore the influencing factors of delay in publication of articles (DPA) of Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis from 2006 to 2011, and to provide reference for magazine quality improvement and development.  Methods The publication delay is defined as the time difference between the receipts of the manuscript to the publication date. According to the provisions promulgated by the Science and Technology Commission of the People’s Republic of China on the quality requirements and evaluation criteria of the top-five scientific journals, the DPA less than 280 days is defined as short delay, and more than 280 days as long delay. The DPA of a total of 708 original papers published between 2006 to 2011 in 54 issues were analyzed by SAS 9.1.  Results The average DPA was 246.67 days and the coefficient of variation was 51.37%(126.71/246.67) from 2006 to 2011. Majorities were short delays accounting for 61.72%（437/708）, long delay accounted for 38.28%（271/708）. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that eastern region (eastern vs. middle and western β=0.71, s_x=0.18，OR=2.04，95%CI=1.44-2.87), funding support (yes vs. no β=0.68, s_x =0.19，OR=1.97，95%CI=1.36-2.87), public health paper (public health paper vs. basic research paper β=0.60,s_x=0.20，OR=1.83，95%CI=1.23-2.72; public health paper vs. clinical paper β=0.52, s_x=0.19，OR=1.68，95%CI=1.16-2.43) were factors significantly associated with the average DPA.  Conclusion The DPA of Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis is affected by the region and content of the study, and whether with funding support.