Journal Statistics

Turnaround Times

Days from submission to decision for decisions made during the 12 months ending on October 31, 2021:

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Turnaround time for all submissions:

• Mean: 50 days
• Median: 47 days

Turnaround times conditional on not desk-rejected:

• Mean: 68 days
• Median: 63 days

First round decisions

Decisions made during the 12 months ending on October 31, 2021 following the first round of review:

• Revise and resubmit or accepted: 9.7%
• Rejected after review: 59.0%
• Desk rejected: 31.0%
• Withdrawn: 0.3%

Submissions by Month (2021)

Month	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
Jan.	99	13	112
Feb.	114	13	127
Mar.	94	12	106
Apr.	101	16	117
May	82	11	93
June	99	17	116
July	99	17	116
Aug.	91	6	97
Sept.	92	9	101
Oct.	77	10	87

Submissions by Month (2020)

Month	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
Jan.	83	13	96
Feb.	87	3	90
Mar.	97	9	106
Apr.	109	13	122
May	110	13	123
June	98	12	110
July	119	12	131
Aug.	97	14	111
Sept.	108	9	117
Oct.	99	4	103
Nov.	97	7	104
Dec.	100	18	118
Total	1204	128	1332

Submissions by Month (2019)

Month	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
Jan.	71	12	83
Feb.	108	10	118
Mar.	82	10	92
Apr.	94	15	109
May	90	4	94
June	85	9	94
July	97	9	106
Aug.	87	11	98
Sept.	97	11	108
Oct.	109	6	115
Nov.	71	6	77
Dec.	92	14	106
Total	1083	113	1200

Submissions by Month (2018)

Month	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
Jan.	76	8	84
Feb.	73	7	80
Mar.	94	6	100
Apr.	93	6	99
May	94	9	103
June	82	11	93
July	86	11	97
Aug.	96	20	116
Sept.	87	9	96
Oct.	91	16	107
Nov.	80	6	86
Dec.	81	7	88
Total	1033	116	1149

Historical Statistics

Submissions by Year (2009 – 2016)

Year	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
2017	1030	137	1167
2016	1081	116	1197
2015	1108	119	1227
2014	1156	123	1279
2013	1176	132	1308
2012	1147	129	1276
2011	1162	138	1300
2010	1047	123	1170
2009	1020	138	1158

Processing Time (since July 2016)

Turnaround Time	Number	Percentage
Less than 20 days	2015	32.4%
20-29 days	217	3.5%
30-39 days	504	8.1%
40-49 days	625	10.0%
50-59 days	552	8.9%
60-69 days	491	7.9%
70-79 days	447	7.2%
80-89 days	391	6.3%
90-99 days	435	7.0%
100 or more days	548	8.8%
Median turnaround	46

Editorial Decisions (since July 2016)

Decision	Number	Percentage
Rejected	5260	84.5%
Returned for Revisions	669	10.7%
Accepted	296	4.8%
Total	6225

Decisions by Round (since July 2016)

Round	Rejected	Revise	Accepted
Round 1	5220	488	6
Round 2	37	157	162
Round 3	2	21	112
Round 4	1	3	13
Round 5	0	0	3