SUBMISSION AND TURNAROUND STATISTICS
Breakdown of Editorial Decisions (1 Oct 10 – 30 Sep 11)

Editorial Decisions

Number

Percentage

Percentage from Previous 12 months
(1 Apr 09 to 31 Mar 10)

Editorially Rejected*

472

52%

56%

Rejected

306

33.7%

32%

Returned for Revisions

71

7.8%

8%

Conditionally Accepted 17 2%

1.5%

Accepted

41

4.5%

2.5%

 TOTAL

907

100%

100%

* Editorial rejections refer to decisions for which no referee report is provided. Significant numbers of these however do offer specific feedback and/or follow consultation with an associate editor or other individual.

Breakdown of Editorial Decisions by Round (1 Oct 10 – 30 Sep 11)

 

Editorially Rejected

Rejected

Revise & Resubmit

Conditionally Accepted

Accepted

Round 1

472

302

 51

2

1

Round 2

-

3

19

10

12

Round 3

-

1

1

2

20

Round 4/5

-

-

0

3

8

TOTAL

472

306

71

17

41

Processing Time for papers submitted between 1 Apr 10 to 31 Mar 11

Processing Time

All submissions

Cumulative %

Excluding ERs *

Cumulative % excluding ERs*

Under 1 month

499

63%

15

5%

1-2 months

22

65%

19

11%

2-3 months

46

71%

46

26%

3-4 months

71

80%

70

49%

4-5 months

67

89%

67

70%

5-6 months

60

96%

60

90%

Over 6 months

31

100%

31

100%

TOTAL

796

 

308

 

* ER = editorial rejects

Median Turnaround: less than 1 month for all submissions (4 months for papers sent to referees)
Papers with over 6 month processing time: 4%

Previous 12 month period
Median Turnaround: less than 1 month for all submissions (3 to 4 months for papers sent to referees )
Papers with over 6 month processing time: 6%

Breakdown of Submissions by Month (Oct 10 – Sep 11)

 

SUBMISSIONS

RESUBMISSIONS

TOTAL

Oct 10

70 4 74

Nov 10

53 6 59

Dec 10

49 3 52

Jan 11

89

3

92

Feb 11

72

73

75

Mar 11

53

6

59

Apr 11 63 2 65

May 11

91

8

99

Jun 11

69

7

76

Jul 11

60

4

64

Aug 11

69

7

76

Sep 11

81

8

89

TOTAL 819 61 880
 
2011 EJ Papers Chart