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SUBMISSION AND TURNAROUND STATISTICS

Breakdown of Editorial Decisions (1 Jul 09 - 30 Jun 10)

Editorial Decisions	Number	Percentage	Percentage from Previous 12 months (1 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 09)
Editorially Rejected*	472	56%	46%
Rejected	268	32%	36%
Returned for Revisions	65	8%	9%
Conditionally Accepted	12	1.5%	3%
Accepted	20	2.5%	6%
TOTAL	837	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 Jul 09 – 30 Jun 10)

	Editorially Rejected	Rejected	Revise & Resubmit	Conditionally Accepted	Accepted
Round 1	472	258	45	-	0
Round 2	-	9	13	7	5
Round 3	-	1	6	4	10
Round 4	-	-	1	1	5
TOTAL	472	268	65	12	20

Processing Time for papers submitted between 1 Jan 09 to 31 Dec 09

Processing Time	All submissions	Cumulative %	Excluding ERs *	Cumulative % excluding ERs*
Under 1 month	501	63%	23	7%
1-2 months	28	67%	26	16%
2-3 months	49	73%	49	32%
3-4 months	61	81%	61	51%
4-5 months	67	89%	67	73%
5-6 months	41	94%	41	86%
Over 6 months	44	100%	44	100%
	791		311

* ER = editorial rejects

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

Previous 12 month period (1 Jan 08 to 31 Dec 08)
Median Turnaround: 1 month for all submissions, 4 months excluding editorial rejections
Papers with over 6 month processing time: 6%

Breakdown of Submissions by Month (Jul 09 - Jun 10)

	SUBMISSIONS	RESUBMISSIONS	TOTAL
Jul 09	69	3	72
Aug 09	54	9	63
Sep 09	65	6	71
Oct 09	72	4	76
Nov 09	80	3	83
Dec 09	73	8	81
Jan 10	60	5	65
Feb 10	56	2	58
Mar 10	70	7	77
Apr 10	65	7	72
May 10	58	5	63
Jun 10	68	8	76
TOTAL	790	67	857