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SUBMISSION AND TURNAROUND STATISTICS

Breakdown of Editorial Decisions (1 Jan 09 - 31 Dec 09)

Editorial Decisions	Number	Percentage	Percentage from Previous 12 months (1 Jan 08 to 31 Dec 08)
Editorially Rejected*	451	52%	42%
Rejected	298	35%	39%
Returned for Revisions	58	7%	9%
Conditionally Accepted	18	2%	3%
Accepted	37	4%	7%
TOTAL	862	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 Jan – 31 Dec 09)

	Editorially Rejected	Rejected	Revise & Resubmit	Conditionally Accepted	Accepted
Round 1	451	288	37	-	-
Round 2	-	9	17	11	11
Round 3	-	1	3	5	19
Round 4/5	-	-	1	2	7
TOTAL	451	298	58	18	37

Processing Time for papers submitted between 1 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 09

Processing Time	All submissions	Cumulative %	Excluding ERs *	Cumulative % excluding ERs*
Under 1 month	423	58%	19	5%
1-2 months	21	61%	20	12%
2-3 months	49	68%	49	27%
3-4 months	72	78%	72	50%
4-5 months	68	87%	68	71%
5-6 months	49	94%	49	86%
Over 6 months	44	100%	44	100%
	726		321

* 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: 6%

Previous 12 month period (1 Jul 07 to 30 Jun 08)
Median Turnaround: 1 months for all submissions, 4 months excluding editorial rejections
Papers with over 6 month processing time: 9%

Breakdown of Submissions by Month (Jan - Dec 09)

	SUBMISSIONS	RESUBMISSIONS	TOTAL
Jan 09	75	8	83
Feb 09	56	7	63
Mar 09	68	11	79
Apr 09	64	5	69
May 09	33	6	39
Jun 09	66	6	72
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
TOTAL	775	76	851