Submission and Turnaround Statistics

For submissions to editorial office (beginning June 1, 2003)

Submissions by Month
	Submissions	Resubmissions	Total
2003
June	68	0	68
July	100	0	100
Aug.	70	1	71
Sept.	82	1	83
Oct.	82	4	86
Nov.	75	5	80
Dec.	84	11	95
Total	561	22	583
2004
Jan.	96	9	105
Feb.	84	7	91
Mar.	79	18	97
April	71	9	80
May	90	8	98
June	88	11	99
July	83	17	100
Aug.	70	13	83
Sept.	86	26	112
Oct.	97	16	113
Nov.	79	12	91
Dec.	99	17	116
Total	1037	202	1239
2005
Jan.	69	17	86
Feb.	83	18	101
Mar.	85	18	103
Apr.	96	28	124
May	91	23	114
June	89	26	115
July	80	33	113
Aug.	79	30	109
Sept.	82	24	106
Oct.	85	22	107
Nov.	90	22	112
Dec.	91	29	120
Total	1020	290	1310
2006
Jan.	68	18	86
Feb.	71	18	89
Mar.	102	22	124
Apr.	59	14	73
May	83	27	110
June	68	19	87
July	118	15	133
Aug.	84	15	99
Sept.	97	8	105
Oct.	87	12	99
Nov.	93	13	106
Dec.	107	20	127
Total	1037	202	1239
2007
Jan.	106	20	126
Feb.	82	30	112
Mar.	105	14	119
Apr.	82	16	98
May	85	21	106
June	78	26	104
July	97	20	117
Aug.	73	22	95
Sept.	83	18	101
Oct.	95	29	124
Nov.	101	21	122
Dec.	60	12	72
Total	1047	249	1296
2008
Jan.	81	13	94
Feb.	107	14	121
Mar.	87	14	101
Apr.	75	17	92
May	77	16	93
June	92	21	113
July	100	20	120
Aug.	75	22	97
Sep.	94	25	119
Oct.	78	16	94
Nov.	76	21	97
Dec.	78	12	90
Total	1020	211	1231
2009
Jan.	96	14	110
Feb.	90	13	103
Mar.	90	8	98
Apr.	74	17	91
May	74	9	83
June	82	17	99
July	88	7	95
Aug.	73	11	84
Sep.	96	12	108
Oct.	82	8	90

Processing Time	Number	Cumulative Percentage
Less than 20 days	1526	22.2%
20-29 days	392	27.9%
30-39 days	888	40.8%
40-49 days	1101	56.8%
50-59 days	778	68.1%
60-69 days	547	76.1%
70-79 days	373	81.5%
80-89 days	259	85.3%
90-99 days	241	88.8%
100 or more days	773	100.0%
Median turnaround	46

Editorial Decisions
	Number	Percentage
Rejected	5740	76.2%
Returned for Revisions	1393	18.5%
Accepted	400	5.3%
Total	7533	100.0%

Decisions by Round
	Rejected	Revise	Accepted
Round 1	5649	690	0
Round 2	73	433	23
Round 3	17	215	172
Round 4	1	52	156
Round 5	0	3	47