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Turnaround Times

Our policy is to provide refereeing and publication decisions within six weeks of receipt of manuscript and submission fee. The following table summarizes the total time from initial receipt of manuscript and fee to notification of authors of the publication decision. The data include all manuscripts processed during the twelve-month period February 2011 through January 2012.

Turnaround time in weeks (W)

Number of Papers

0 < W < 3

413

3 < W < 6

471

6 < W < 8

99

8 < W < 11

79

11 < W

124

Total Papers Processed

1,186

Papers in process

95

Total

1,281

Median turnaround time

28 days

Rejection rate

89.4%