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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 Jamuary 2011 through December 2011.

Turnaround time in weeks (W)

Number of Papers

0 < W < 3

402

3 < W < 6

477

6 < W < 8

98

8 < W < 11

82

11 < W

126

Total Papers Processed

1,185

Papers in process

85

Total

1,270

Median turnaround time

29 days

Rejection rate

89.6%