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 March 2020 through February 2021.
Turnaround time in weeks (W)
Number of Papers
0 < W < 3
640
3 < W < 6
801th>
6 < W < 8
78
8 < W < 11
68
11 < W
82
Total Papers Processed
1,669
Papers in process
89
Total
1,758
Median turnaround time
27 days
Rejection rate
91.0%
Journal of Financial Economics
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