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2022/23

Managing Editor’s Report 2022/2023

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023

		Regular submissions	Fast track submissions
New submissions		716	71
Resubmissions		86	7
Requests for withdrawals		0	NA
Total Submissions		802	78
Submissions Accepted		40	3
Submissions Conditionally Accepted		26	1
Submissions Returned for Revision		66	8
Submissions Summarily Rejected		195	14
Submissions Rejected		509	53
Submissions Withdrawn		0	NA
Total Decisions		836	79
Submissions Pending at end of period		84	7
Mean Turnaround Time (days)		56	31
Median Turnaround Time (days)		35	10
Acceptance Rate		5.38%	4.29%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)		68.2%	NA
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance		1.2	NA
% of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted		100%	NA

2021/22

Managing Editor’s Report 2021/2022

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022

New submissions	879
Resubmissions	133
Requests for withdrawals	0
Total Submissions	1,012
Submissions Accepted	70
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	47
Submissions Returned for Revision	79
Submissions Summarily Rejected	278
Submissions Rejected	541
Submissions Withdrawn	1
Total Decisions	1,016
Submissions Pending at end of period	113
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	43
Median Turnaround Time (days)	30
Acceptance Rate	7.88%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)	61.9%
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance	1.4
% of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted	100%

Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022

New Submissions	87
Re-submissions	15
Total Submissions	102
Submissions Accepted	3
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	2
Submissions Returned for Revision	8
Submissions Summarily Rejected	15
Submissions Rejected	57
Total Decisions	85
Submissions Pending at end of period	10
Acceptance Rate	4.00%
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	14
Median Turnaround Time (days)	8
Distribution of Turnaround Times
On time (0-14 days)	71(84%)
15-21 days	6
22-28 days	3
More than 28 days	5

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2020/21

Managing Editor’s Report 2020/2021

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

New submissions	646	679	900
Resubmissions	58	66	78
Requests for withdrawals	0	0	0
Total Submissions	704	745	978
Submissions Accepted	28	30	40
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	19	17	28
Submissions Returned for Revision	43	62	72
Submissions Summarily Rejected	182	165	249
Submissions Rejected	442	440	570
Submissions Withdrawn	1	0	1
Total Decisions	715	714	960
Submissions Pending at end of period	75	104	132
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	50	54	44
Median Turnaround Time (days)	36	33	32
Acceptance Rate	4.29%	4.73%	4.66%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)	75.0%	62.5%	67.0%
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance	1.2	1.3	1.2
% of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted	–	94.1%	96.0%
% of previous R&Rs accepted during the period	–	88.2%	93.0%

Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

New Submissions	80	83	87
Re-submissions	7	9	10
Total Submissions	87	92	97
Submissions Accepted	2	3	4
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	1	2	2
Submissions Returned for Revision	6	11	11
Submissions Summarily Rejected	14	11	16
Submissions Rejected	64	60	59
Total Decisions	87	87	92
Submissions Pending at end of period	2	5	7
Acceptance Rate	2.50%	4.05%	5.06%
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	16	18	15
Median Turnaround Time (days)	12	10	9
Distribution of Turnaround Times
On time (0-14 days)	73(83.9%)	73(83.9%)	74(80.4%)
15-21 days	3	5	8
22-28 days	1	0	1
More than 28 days	10	9	9

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2019/20

Managing Editor’s Report 2019/2020

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

New submissions	679
Resubmissions	66
Requests for withdrawals	0
Total Submissions	745
Submissions Accepted	30
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	17
Submissions Returned for Revision	62
Submissions Summarily Rejected	165
Submissions Rejected	440
Submissions Withdrawn	0
Submissions To Be Removed	0
Total Decisions	714
Submissions Pending at end of period	104
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	54
Median Turnaround Time (days)	33
Acceptance Rate	4.73%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)	62.5%
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance	1.3

Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

New Submissions	83
Re-submissions	9
Total Submissions	92
Submissions Accepted	3
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	2
Submissions Returned for Revision	11
Submissions Summarily Rejected	11
Submissions Rejected	60
Submissions Withdrawn	0
Submissions to be Removed	0
Total Decisions	87
Submissions Pending at end of period	5
Acceptance Rate	4.05%
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	18
Median Turnaround Time (days)	10
Distribution of Turnaround Times
On time (0-14 days)	73(83.9%)
15-21 days	5
22-28 days	0
More than 28 days	9

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2018/19

Managing Editor’s Report 2018/19

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

New submissions	646
Resubmissions	58
Requests for withdrawals	0
Total Submissions	704
Submissions Accepted	28
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	19
Submissions Returned for Revision	43
Submissions Summarily Rejected	182
Submissions Rejected	442
Submissions Withdrawn	1
Submissions To Be Removed	0
Total Decisions	715
Submissions Pending at end of period	75
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	50
Median Turnaround Time (days)	36
Acceptance Rate	4.08%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)	75.0%
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance	1.2

Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

Submissions Processed	85
Submissions Pending	2
Total Submissions	87
Submissions Accepted	2
Acceptance Rate	2.30%
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	16
Median Turnaround Time (days)	12
Distribution of Turnaround Times
On time (0-14 days)	73(85.9%)
15-21 days	3
22-28 days	1
More than 28 days	10

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2017/18

Managing Editor’s Report 2017/18

Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

New submissions	675
Resubmissions	73
Requests for withdrawals	1
Total Submissions	749
Submissions Accepted	39
Submissions Conditionally Accepted	24
Submissions Returned for Revision	38
Submissions Summarily Rejected	236
Submissions Rejected	424
Submissions Withdrawn	1
Submissions To Be Removed	1
Total Decisions	763
Submissions Pending at end of period	82
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	40
Median Turnaround Time (days)	25
Acceptance Rate	5.33%
Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted)	59.5%
Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance	1.4

Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Submissions Processed	97
Submissions Pending	3
Total Submissions	100
Submissions Accepted	6
Acceptance Rate	6.12%
Mean Turnaround Time (days)	13
Median Turnaround Time (days)	8
Distribution of Turnaround Times
On time (0-14 days)	90(91.8%)
15-21 days	2
22-28 days	1
More than 28 days	5

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