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Further information about the assumptions and methodology underlying these statistics can be found in the relevant Managing Editor’s Report, linked below.
2024/25
Managing Editor’s Report 2024/2025
Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025
| New submissions | 1009 |
| Resubmissions | 127 |
| Requests for withdrawals | 0 |
| Total Submissions | 1136 |
| Submissions Accepted | 56 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 45 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 14 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 339 |
| Submissions Rejected | 584 |
| Submissions Withdrawn | 0 |
| Total Decisions | 1138 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 82 |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 32 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 29 |
| Acceptance Rate | 5.72% |
| Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted) | 79.0% |
| Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance | 1.1 |
| % of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted | 83% |
Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025
| New Submissions | 84 |
| Re-submissions | 5 |
| Total Submissions | 89 |
| Submissions Accepted | 1 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 1 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 10 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 18 |
| Submissions Rejected | 61 |
| Total Decisions | 91 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 0 |
| Acceptance Rate | 1.25% |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 9 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 8 |
| Distribution of Turnaround Times | |
| On time (0-14 days) | 86 (95%) |
| 15-21 days | 2 |
| 22-28 days | 0 |
| More than 28 days | 3 |
2023/24
Managing Editor’s Report 2023/2024
Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
| New submissions | 736 |
| Resubmissions | 77 |
| Requests for withdrawals | 0 |
| Total Submissions | 813 |
| Submissions Accepted | 46 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 27 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 63 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 147 |
| Submissions Rejected | 527 |
| Submissions Withdrawn | 2 |
| Total Decisions | 812 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 83 |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 44 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 35 |
| Acceptance Rate | 6.39% |
| Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted) | 70.8% |
| Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance | 1.2 |
| % of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted | 100% |
Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
| New Submissions | 74 |
| Re-submissions | 4 |
| Total Submissions | 78 |
| Submissions Accepted | 2 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 0 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 4 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 6 |
| Submissions Rejected | 63 |
| Total Decisions | 75 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 3 |
| Acceptance Rate | 2.82% |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 13 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 8 |
| Distribution of Turnaround Times | |
| On time (0-14 days) | 65 (87%) |
| 15-21 days | 1 |
| 22-28 days | 1 |
| More than 28 days | 8 |
2022/23
Managing Editor’s Report 2022/2023
Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
| New submissions | 716 |
| Resubmissions | 86 |
| Requests for withdrawals | 0 |
| Total Submissions | 802 |
| Submissions Accepted | 40 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 26 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 66 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 195 |
| Submissions Rejected | 509 |
| Submissions Withdrawn | 0 |
| Total Decisions | 836 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 84 |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 56 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 35 |
| Acceptance Rate | 5.38% |
| Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted) | 68.2% |
| Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance | 1.2 |
| % of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted | 100% |
Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
| New Submissions | 71 |
| Re-submissions | 7 |
| Total Submissions | 78 |
| Submissions Accepted | 3 |
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 1 |
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 8 |
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 14 |
| Submissions Rejected | 53 |
| Total Decisions | 79 |
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 7 |
| Acceptance Rate | 4.29% |
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 31 |
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 10 |
| Distribution of Turnaround Times | |
| On time (0-14 days) | 58 (73%) |
| 15-21 days | 3 |
| 22-28 days | 1 |
| More than 28 days | 17 |
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 |
2020/21
Managing Editor’s Report 2020/2021
Editorial Statistics for All Submissions, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021
| New submissions | 900 | ||
| Resubmissions | 78 | ||
| Requests for withdrawals | 0 | ||
| Total Submissions | 978 | ||
| Submissions Accepted | 40 | ||
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 28 | ||
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 72 | ||
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 249 | ||
| Submissions Rejected | 570 | ||
| Submissions Withdrawn | 1 | ||
| Total Decisions | 960 | ||
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 132 | ||
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 44 | ||
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 32 | ||
| Acceptance Rate | 4.66% | ||
| Manuscripts accepted or conditionally accepted after one revision or fewer (% of those accepted) | 67.0% | ||
| Mean number of revisions before acceptance or conditional acceptance | 1.2 | ||
| % of R&Rs issued in period eventually accepted | 96.0% | ||
| % of previous R&Rs accepted during the period | 93.0% |
Editorial Statistics for Fast Track Submissions, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021
| New Submissions | 87 | ||
| Re-submissions | 10 | ||
| Total Submissions | 97 | ||
| Submissions Accepted | 4 | ||
| Submissions Conditionally Accepted | 2 | ||
| Submissions Returned for Revision | 11 | ||
| Submissions Summarily Rejected | 16 | ||
| Submissions Rejected | 59 | ||
| Total Decisions | 92 | ||
| Submissions Pending at end of period | 7 | ||
| Acceptance Rate | 5.06% | ||
| Mean Turnaround Time (days) | 15 | ||
| Median Turnaround Time (days) | 9 | ||
| Distribution of Turnaround Times | |||
| On time (0-14 days) | 74 (80.4%) | ||
| 15-21 days | 8 | ||
| 22-28 days | 1 | ||
| More than 28 days | 9 |
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 |
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 |
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 |