2019 Report to Readers

Figures & data

Table 1. Submissions and Acceptance Rates

			Number				Percentage
	Number of Submissions		Accept	Reject after Review	Desk Reject		Accept	Reject after Review	Desk Reject
A. All submission data
2016	361		15	73	273		4.2%	20%	76%
2017	353		21	66	266		5.9	19	75
2018	325		20	90	215		6.2	28	66
B. Partial submission data ^a
Year-to-date 2019	333		10	45	243				73%

^aNote that 2019 is on par with 2018 in terms of the pace of submissions. We cannot report on acceptance rates until we have reached a final decision on all 2019 submissions. We have accepted 10 articles as of the time of writing (18 December 2019), but more will be accepted in the months to come. Thirty-five submissions have not reached a final decision and have been excluded from this table.

Note: Data are shown for peer-reviewed articles only (i.e., research articles and Perspectives pieces).

Table 2. Revisions

	Accept							Reject
Number of Revisions	0	1	2	3	4	Total		0	1	2	3	Total
A. All submission data
2016	—	6	6	3		15		340	4	1	1	346
2017	—	7	10	2	2	21		327	3	2	—	332
2018	—	6	9	5		20		287	12	6	—	305
B. Partial submission data ^a
Year-to-date 2019	1	6	2	1		10		284	4	0	—	288

^aAs of this writing (18 December 2019), 35 submissions have not reached a final decision and have been excluded from this table.

Note: Data are shown for peer-reviewed articles only (i.e., research articles and Perspectives pieces).

Table 3. Time from Submission to Final Decision for Desk-Rejected Manuscripts

Number of Days	2016	2017	2018	Year-to- Date 2019^a
Mean	9	11	14	13

^aAs of 26 November 2019.

Notes: Data are shown for peer-reviewed articles only (i.e., research articles and Perspectives pieces). “Submission” refers to the date the manuscript was received in the editorial office. We tabulated only the manuscripts that were returned to the authors without external review.

Table 4. Time from Submission to Final Decision for Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

	Number				Cumulative Percentages
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2016	2017	2018	2019
Within 30 days	262	250	195	234	75%	74%	64%	79%
30 to 60 days	38	33	35	29	86	84	76	87
60 to 90 days	31	32	41	18	95	93	89	93
90 to 120 days	11	12	13	10	98	97	94	96
120 to 150 days	5	6	7	5	99	99	96	98
150 to 180 days	2	1	7	1	100	99	98	99
More	3	5	12	1	100	100	100	100

Notes: Data are shown for peer-reviewed articles only (i.e., research articles and Perspectives pieces). “Submission” refers to the date the manuscript was received in the editorial office. We took into account only the manuscripts that were sent out for external review and for which a final decision has already been made; that is, 35 of the 2019 articles are still progressing through review and revision at the date of writing (18 December 2019).