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Abstract
The authors of articles published in 22 social work journals during the year 2000 were contacted and asked to complete a survey evaluating their experiences with the editorial review process pertaining to their article. Responses from 207 authors (53% return rate) yielded information regarding the timeliness of editorial communications, the provision and length of editorial communications, the helpfulness of these remarks, the apparent competence of the reviewers, the respect with which the reviewers comments were framed, and the length of time to publication. Results indicated a lack of consistency within the editorial review process across social work journals, and some serious problems with the timeliness and quality of the review process. These findings are consistent with the results of an earlier similar study conducted among authors published in 1998. Implications for improving social work journal editorial review practices are discussed.