Squibs and Discussions
Pierre Isabelle

At the beginning of year 2000, there were 3 (re-) submissions in the
pipeline. In the course of year 2000, 8 additional papers were (re-)
submitted. At the end of the year, there was only one submission left
in the pipeline. Thus, 10 decisions were made over year 2000. The
results were as follows:

   * 3 papers accepted
   * 3 papers rejected
   * 4 invitations to revise and resubmit

The mean time taken for these 10 decisions was 120 days, but on the on
the 7 papers submitted in 2000, the mean time was down to 101 days.
The geographical distribution of the 10 submissions by location of
first author was:

    * Asia: 1
    * Europe: 5
    * North America: 4

Thus far, 10 papers have been (re-) submitted in 2001. This
higher-than-usual rate partly due to a rise in the number of
irrelevant submissions.