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<p>New page: 1 Highlights Our raw submission numbers appear to keep the healthy trend of previous years, we have already received 57 new submissions and a total of 80 submissions if including resubmis...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>1 Highlights<br /> <br /> Our raw submission numbers appear to keep the healthy trend of previous<br /> years, we have already received 57 new submissions and a total of 80<br /> submissions if including resubmissions from the beginning of the year.<br /> <br /> As in previous years the number of thematically or qualitatively<br /> unsuitable submissions is high (25 so far). As in previous years, a<br /> significant proportion of the inappropriate submissions are often very<br /> short (of typical conference paper length) and either outside CL&#039;s<br /> scope, or unaware of relevant literature.<br /> <br /> Our average time to first decision for articles for the first half of 2013 is 28 days<br /> overall and 72 days if excluding submissions rejected right away.<br /> <br /> In 2012, not including papers deemed inappropriate by the editor, this<br /> time delay was 64 days.<br /> <br /> The observed slow down in due to the change in editor, the new editor is<br /> probably not entirely at full speed yet.<br /> <br /> See the numbers at the end of this report for a detailed breakdown of<br /> statistics regarding submissions.<br /> Since the beginning of 2010, we have averaged around six long articles<br /> per issue. Currently, we operate with a small number of<br /> articles in reserve, which gives us some ability to combine related<br /> articles in the same issue, and provides some insurance in case we have<br /> a temporary drying-up of material. However, articles are published (in<br /> an not-yet-proofread form) under a &#039;Just Accepted&#039; tab on the MIT Press<br /> website as soon as they have been accepted for publication, so that they<br /> are accessible prior to being formally assigned to an issue.<br /> In the last two issues of 2013, however, as discussed in the winter<br /> teleconference, we have had to decide to step up to eight articles per<br /> issue to avoid what was perceived as an unacceptable delay of more than<br /> one year from acceptance to publication of the final official version.<br /> <br /> <br /> The journal has had a dramatic and sudden drop in impact factor last<br /> year, which seems to be a random effect, but that we are monitoring and<br /> that I will try to investigate further.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 Departments<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2.1 Book Reviews [Report by Graeme Hirst]<br /> <br /> Book reviews are edited by Graeme Hirst. We publish two or three<br /> reviews in each issue. In order to avoid a conflict of interest,<br /> reviews of books in the Morgan &amp; Claypool series that Hirst edits are<br /> coordinated by our squibs editor, Pierre Isabelle, with Hirst out of<br /> the loop.<br /> <br /> <br /> 2.2 Squibs [Report by Pierre Isabelle]<br /> <br /> See separate report by Pierre<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3 Administrative Matters<br /> <br /> 3.1 Editorial Handover<br /> <br /> Paola Merlo has officially taken over as editor-in-chief of the journal<br /> in July 2013, at which point Robert Dale has stepped down after 10 years<br /> as editor, although he is still invaluably useful if asked for advice.<br /> Robert has done a wonderful job of running the journal all these years<br /> and we are very grateful for his dedication.<br /> <br /> 3.2 Editorial Assistance<br /> Suzy Howlett has finished her appointmeent as CL editor assistant<br /> around the same time as Robert and has been overlapping with Tanja<br /> Samardzic, the new editorial assistant.<br /> <br /> Suzy Howlett was also invaluable in making the transition smooth and<br /> overlapping with Tanja. Thank you very very much.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 4 Statistics<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2013 up to 19 July<br /> <br /> ===================<br /> <br /> First submissions in 2013<br /> <br /> ===================<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Survey proposal<br /> <br /> Total: 1<br /> <br /> Reject (not suitable): 1<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Articles<br /> _____________________________<br /> <br /> Total: 57<br /> <br /> Revise and resubmit: 6<br /> <br /> Reject: 6<br /> <br /> Reject (not suitable): 25<br /> <br /> No decision: 20<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Average time to decision: 28 days<br /> <br /> Average time to decision (excluding &quot;reject (not suitable)&quot;): 72 days<br /> ==================================<br /> <br /> Resubmission of an article from 2012 or before<br /> <br /> ==================================<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Surveys<br /> <br /> ________________________________<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Total: 2<br /> <br /> Accept: 1<br /> <br /> Accept with revisions: 1<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Articles<br /> <br /> ________________________________<br /> <br /> Total: 14<br /> <br /> Accept: 6<br /> <br /> Revise and resubmit: 3<br /> <br /> Reject: 3<br /> <br /> No decision: 2<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==================================<br /> <br /> Resubmission of an article from 2013<br /> <br /> ==================================<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Articles<br /> <br /> ________________________________<br /> <br /> Total: 5<br /> <br /> Reject: 1<br /> <br /> No decision: 4<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> =========================================================<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Totals (All submissions in 2013, including survey proposals)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Total: 80<br /> <br /> Accept: 7<br /> <br /> Accept with revisions: 1<br /> <br /> Revise and resubmit: 9<br /> <br /> Reject: 10<br /> <br /> Reject (not suitable): 26<br /> <br /> No review, withdrawn: 1<br /> <br /> No decision: 26<br /> <br /> <br /> Times for all submissions (incl. survey proposals)<br /> <br /> ________________________________<br /> <br /> Average time to decision: 34 days<br /> <br /> Average time to decision (excluding &quot;reject (not suitable)&quot; and &quot;no<br /> review&quot;): 62 days<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Times for all article submissions<br /> _______________________________<br /> <br /> Average time to decision: 35 days<br /> <br /> Average time to decision (excluding &quot;reject (not suitable)&quot; and &quot;no<br /> review&quot;): 63 days<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Country of first author (New submissions and resubmissions from 2012 or<br /> before)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Articles:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Australia 1<br /> <br /> Brazil 2<br /> <br /> Bulgaria 1<br /> <br /> Canada 2<br /> <br /> China 9<br /> <br /> Czech Republic 1<br /> <br /> Egypt 1<br /> <br /> France 4<br /> <br /> Germany 2<br /> <br /> Hong Kong 1<br /> <br /> India 7<br /> <br /> Iran 3<br /> <br /> Lithuania 1<br /> <br /> Malaysia 2<br /> <br /> Mexico 1<br /> <br /> Netherlands 1<br /> <br /> New Zealand 1<br /> <br /> Nigeria 1<br /> Palestinian Territory 1<br /> <br /> Poland 1<br /> <br /> Romania 1<br /> <br /> Singapore 1<br /> <br /> Spain 2<br /> <br /> Taiwan 1<br /> <br /> UK 8<br /> <br /> US 13<br /> <br /> Vietnam 2<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TOTAL 71<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Survey proposals:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> India 1<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Survey:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Vietnam 1<br /> <br /> <br /> Book reviews are edited by Graeme Hirst. We publish two or three<br /> reviews in each issue. In order to avoid a conflict of interest,<br /> reviews of books in the Morgan &amp; Claypool series that Hirst edits are<br /> coordinated by our squibs editor, Pierre Isabelle, with Hirst out of<br /> the loop.</div>

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