Monthly Weather Review

Annual Report to the AMS Publication Commission

David Jorgensen and Ying-Hwa Kuo, Co-Chief Editors

Publication Statistics 01/01/01-12/31/01

2001 Publications Summary

Number Pages

Articles......................................................... 160.............................. 2830

Notes............................................................. 15................................ 121

Weather Summaries.......................................... 5................................ 120

Pictures of the Month........................................ 1.................................. 10

Correspondance............................................... 1.................................... 3

Total Contributions....................................... 182.............................. 3084

Editorial Operations

Submissions Brought Forward from 2000	185
Submissions Received	260
Submissions Transferred	0
Submissions Reaching Final Decision	256
Submissions Under Consideration (as of 12/31/01)	189

Statistics for initial review decisions of articles and notes excluding transfers:

Initial Review Decisions	Number	Percent
Accept	4	2%
Returned-Major Revisions	141	55%
Returned-Minor Revisions	57	22%
Reject	54	21%

Mean Time for Initial Review Decisions (days) 78

Statistics for final review decisions of articles and notes excluding transfers:

Final Review Decisions	Number	Percent
Accept	186	72%
Reject	61	24%
Withdrawn	9	4%

Mean Time for Final Review Decisions (days) 203

Breakdown of MWR Editor Operations 01/01/01-12/31/01

Editor:	Jorgensen	Kuo	Skamarock	Gyakum	Raymond	Smith	total
Submissions Received (number)	61	72	52	22	21	32	260
Submissions Received (percent)	23%	28%	20%	9%	8%	12%	100%
Final Review Decisions	46	65	50	31	24	40	256

Statistics for initial review decisions of papers and notes reaching final review during this period:

	Jorgensen		Kuo		Skamarock		Gyakum		Raymond		Smith
Initial Review Decisions	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accept	1	2.17	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Returned-Major Revs	19	41.30	41	63.07	29	58.00	18	58.06	16	66.66	18	45.00
Returned-Minor Revs	19	41.30	13	20.00	8	16.00	4	12.90	6	25.00	7	17.50
Reject	7	15.21	11	16.92	12	24.00	9	29.03	2	8.33	13	32.50

Mean Time (in days) 72 67 90 83 107 67

Statistics for final review decisions of papers and notes reaching final review during this period:

	Jorgensen		Kuo		Skamarock		Gyakum		Raymond		Smith
Final Review Decisions	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accept	37	80.43	48	73.85	37	74.00	17	57.84	20	83.33	27	67.50
Reject	7	15.22	17	26.15	12	18.18	9	29.03	3	12.50	13	32.50
Withdraw	2	4.35	0	0	1	2.00	5	16.13	1	4.17	0	0

Mean Time (in days) 200 222 195 201 285 139