Monthly Weather Review
Annual Report to teh AMS Publication Commission

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

 

Publications Summary

                                                    Number                 Pages

Articles.......................................... 225....................... 3904

Notes............................................... 28......................... 212

Weather Summaries........................... 0............................ 0

Pictures of the Month......................... 3........................... 22

Correspondence................................ 2............................ 4

Review.............................................. 0............................ 0

 

Total Contributions........................ 258....................... 4142

Editorial Operations

Submissions Brought Forward (as of 01/01/99).......... 182

Submissions Received.............................................. 270

Submissions Transferred.............................................. 3

Submissions Reaching Final Decision........................ 264

Submissions Under Consideration (as of 12/31/00).... 185

 

 

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

Initial Review Decisions

Number

Percent

     Accept

6

2.3%

     Returned-Major Revisions

126

47.7%

     Returned-Minor Revisions

60

22.7%

     Reject

70

26.5%

     Withdrawn

2

0.8%

Mean/Median Time for Initial Review Decisions (days)_______ 79/72

 

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

Final Review Decisions

Number

Percent

Accept

180

68.2%

Reject

77

29.2%

Withdrawn

7

2.7%

Mean/Median Time for Final Review Decisions (days) _____ 188/166

 

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Breakdown of MWR Editor Operations 01/01/00 - 12/31/00
  Jorgensen Kuo Skamarock Raymond Smith Gyakum Duffy
Submissions Received (number) 52 61 57 32 35 32 1
Submissions Received (percent) 19% 23% 21% 12% 13% 12% 0.00%
Final Review Decisions 60 55 26 32 33 36 22
Statistics for initial review decisions of papers and notes reaching final review during this period:
Jorgensen Kuo Skamarock Raymond Smith Gyakum Duffy
Initial Review Decisions # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Accept 5 / 8.3% 1 / 1.8% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0%
Returned-Major Revision 21 /35.0% 29 /52.7% 6 /23.1% 8 /25.0% 22 /66.7% 24 /66.7% 16 /72.7%
Returned-Minor Revision 23 /38.3% 9 /16.4% 5 /19.2% 11 /34.4% 3 / 9.1% 5 /13.9% 4 /18.2%
Reject 11 /18.3% 15 /27.3% 15 /57.7% 13 /40.6% 7 /21.2% 7 /19.4% 2 / 9.1%
Withdrawn 0 / 0.0% 1 / 1.8% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 1 / 3.0% 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0%
Mean/Median Time (days) 62/57 79/73 79/73 86/83 61/63 86/84 127/107
Statistics for final review decisions of papers and notes reaching final review during this period:
Jorgensen Kuo Skamarock Raymond Smith Gyakum Duffy
Final Review Decisions # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Accept 45 /75.0% 35 /63.6% 11 /42.3% 18 /56.2% 24 /72.7% 27 /75.0% 20 /90.9%
Reject 14 /23.3% 17 /30.9% 15 /57.7% 13 /40.6% 8 /24.2% 8 /22.2% 2 / 9.1%
Withdrawn 1 / 1.7% 3 / 5.4% 0 / 0.0% 1 / 3.1% 1 / 3.0% 1 / 2.8% 0 / 0.0%
Mean/Median Time (days) 158/159 217/201 118/99 178/141 157/159 252/253 235/215