M o n t h l y W e a t h e r R e v i e w
Annual Report to the AMS Publication Commission
David Jorgensen and Ying-Hwa Kuo, Co-Chief Editors
|
number |
pages |
|
|
Articles |
170 |
3121 |
|
Notes |
16 |
144 |
|
Weather Summaries |
0 |
0 |
|
Pictures of the Month |
3 |
12 |
|
Correspondence |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Contributions |
189 |
3277 |
|
Submissions Brought Forward (as of 01/01/98) |
159 |
|
Submissions Received |
295 |
|
Submissions Transferred |
4 |
|
Submissions Reaching FinalDecision |
292 |
|
Submissions under Consideration (as of 12/31/98) |
149 |
|
number |
percent |
|
|
Accept |
7 |
2 % |
|
Returned — Major Revisions |
136 |
47 % |
|
Returned — Minor Revisions |
75 |
26 % |
|
Reject |
71 |
24 % |
|
Withdrawn |
3 |
1 % |
Mean/Median Time for Initial Review Decisions 78 / 62 Days
|
number |
percent |
|
|
Accept |
201 |
69 % |
|
Reject |
77 |
26 % |
|
Withdrawn |
14 |
5 % |
Mean/Median Time for FinalReview Decisions 166 / 144 Days
Breakdown of Editor Operations 01/01/98 — 12/31/98
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Latif |
Ray |
Sanders |
Smith |
|
|
Submissions Received (number) |
68 |
70 |
38 |
31 |
17 |
0 |
34 |
37 |
|
Submissions Received (percent) |
23 % |
24 % |
13 % |
11 % |
6 % |
0 % |
11% |
12 % |
|
FinalReview Decisions |
48 |
31 |
47 |
43 |
24 |
12 |
41 |
46 |
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Latif |
Ray |
Sanders |
Smith |
|
|
Initial Review Decisions |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
|
Accept |
1/ 2% |
3/ 10% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
2/ 17% |
1/ 2% |
0/ 0% |
|
Returned — Major Revisions |
16/ 33% |
9/ 29% |
27/ 57% |
26/ 60% |
12/ 50% |
3/ 25% |
15/ 38% |
28/ 61% |
|
Returned — Minor Revisions |
15/ 32% |
6/ 19% |
13 28% |
6/ 14% |
8/ 33% |
5/ 41% |
12/ 29% |
10/ 22% |
|
Reject |
16/ 33% |
12/ 39% |
6/ 13% |
11/ 26% |
4/ 17% |
2/ 17% |
12/ 29% |
8/ 17% |
|
Withdraw |
0/ 0% |
1/ 3% |
1/ 2% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
1/ 2% |
0/ 0% |
|
Mean/Median Time (in days) |
48/45 |
64/61 |
95/79 |
87/91 |
102/96 |
116/103 |
85/77 |
65/62 |
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Latif |
Ray |
Sanders |
Smith |
|
|
Final Review Decisions |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
|
Accept |
30/ 63% |
18/ 58% |
38/ 81% |
26/ 60% |
20/ 83% |
8/ 67% |
26/ 64% |
35/ 76% |
|
Reject |
17/ 35% |
12/ 39% |
6/ 13% |
14/ 33% |
4/ 17% |
4/ 33% |
12/ 29% |
8/ 17% |
|
Withdraw |
1/ 2% |
1/ 3% |
3/ 6% |
3/ 7% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
3/ 7% |
3/ 7% |
|
Mean/Median Time (in days) |
112/110 |
114/109 |
209/207 |
231/204 |
217/206 |
208/197 |
142/161 |
162/144 |