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 |
journal pages |
|
|
Articles |
155 |
2706 |
|
Notes |
22 |
146 |
|
Weather Summaries |
1 |
10 |
|
Pictures of the Month |
2 |
10 |
|
Correspondence |
6 |
21 |
|
Review Articles |
1 |
9 |
|
Total Contributions |
187 |
2902 |
|
Submissions Brought Forward (as of 01/01/99) |
123 |
|
Submissions Received |
297 |
|
Submissions Transferred |
1 |
|
Submissions Reaching FinalDecision |
230 |
|
Submissions under Consideration (as of 12/31/99) |
190 |
|
number |
percent |
|
|
Accept |
2 |
1% |
|
Returned — Major Revisions |
124 |
54 % |
|
Returned — Minor Revisions |
45 |
20 % |
|
Reject |
58 |
25 % |
|
Withdrawn |
1 |
0% |
Mean/Median Time for Initial Review Decisions 67 / 63 Days
|
number |
percent |
|
|
Accept |
155 |
67% |
|
Reject |
64 |
28% |
|
Withdrawn |
11 |
5% |
Mean/Median Time for FinalReview Decisions 176 / 173 Days
Breakdown of Editor Operations 01/01/99 — 12/31/99
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Raymond |
Sanders |
Smith |
Gyakum |
|
|
Submissions Received (number) |
59 |
64 |
50 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
40 |
43 |
|
Submissions Received (percent) |
20 % |
22 % |
17 % |
0 % |
14 % |
0 % |
13% |
14 % |
|
FinalReview Decisions |
49 |
64 |
33 |
11 |
20 |
7 |
35 |
11 |
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Raymond |
Sanders |
Smith |
Gyakum |
|
|
Initial Review Decisions |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
#/% |
|
Accept |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
1/ 9% |
1/ 5% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
|
Returned — Major Revisions |
20/ 41% |
45/ 70% |
16/ 48% |
9/ 82% |
6/ 30% |
2/ 29% |
22/ 63% |
4/ 36% |
|
Returned — Minor Revisions |
13/ 27% |
4/ 6% |
11/ 33% |
1/ 9% |
5/ 25% |
3/ 43% |
5/ 14% |
3/ 27% |
|
Reject |
15/ 31% |
15/ 23% |
6/ 18% |
0/ 0% |
8/ 40% |
2/ 29% |
8/ 22% |
4/ 36% |
|
Withdraw |
1/ 2% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
|
Mean/Median Time (in days) |
61/56 |
66/58 |
83/76 |
74/68 |
65/58 |
54/46 |
65/62 |
64/65 |
|
Jorgensen |
Kuo |
Duffy |
Elsberry |
Raymond |
Sanders |
Smith |
Gyakum |
|
|
Final Review Decisions |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
# / % |
|
Accept |
29/ 59% |
42/ 66% |
27/ 82% |
11/ 100% |
12/ 60% |
4/ 57% |
25/ 71% |
5/ 45% |
|
Reject |
15/ 31% |
19/ 30% |
6/ 18% |
0/ 0% |
8/ 40% |
2/ 29% |
9/ 26% |
5/ 45% |
|
Withdraw |
5/ 10% |
3/ 5% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
0/ 0% |
1/ 14% |
1/ 3% |
1/ 9% |
|
Mean/Median Time (in days) |
173/148 |
205/207 |
168/161 |
221/247 |
130/115 |
128/122 |
172/165 |
139/96 |