Radio Science
Journal Summary Report
For Period: 12/1/2003 - 12/1/2004
Report generated on December 5, 2007
Journal Summary
Manuscript Types Total # of Submitted Manuscripts Acceptance Rate (%) Total # of Accepted Manuscripts Total # of Rejected Manuscripts Total # of Pending Manuscripts Days from Receipt to First Decision Days from Receipt to Final Decision  
Standard Manuscript 159 72 114 44 1 88.61 179.06  
Resubmission 13 54 7 6 0 83.62 127.38  
Companion 2 100 2 0 0 70.00 106.50  
Comment 1 100 1 0 0 1.00 1.00  
Total 175 71 124 50 1 87.53 173.34  
Median Report
Median days from receipt to editor assignment 0
Median days from receipt to AE assignment 6
Median days from receipt to first reviewer secured 13
Median days from receipt to second reviewer secured 19
Median days from last review in to AE recommendation completed 3
Median days from AE recommendation completed to editor decision completed 0
Median days from receipt in to first decision completed 78
2003 2004
Manuscript Tracking Report Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Original Manuscripts Submitted 12 12 14 19 17 12 13 25 28 16 24 17 16 225
Revised Manuscripts Resubmitted 11 26 13 17 13 12 11 13 10 13 16 24 15 194
Manuscripts Accepted Without Revisions 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Return with Minor Revisions 6 3 11 3 7 5 1 5 2 11 8 2 3 67
Return with Major Revisions 15 8 2 8 4 6 5 11 6 14 8 1 8 96
Manuscripts Rejected 9 5 9 6 8 2 9 4 2 3 3 2 8 70
    Rejected With Review 8 5 9 6 5 2 7 3 2 1 3 2 6 59
    Rejected Without Review 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 11
Rejected After Revisions 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Requires Another Revision 5 4 3 6 4 6 2 5 3 6 3 6 6 59
Accepted After Minor Revisions 4 14 9 13 9 6 8 3 12 3 9 12 10 112
Accepted After Major Revisions 2 7 9 7 6 6 6 3 6 3 4 3 3 65
Manuscripts Withdrawn 5 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 25
Original Manuscripts Not Withdrawn 7 11 13 17 15 11 13 24 26 14 23 14 12 200
Total Manuscripts Submitted (originals + revisions) 23 38 27 36 30 24 24 38 38 29 40 41 31 419
New Manuscripts Received
Date (Month/Year) Number of Manuscripts
4-Jan 11
4-Feb 12
4-Mar 18
4-Apr 17
4-May 12
4-Jun 12
4-Jul 21
4-Aug 26
4-Sep 15
4-Oct 24
4-Nov 16
4-Dec 15
Total 199
Special sections appeared or started in 2004: Status Guest Editor(s)
Remote Sensing of Land Mines Published Lawrence Carin
Leslie Collins
Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference in Radio Astronomy In progress Steven Ellingson
2004 International Pisa Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory In progress Akira Ishimaru
Makoto Ando