Radio Science
Journal Summary Report
For Period: 12/1/2004 - 12/1/2005
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 173 68 115 54 4 102.45 187.59  
Resubmission 13 31 4 9 0 130.08 200.15  
Total 186 65 119 63 4 104.38 188.48  
Median Report
Median days from receipt to editor assignment 0
Median days from receipt to AE assignment 7
Median days from receipt to first reviewer secured 16
Median days from receipt to second reviewer secured 23
Median days from last review in to AE recommendation completed 5
Median days from AE recommendation completed to editor decision completed 1
Median days from receipt in to first decision completed 91
2004 2005
Manuscript Tracking Report Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Original Manuscripts Submitted 16 9 14 11 10 8 19 17 34 40 16 15 20 229
Revised Manuscripts Resubmitted 15 16 19 19 11 11 11 11 14 7 11 17 12 174
Manuscripts Accepted Without Revisions 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7
Return with Minor Revisions 3 6 5 1 7 3 1 3 2 4 2 12 9 58
Return with Major Revisions 8 8 14 13 4 5 5 3 5 6 8 12 18 109
Manuscripts Rejected 8 4 1 8 6 4 5 3 3 8 3 10 10 73
    Rejected With Review 6 4 1 7 5 4 3 1 2 8 3 10 10 64
    Rejected Without Review 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9
Rejected After Revisions 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Requires Another Revision 6 6 7 4 4 5 6 7 7 6 6 9 2 75
Accepted After Minor Revisions 10 7 9 16 5 9 4 6 7 7 3 5 10 98
Accepted After Major Revisions 3 4 10 18 3 8 4 5 9 4 3 4 8 83
Manuscripts Withdrawn 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 15
Original Manuscripts Not Withdrawn 12 7 13 11 9 8 18 15 33 39 16 13 20 214
Total Manuscripts Submitted (originals + revisions) 31 25 33 30 21 19 30 28 48 47 27 32 32 403
New Manuscripts Received
Date (Month/Year) Number of Manuscripts
5-Jan 9
5-Feb 14
5-Mar 11
5-Apr 6
5-May 8
5-Jun 18
5-Jul 16
5-Aug 34
5-Sep 38
5-Oct 14
5-Nov 15
5-Dec 20
Total 203
Special sections appeared or started in 2005: Status Guest Editor(s)
Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference in Radio Astronomy Published Steven Ellingson
2004 International Pisa Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory Published Akira Ishimaru
Makoto Ando
Ionospheric Effects on Radiowave Systems In progress John Goodman