I have learned to expect that any large paper I submit will take a year to get in print. It doesn't matter where I send it. The longest it took me with a paper was 6 years of baloney. The shortest time was literally a month.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Neil Hammerschlag < [email protected]> wrote: > Edwin et al > > Here are two recent papers that evaluate author perspectives on review > times and possible implications for conservation. > > Haddaway NR, Gutowsky LFG, Wilson ADM, Gallagher AJ, Donaldson MR, > Hammerschlag N, Cooke SJ. (2015) How Long Is Too Long in Contemporary > Peer Review? Perspectives from Authors Publishing in Conservation Biology > Journals. > <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132557> > PLoS > ONE 10(8): e0132557. > > Cooke SJ, Nguyen VM, Wilson AD, Donaldson MR, Gallagher A, Hammerschlag N, > Haddaway NR. (2016) The need for speed in a crisis discipline: > perspectives on peer review duration and implications for conservation > science. <http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/assets/Cooke_et_al._2016.pdf> Endangered > Species Research 30: 11-19 > > Cheers > > Neil > > > > > > *Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D.* <http://neilhammer.com/> > *Research Assistant Professor* > Rosenstiel Marine School (RSMAS) | Abess Center (CESP) > Predator Ecology Lab | Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC) > University of Miami > > *e: *[email protected] > *o: *305.421.4356 | *c: *305.951.6577 | *t: *@DrNeilHammer > <https://twitter.com/#%21/DrNeilHammer> > > Lab Website: SharkTagging.com <http://sharktagging.com/> > > > > > > On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Edwin Cruz-Rivera <[email protected] > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I am very curious about the life cycle of manuscripts in > online journals these days. I have been doing some numbers on PLOS One, > which advertises as the journal “accelerating the publication of > peer-reviewed” science. However, a quick look at the papers that have been > published in the past few months reveals most of these were accepted 5-9 > months after submission. What strikes me as odd is that PLOS One gives you > two weeks to review a manuscript, and they start pestering you with > reminders even before the review is late…and may you not be late for 48 > hours! So how does a journal that expects such a fast turnaround from peer > reviewers deal with authors at such glacial pace? To begin with, it is not > as if publication comes cheap in this journal. Should 1250 USD not include > a bit of expediency? The numbers here seem odd. We have had a paper stuck > in limbo since November 2015 without a final answer yet, supposedly because > they cannot find an editor (out of > 6000) who can manage the revised > version of the paper. > > So the key question is, I suppose: Is this seemingly epic sluggishness the > norm in open access/online publication these days? > > At this point, I am not really convinced PLOS One should be advertising as > “the fast one”…or is it? > > Any thoughts? > > > > Edwin > > ================= > Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera > > Visiting Associate Professor > > Department of Biological Sciences > University of the Virgin Islands > > #2 John Brewers Bay > St. Thomas 00802 > > USVI > Tel: 1-340-693-1235 > Fax: 1-340-693-1385 > > > > "It is not the same to hear the devil as to see him coming your way" > > (Puerto Rican proverb) > > > > -- Malcolm L. 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