Extract
We recently submitted a paper to a top five respiratory journal in terms of average citations per article. The paper was swiftly sent for peer review. A month later, the review was in, and the paper was now “awaiting associate editor decision”. After another 6 weeks, and at the time of writing this letter, the paper is still with the handling editor. Like us, many authors have probably at this stage speculated when it would be reasonable to contact the editorial office and enquire about the status.
Abstract
This letter analyses paper acceptance time in respiratory journals and discusses novel ways to disseminate research http://ow.ly/b9uX306esnA
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge D.S. Himmelstein (bioinformationist; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA) for allowing us to analyse data.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside this article at erj.ersjournals.com
- Received September 23, 2016.
- Accepted October 24, 2016.
- Copyright ©ERS 2017