Journal of Financial Economics
Turnaround Times
Our policy is to provide refereeing and publication decisions within six weeks of receipt of manuscript and submission fee. The following table summarizes the total time from initial receipt of manuscript and fee to notification of authors of the publication decision. The data include all manuscripts processed during the twelve-month period October 2008 through September 2009.
Turnaround time in weeks (W) Number of Papers
0 < W < 3 247
3 < W < 6 324
6 < W < 8 59
8 < W < 11 69
11 < W 145
   Total Papers Processed 844
   Papers in process 123
   Total 967
   Median turnaround time 32 days
   Rejection rate 88.5%
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