Within each week, compliance remains high, with average submissions between 18.51 entries (88.1% completion) and 19.51 entries (92.9% average completion) in the first through eleventh weeks, dropping slightly to 17.03 average diaries (81.1% average completion) submitted in the last week.
We provide our authors with a rapid yet thorough peer review service despite ever-increasing numbers of submissions; in 2005 our average time from submission to first decision for research articles was 31 days.
(Source: Nielsen Online) * iReport experienced its highest traffic day on June 11 , 2008with 2.8 million page views (Source: Omniture) * iReport averages 16,112 submissions (photo and video) each month.
Regardless, it is clear that our strategy of directly e-mailing authors increased the rate of community curation from ∼9 submissions per month to an average of ∼63 submissions per month.
The average time from submission to publication is about 3 months.
In 2007, the average time from submission to first editorial decision was 40 days, and average time to final decision was 56 days.
The average time from submission to first decision decreased from about 55 days in the first year to 39 days in the fifth year.
Since January 2011, the average time from submission to first decision has been 36 days; so far this year it is 33 days.
Even with our stringent peer review, we also ensure a rapid peer review process, such that the average time from submission to a first decision is less than 4 weeks.
Our average time from submission to giving authors a first decision is less than 6 weeks, and for the past year we have published all research articles as soon as they are accepted.
