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Post by 007 on Apr 3, 2014 10:19:23 GMT -5
Does time of year matter when you submit an article to a journal, in improving chances of acceptance? For example, is someone disadvantaged to submit during (presumably) high volume times of the year, like summer, when compared to winter or spring? Thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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Post by no on Apr 3, 2014 11:11:18 GMT -5
If your work is ground breaking and insightful it will be accepted any time of the year. It may take longer to get reviews back given the time of the year (reviewers busy with classes or on vacation and so on) but based on my own experience I've gotten super speedy responses in both January and July.
I would focus on making the article as strong as possible and not fretting over what the calendar says.
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Post by Seconded on Apr 3, 2014 20:56:29 GMT -5
Given the typical publishing backlog at good journals of at least a year, they have no need to pad out certain months with weaker work.
I could imagine the chance of seasonal / random chance odds of getting published being different at weaker/newer journals though.
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