Dear Ecolog, My colleagues and I comprise an NCEAS working group studying the publication process in ecology and evolution. The recent posting by the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Environment advertising an online survey exploring the publication process specific to their journal has stimulated us to post the results of an online survey we too conducted via ecolog in 2006 and feel that as good citizens we should disseminate the results to you now. We want ecologists to have as much insight as possible into the current peer-review system to ensure that we, as a community, make informed decisions on best practices for future dissemination efforts.
If you are interested in viewing the report detailing the demography, gender, rejection rates, and handling times of the 1334 ecologists that completed the ecolog survey, please visit our website at http://www.ecobias.org/survey.htm We hope this information helps. sincerely Dr Christopher Lortie.
