Edwin et al Here are two recent papers that evaluate author perspectives on review times and possible implications for conservation.
Haddaway NR, Gutowsky LFG, Wilson ADM, Gallagher AJ, Donaldson MR, Hammerschlag N, Cooke SJ. (2015) How Long Is Too Long in Contemporary Peer Review? Perspectives from Authors Publishing in Conservation Biology Journals.<http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132557> PLoS ONE 10(8): e0132557. Cooke SJ, Nguyen VM, Wilson AD, Donaldson MR, Gallagher A, Hammerschlag N, Haddaway NR. (2016) The need for speed in a crisis discipline: perspectives on peer review duration and implications for conservation science.<http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/assets/Cooke_et_al._2016.pdf> Endangered Species Research 30: 11-19 Cheers Neil Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D. <http://neilhammer.com/> Research Assistant Professor Rosenstiel Marine School (RSMAS) | Abess Center (CESP) Predator Ecology Lab | Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC) University of Miami e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> o: 305.421.4356<tel:305.421.4356> | c: 305.951.6577<tel:305.951.6577> | t: @DrNeilHammer<https://twitter.com/#%21/DrNeilHammer> Lab Website: SharkTagging.com<http://sharktagging.com/> On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Edwin Cruz-Rivera <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear All, I am very curious about the life cycle of manuscripts in online journals these days. I have been doing some numbers on PLOS One, which advertises as the journal “accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed” science. However, a quick look at the papers that have been published in the past few months reveals most of these were accepted 5-9 months after submission. What strikes me as odd is that PLOS One gives you two weeks to review a manuscript, and they start pestering you with reminders even before the review is late…and may you not be late for 48 hours! So how does a journal that expects such a fast turnaround from peer reviewers deal with authors at such glacial pace? To begin with, it is not as if publication comes cheap in this journal. Should 1250 USD not include a bit of expediency? The numbers here seem odd. We have had a paper stuck in limbo since November 2015 without a final answer yet, supposedly because they cannot find an editor (out of > 6000) who can manage the revised version of the paper. So the key question is, I suppose: Is this seemingly epic sluggishness the norm in open access/online publication these days? At this point, I am not really convinced PLOS One should be advertising as “the fast one”…or is it? Any thoughts? Edwin ================= Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera Visiting Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of the Virgin Islands #2 John Brewers Bay St. Thomas 00802 USVI Tel: 1-340-693-1235 Fax: 1-340-693-1385 "It is not the same to hear the devil as to see him coming your way" (Puerto Rican proverb)
