Peer Review Wait-Time

[DrRedstone]

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I feel like I'm waiting for secondaries and IIs again waiting for a journal to peer review some papers I submitted. But I'm definitely not *leaves to check* checking it every 5 seconds, because *leaves to check* that would be crazy, right?

For those of you who have done research, what's the longest you've waited to hear back on a paper? Any fun editor reviews?

 

[DNC127]

Fastest you will hear back with good news is about 4 days - a week (if you submitted to JAMA), could wait up to a year depending on the journal.

Source: Experience.

 

[DrRedstone]

It is for one of the JAMAs, so hopefully not a year. They both have assigned editors at least. I have a cute note card sitting on my desk now with the average time to editorial decision with peer review and to acceptance.

 

[Goro]

I feel like I'm waiting for secondaries and IIs again waiting for a journal to peer review some papers I submitted. But I'm definitely not *leaves to check* checking it every 5 seconds, because *leaves to check* that would be crazy, right?

For those of you who have done research, what's the longest you've waited to hear back on a paper? Any fun editor reviews?

Up to a month.
Fastest rejection was in two days

 

[DrRedstone]

Heard back on one paper. The editor's notes were great! Wait, no, they actually just proved he didn't read the paper xD. I've heard that's common. The other paper is still under review and I have another one out for review now with a different journal. The excitement wore off quick when I got back into reviewing Robbins.

 

[smukke]

Up to a month.
Fastest rejection was in two days

My fastest rejection was same day 🙂

My longest from submission to acceptance was close to 2 years at one publisher (multiple revisions); there's been papers took longer after rewriting/shopping around.

 

[Goro]

My fastest rejection was same day 🙂

My longest from submission to acceptance was close to 2 years at one publisher (multiple revisions); there's been papers took longer after rewriting/shopping around.

A collaborator of mine told me his fastest rejection was within 15 mins!

 

[DrRedstone]

Ahh that's some good turn around. How were you able to position yourself for such a volume of research?

It was research on research, like analyzing spin and reviewing systematic analyses. I buckled down and worked my butt off all summer to get there. I'm a DO interested in Ophtho, so I needed to be as productive as possible.

 

[FistLength]

Hope to see multiple ophtho matches coming out of KCU in the coming cycles. Glad you got involved in research early.