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ACCP Report

Pharmacotherapy Pearls

Facts and Comparisons

Written by Wendy R. Cramer, B.S., FASCP and Richard T. Scheife, Pharm.D., FCCP

With 2008 behind us, we would like to share with you some of Pharmacotherapy''''s performance measures. As you will see, the performance of the journal has continued to trend in a very positive direction.

New Manuscript Submissions to Pharmacotherapya

Year No. of Submissions
1995 171
1996 205
1997 216
1998 228
1999 233
2000 309
2001 291
2002 308
2003 365
2004 395
2005 353
2006 473
2007 476
2008 473

a Excludes supplements.

Numbers of Articles and Pages Publisheda

Year No. of Articles No. of Pages
1995 106 832
1996 153 1224
1997 180 1351
1998 165 1380
1999 194 1462
2000 186 1515
2001 189 1578
2002 202 1635
2003 198 1666
2004 206 1807
2005 202 1820
2006 217 1811b
2007 197 1762
2008 177 1544

aExcludes supplements and advertising pages.
bAs of 2006, ACCP abstracts were no longer printed in the journal (available online only); number of pages published represents articles only.

Manuscript Turnaround Time

Turnaround times from time of manuscript receipt to accept/reject judgment, time for author to complete all revisions, and time from acceptance of final revision to publication are as follows:

Mean Time (mo)
Year Manuscript Receipt to Judgment Revision Time Revision Receipt to Publication Total Turnaround Time
1995 2.3 1.8 6.5 10.6
1996 2.3 1.9 7.9 12.1
1997 2.1 1.8 5.2 9.1
1998 2.1 1.9 4.8 8.8
1999 1.9 1.8 4.5 8.2
2000 1.9 1.9 3.8 7.6
2001 2.0 2.0 3.2 7.2
2002 2.0 2.1 3.0 7.1
2003 2.1 1.9 3.3 7.3
2004 1.8 1.2 5.1 8.1
2005 1.6 1.7 5.3 8.6
2006 1.5 1.6 5.3 8.4
2007 1.9 1.1 5.2 8.2
2008 1.8 1.3 5.3 8.4