Data reported in this paper are provided by Thomson Reuters ScholarOne Manuscripts™.* ScholarOne’s customer base is reflective of the global scholarly publishing community, representing journals of all sizes and scopes, from high Impact Factor international titles to select niche, society, or regional journals. The aggregate dataset for analysis includes submissions, acceptances, rejections, and time-to-decision for 4,200 journals published by over 365 societies, publishers, and university presses. This encompasses over 3 million submissions during the analysis period 2005–2010. The final year of analysis, 2010, was chosen since this is the most recent year where the majority of final decisions will.
