A guide to shortening the time from submission to publication in <i><strong>Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering</strong></i>

doi:10.1007/s11783-020-1231-3

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2020, Vol. 14

Issue (2) : 35 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1231-3

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A guide to shortening the time from submission to publication in Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Jiao Zhang¹, Xia Huang¹, Jiming Hao¹, John C. Crittenden²(

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¹. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
². Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

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Abstract

Authors want to publish their work as soon as possible. However, the manuscript processing time increases if the manuscript does not meet the journal requirements. Our analysis of manuscripts submitted to Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering from November 2018 to July 2019 shows that the processing time was increased up to 33 days because the manuscripts: (1) had inconsistent formatting of citations, references, and units, (2) exceeded the word limit, (3) were missing information such as the graphical abstract, (4) plagiarized other papers, and (5) had too many tables and figures. Herein, we explain how authors can avoid these issues and decrease the manuscript processing time.

Keywords Manuscript Technical evaluation Technical review Return Time Reason Journal

Corresponding Author(s): John C. Crittenden

Issue Date: 09 March 2020

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Jiao Zhang,Xia Huang,Jiming Hao, et al. A guide to shortening the time from submission to publication in Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2020, 14(2): 35.

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Fig.1 Delayed processing time caused by manuscripts failing technical evaluations: (A) analysis of 163 manuscripts handled by Editor A, and (B) analysis of 40 manuscripts submitted to Special Issue S (Delayed time= successful submission date – first submission date; the boxes represent lower and upper quartiles with medians: the squares represent arithmetic means, the whiskers represent 5^th to 95^th percentiles; the stars represent the means; “n” represents the number of manuscripts for each box).

Fig.2 Reasons for returning manuscripts: (A) handled by Editor A (163 manuscripts) with a returning reason-time number of 388; (B) contributed to Special Issue S (40 manuscripts) with a returning reason-time number of 108.

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