JMR Announces Major Reduction in Publication Time Among Other Changes
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JMR Announces Major Reduction in Publication Time Among Other Changes Several major improvements to the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and its Operations should enhance the quality and timeliness of the Journal. The highlights of the improvements include a reduction of more than seven months in the average publication time and an increase in the quality of published papers. Staristics for the last four months of 1999 show that the average time required to publish an article, that is, the time from Submission to publication, has been reduced to 9.5 months from 17 months a year ago, with 80% of the articles published in 12 months or less. This improvement resulted from several factors: (1) a sixmonth backlog of manuscripts, which had been accepted and were awaiting publica tion, was eliminated by printing several expanded issues; (2) the time required for reviewing and revising manuscripts has been reduced on the average by more than one month by tightening time limits for each Step of the process; and (3) the production time after a manuscript has been accepted, which includes copy editing, typesetting, printing, and mailing, was reduced by more than two months by combining all these Operations under one roof.
To enhance the quality of published papers, Standards and requirements for acceptance of articles have been raised, and review procedures have been tightened. Some JMR publication delays resulted from an inadequate Software System for tracking manuscripts. To allow efficient tracking of manuscripts through all phases of the editorial and publication processes, the editorial office recently installed new Software. The enhanced capabilities of the new Software will identify manuscripts that are overdue in each stage of the review and publication processes and send memoranda to the individuals responsible. It will also enable generation of statistics on how well the Journal is doing and identify where improvements need to be made. With these capabilities, JMR expects to reduce the review time still further. JMR subscribers may now access the füll text of the Journal electronically on the MRS Website several weeks before the print edition is available. All papers, including figures a n d m i c r o g r a p h s , appear online. This benefit is available only to individuals and instirutions that subscribe to JMR.
MRS members will continue to be able to view JMR rapid Communications and JMR Abstracts online. JMR Abstracts Service provides titles, abstracts, author names and their affiliations for all articles and rapid Communications approximately one month prior to the publication date of the Journal. Beginning with this issue of the MRS Bulletin, instead of the füll text of each JMR abstract, only the title and author listing for each article appears in print. In addition to each title and author listing, a direct link through the MRS Web site is provided to view the abstract online. See JMR Abstracts on page 71 to view the change. As JMR begins its 15th year of publica tion, the hard work and dedication o
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