After extensive searching on the Internet, I failed to find a venue for Hispanists to share with colleagues their myriad of experiences with publishing, particularly the handling of the review and publication processes by refereed journals. My motive is not to encourage irrational venting sessions for rejected authors, but to prompt an intelligent and useful exchange that might assist scholars with choosing prospective journals that exemplify professionalim and integrity; journals that conduct the entire review process expeditiously and provide authors with useful feedback for improving their manuscripts. Many true horror stories have been shared at academic conferences and within language and literature departments across the country, and these should indeed be shared here to help each other avoid potential pitfalls. Besides assisting our fellow scholars, if this blog also succeeds at ultimately improving the management of certain refereed journals, then many in the profession will benefit.
I had about a five-month waiting period from submission to acceptance (December-May). This might mean that they review their submissions once the Academic Year is over.
The comments I received were positive and demonstrated an attention to detail. I would recommend sending submissions there as long as you can stand the wait (a wait which is standard for most journals).
The staff and editor were very professional and helpful. I had a decision regarding publication in 5 months (not counting dead time over the Christmas holiday). This is a quick decision based on my experience with other journals and what I read on the MLA dababase. I was anxious to know about the decision and contacted the editor. I explained that I had an upcoming tenure decision and wondered if they could let me know as soon as possible about the piece, and he was very helpful and was able to get back to me the same day.
My experience was not as good as the previous commenters'. I had to wait a year for a response. Unfortunately when the response finally came it was a rejection. I don't have a problem with the rejection per se--these things happen--but it would have been nice if I had been given some indication as to what problems the readers had found with the article. It seems somewhat disrespectful to an author to send nothing but the briefest of form letters after having made him/her waste a year of valuable time awaiting a decision.
Muy desorganizados. Pierden material (también a nivel administrativo) y tarden mucho en responder, cuando lo hacen. Incluso cuando intentas contactar con el Editor para preguntar sobre el estado de un artículo no responden, lo cual constituye una evidente falta de profesionalidad. Por otra parte, como mencionaba mi antecesor en su comentario, siete meses de espera para una respuesta inicial es ya de por sí exageradamente abusivo, a lo que añadir otros seis meses más de espera para las correcciones manifiesta ya un caos organizativo incuestionable. No dudo que el resultado final sea excelente (de hecho lo es, y la revista tiene muy buenos artículos), pero no recomiendo esta revista para aquellos que luchan contra el reloj del tenure.
Dicen en su página que valoran el tiempo de los colaboradores y suelen tener las evaluaciones en 2 meses, lo cual es totalmente falso. Después de un año , y cansado de respuestas tardías (cuando se producían) en que se repetía el mismo mensaje (su artículo está en evaluación y puede retirarlo si lo desea) decidí renunciar de forma voluntaria a su publicación y enviarlo a otra revista. En mis más de tres décadas de experiencia como investigador nunca me había sucedido algo semejante.
I had about a five-month waiting period from submission to acceptance (December-May). This might mean that they review their submissions once the Academic Year is over.
ReplyDeleteThe comments I received were positive and demonstrated an attention to detail. I would recommend sending submissions there as long as you can stand the wait (a wait which is standard for most journals).
The staff and editor were very professional and helpful. I had a decision regarding publication in 5 months (not counting dead time over the Christmas holiday). This is a quick decision based on my experience with other journals and what I read on the MLA dababase. I was anxious to know about the decision and contacted the editor. I explained that I had an upcoming tenure decision and wondered if they could let me know as soon as possible about the piece, and he was very helpful and was able to get back to me the same day.
ReplyDeleteMy experience was not as good as the previous commenters'. I had to wait a year for a response. Unfortunately when the response finally came it was a rejection. I don't have a problem with the rejection per se--these things happen--but it would have been nice if I had been given some indication as to what problems the readers had found with the article. It seems somewhat disrespectful to an author to send nothing but the briefest of form letters after having made him/her waste a year of valuable time awaiting a decision.
ReplyDeleteanquilosada.
ReplyDeleteMuy desorganizados. Pierden material (también a nivel administrativo) y tarden mucho en responder, cuando lo hacen. Incluso cuando intentas contactar con el Editor para preguntar sobre el estado de un artículo no responden, lo cual constituye una evidente falta de profesionalidad. Por otra parte, como mencionaba mi antecesor en su comentario, siete meses de espera para una respuesta inicial es ya de por sí exageradamente abusivo, a lo que añadir otros seis meses más de espera para las correcciones manifiesta ya un caos organizativo incuestionable.
ReplyDeleteNo dudo que el resultado final sea excelente (de hecho lo es, y la revista tiene muy buenos artículos), pero no recomiendo esta revista para aquellos que luchan contra el reloj del tenure.
Dicen en su página que valoran el tiempo de los colaboradores y suelen tener las evaluaciones en 2 meses, lo cual es totalmente falso. Después de un año , y cansado de respuestas tardías (cuando se producían) en que se repetía el mismo mensaje (su artículo está en evaluación y puede retirarlo si lo desea) decidí renunciar de forma voluntaria a su publicación y enviarlo a otra revista. En mis más de tres décadas de experiencia como investigador nunca me había sucedido algo semejante.
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