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.
This journal has been great so far about keeping me informed.First, the editor wrote me informing me that, should my article be accepted, it will not be published until early 2011, so if I wanted to send it elsewhere, I could. Already, i thought that was pretty nice.
When I responded that I was more concerned about the submission-notification timeline, the editor wrote back to ask if March 15 would be too late (it is February 8th when she sends this). She then said that if it was then they could expedite the review process for me.
Even if my article does not get accepted, I am impressed with how they have communicated with me so far.
Esta revista es un ejemplo a seguir en varios sentidos: la calidad de sus artículos, el comité editorial y, especialmente, la buena gestión de su editor. En todo momento han procurado informarme, con lujo de detalles, acerca del tiempo de evaluación, la fecha estimada de publicación y otros aspectos relacionados con la preparación del manuscrito. Merece la pena destacar que, en mi caso, el tiempo transcurrido entre el envío del manuscrito y la respuesta de los evaluadores fue de cuatro semanas.
I also had a very positive experience, very similar to those above. After sending my article in, the editor contacted me letting me know they received it. After two months, they got back to me with an accept.
I just received a friendly letter from this journal saying that they had a backlog of submissions going well into the end of 2011 and could not accept my submission. They sent my hard copies and return postage back to me.
This journal has been great so far about keeping me informed.First, the editor wrote me informing me that, should my article be accepted, it will not be published until early 2011, so if I wanted to send it elsewhere, I could. Already, i thought that was pretty nice.
ReplyDeleteWhen I responded that I was more concerned about the submission-notification timeline, the editor wrote back to ask if March 15 would be too late (it is February 8th when she sends this). She then said that if it was then they could expedite the review process for me.
Even if my article does not get accepted, I am impressed with how they have communicated with me so far.
Esta revista es un ejemplo a seguir en varios sentidos: la calidad de sus artículos, el comité editorial y, especialmente, la buena gestión de su editor. En todo momento han procurado informarme, con lujo de detalles, acerca del tiempo de evaluación, la fecha estimada de publicación y otros aspectos relacionados con la preparación del manuscrito. Merece la pena destacar que, en mi caso, el tiempo transcurrido entre el envío del manuscrito y la respuesta de los evaluadores fue de cuatro semanas.
ReplyDeleteI also had a very positive experience, very similar to those above. After sending my article in, the editor contacted me letting me know they received it. After two months, they got back to me with an accept.
ReplyDeleteI just received a friendly letter from this journal saying that they had a backlog of submissions going well into the end of 2011 and could not accept my submission. They sent my hard copies and return postage back to me.
ReplyDeleteExcelente experiencia. Sus comentarios fueron oportunos y su respuesta expedita. Recomiendo ampliamente mandar aqui sus publicaciones.
ReplyDeleteAny updates on this journal's acceptance of new work?
ReplyDeletebuena revista, seria.
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