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.
They respond fairly quickly and they do a wonderful job. My article was not accepted but I have no complains with the process. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that this is an annual, single-issue journal, which should get a good number of submissions. They are supposed to have a special issue in 2015, so it is likely that if you submit something that does not fit the special issue, an article sent here will not see the light of day until 2016.
I submitted an article in May to SLAPC. The editor responded within a day with the information that the journal has essays lined up to be published through 2017 (yes, for three years!). She asked if I wanted to leave my article to be considered there or resubmit elsewhere, given the delay. I appreciated the openness and withdrew my article to resubmit elsewhere.
Does anyone know how long it takes them to respond? I would love to hear about people's experience with this journal.
ReplyDeleteThey respond fairly quickly and they do a wonderful job. My article was not accepted but I have no complains with the process. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that this is an annual, single-issue journal, which should get a good number of submissions. They are supposed to have a special issue in 2015, so it is likely that if you submit something that does not fit the special issue, an article sent here will not see the light of day until 2016.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the response!
ReplyDeleteI contacted them twice a few months ago to inquire about their publication deadlines. Nobody ever responded.
ReplyDeleteI submitted an article in May to SLAPC. The editor responded within a day with the information that the journal has essays lined up to be published through 2017 (yes, for three years!). She asked if I wanted to leave my article to be considered there or resubmit elsewhere, given the delay. I appreciated the openness and withdrew my article to resubmit elsewhere.
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