With 2011 behind us, we would like to share with you some of Pharmacotherapy's performance measures. As you will see, the performance of the journal has continued to trend in a very positive direction.
New Manuscript Submissions to Pharmacotherapya
| Year |
No. of Submissions |
Rejection Rate (%) |
| 1995 |
171 |
20 |
| 1996 |
205 |
22 |
| 1997 |
216 |
23 |
| 1998 |
228 |
24 |
| 1999 |
233 |
24 |
| 2000 |
309 |
25 |
| 2001 |
291 |
26 |
| 2002 |
308 |
30 |
| 2003 |
365 |
35 |
| 2004 |
395 |
39 |
| 2005 |
353 |
41 |
| 2006 |
473 |
45 |
| 2007 |
476 |
53 |
| 2008 |
423 |
59 |
| 2009 |
477 |
64 |
| 2010 |
459 |
58 |
| 2011 |
519 |
67 |
aExcludes supplements.
Numbers of Articles and Pages Publisheda
| Year |
No. of Articles |
No. of Pages |
| 1995 |
106 |
832 |
| 1996 |
153 |
1224 |
| 1997 |
180 |
1351 |
| 1998 |
165 |
1380 |
| 1999 |
194 |
1462 |
| 2000 |
186 |
1515 |
| 2001 |
189 |
1578 |
| 2002 |
202 |
1635 |
| 2003 |
198 |
1666 |
| 2004 |
206 |
1807 |
| 2005 |
202 |
1820 |
| 2006 |
217 |
1811b |
| 2007 |
197 |
1762c |
| 2008 |
177 |
1544d |
| 2009 |
153 |
1490e |
| 2010 |
164 |
1310f |
| 2011 |
142 |
1247 |
aExcludes supplements and advertising pages.
bAs of 2006, ACCP abstracts were no longer printed in the journal (available online only); number of pages published represents articles only.
cAnnual Meeting Abstracts in 2007 were not printed in the journal; pages from the meeting guide were posted online.
dAs of 2008, most ACCP White Papers and Commentaries were available online only (abstracts-only printed in the journal).
eAs of December 2009 issue, case reports were available online only (abstract- only printed in the journal).
fAs of January 2010 issue, key articles were available online only (abstracts-only printed in the journal).
Manuscript Turnaround Time
Turnaround times from time of manuscript receipt to accept/reject judgment, time for author to complete all revisions, and time from acceptance of final revision to publication are as follows:
| Time (months) |
| Year |
Manuscript Receipt to Judgement |
Revision Time |
Revision Receipt to Publication |
Total Tunraround Time |
| 1995 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
6.5 |
10.6 |
| 1996 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
7.9 |
12.1 |
| 1997 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
5.2 |
9.1 |
| 1998 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
4.8 |
8.8 |
| 1999 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
4.5 |
8.2 |
| 2000 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
7.6 |
| 2001 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
7.2 |
| 2002 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
7.1 |
| 2003 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
7.3 |
| 2004 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
5.1 |
8.1 |
| 2005 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
5.3 |
8.6 |
| 2006 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
5.3 |
8.4 |
| 2007 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
5.2 |
8.2 |
| 2008 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
8.4 |
| 2009 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
5.3 |
8.6 |
| 2010 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
5.7 |
9.0 |
| 2011 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
5.0 |
8.1 |