Statistics on paper handling

Papers on which decisions were made in the last year

Summary statistics for the papers for which a first decision was made during the last year:

Average days to first decision:	50.6
Median days to first decision:	53

The following bar chart shows the complete distribution of days-to-first-decision for the papers on which first decisions were made in the last year, broken down by the type of decision.

All papers submitted since initial Call for Papers, September 2005

The following bar chart shows the complete distribution of days-to-first-decision for all papers on which decisions have been made since September 2005, broken down by the type of decision.