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I had submitted a paper to AMJ that eventually got published at JAP. Quick turnaround - under two months - but had 1 high quality, 1 Ok and shockingly bad reviewer. The third reviewer appeared to not have read the paper and seemed like a rather junior gra

4 years ago (3/11/08 4:01 AM) Anonymous

acta_sociologica

3 months for a two reviewer rejection. One review very positive, suggesting publication with only minor revisions. Second review had helpful suggestions, but put in unnecessarily harsh terms. Editorial decision letter sparse.

2 years ago (5/13/10 7:59 PM) Anonymous

administrative_science_quarterly

Best reviews and editorial process I've encountered. Every paper I've submitted has been returned with 3-4 pages of helpful suggestions from the editor, even for the papers that were rejected. Having multiple associate and consulting editors who handle

4 years ago (3/6/08 9:01 PM) Anonymous

american_journal_of_sociology

4 months on a reject, but with 4 extremely thorough and helpful reviews. 6 months on first review, 6 months on R & R! My experiences with reviews at AJS exhibit a lot of heterogeneity. I've had a paper returned with a decision in as short as two months

1 year ago (11/2/10 3:12 PM) Anonymous

american_sociological_review

Eight weeks for a two reviewer rejection. Both reviews were decent. 2 and a half months. rejection. three long (>1 page) reviews with thoughtful comments. 2 months and a half. rejection. one of the reviews was very helpful and could be categorized as "R

2 years ago (2/16/10 6:26 PM) Anonymous

city_and_community

Good experience. Less than three months for an R&R. Reviewers were both knowledgeable and respectful. Paper was given a conditional accept after second round of reviews I second the above! **************** Quick turnaround time, received a rejection

3 years ago (4/28/09 4:06 PM) Anonymous

comparative_studies_in_society_and_history

Had an odd experience (submission rejected as not fitting, which I did not entirely understand), but they provided the detailed review and were gracious in the process. Turnaround time of around 3-4 months. Might be safe to presume historians will be pote

1 year ago (8/28/10 4:31 PM) Anonymous

demography

rejection in a month. wow. Rejected after 4 months of review - shorter than the 6 months of review indicated by the submission message. Reviewer comments were helpful and largely positive, so the reject was a disappointment. Got the impression that edito

2 years ago (6/10/09 7:11 PM) Anonymous

deviant_behavior

Received a very gentle R&R on a co-authored paper 2 months after submission. 2 reviews were included, another review showed up in my mailbox 3 weeks later that the editor had given up on. Had the paper back out in a month and a half, was conditionally acc

2 years ago (8/11/09 8:55 PM) Anonymous

ethnicities

4 months for R&R, 1 month for acceptance after revisions 5-1/2 months for a rejection on the first round

1 year ago (7/13/10 6:29 AM) Anonymous

ethnic_and_racial_studies

5 months for a 2-reviewer rejection 9 weeks for a 2-reviewer rejection. 9 Weeks for a 2- reviewer R&R. Reviews were helpful. 10 weeks for a 2-reviewer R&R. Friendly, helpful reviewers, though little feedback or direction from the editor.

2 years ago (1/8/10 4:12 AM) Anonymous

european_sociological_review

Confirmation email said the review process takes 3-4 months.

4 years ago (5/9/08 5:37 PM) Anonymous

gender_and_society

I'm a reviewer for G&S and found them to have clear instructions and low turn-around times, both for reviewers and authors. Specifically, I mean that I felt the need to promptly return my review of the paper to the journal and that the reviews were quick

1 year ago (8/21/10 3:14 PM) Anonymous

international_sociology

4 months for R&R. Two months to acceptance after resubmission. 4 months for a reject. One reviewer was very helpful, two others provided only short paragraphs, and the editors neglected to include reviews with the first decision letter. Subsequently acce

1 year ago (11/12/10 12:59 AM) Anonymous

journal_for_the_scientific_study_of_religion

Took about 11 months to get (favorable) response to submission. Reviews were helpful. Change of editor Summer 2008 and use of electronic submission. Received a revise and resubmit with previous editor (8 months), and submitted revisions with new editor.

3 years ago (9/28/08 2:56 AM) Anonymous

journal_of_applied_behavioral_science

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science is the leading international journal on the effects of evolutionary and planned change. Founded and sponsored by the NTL Institute, the Journal is continually breaking ground in its exploration of group dynamics,

4 years ago (3/30/08 10:20 PM) Anonymous

journal_of_health_and_social_behavior

Received an R&R in 3 months, with extremely useful feedback from the editor herself. Received good feedback quickly. Submitted in June 2008; got R&R with great feedback from reviewers & editor by end October 08. Got conditional accept in end-December

3 years ago (3/2/09 9:02 PM) Anonymous

journal_of_historical_sociology

Conditional acceptance in 6 months. The reviews were useful. Final acceptance in 7 months. An additional 6 months for publication. Turn around time (from date of submission to publication)13 months, not bad!

3 years ago (1/18/09 2:15 PM) Anonymous

journal_of_homosexuality

Reasonable turnaround time for review and R & R, but the backlog over there was so great that my accepted article waited two years to find its way to publication.

2 years ago (10/21/09 1:36 PM) Anonymous

journal_of_marriage_and_the_family

It's now called Journal of Marriage and Family, NOT Journal of Marriage and THE family. I got detailed and helpful feedback and a good turnaround time (8 weeks on initial submission). But the editor is beyond nitpicky, and I got 4 R & Rs, the last 2 being

1 year ago (10/14/10 8:43 PM) jefferson

journal_of_sex_research

Very quick turn-around time. I (and a coauthor) submitted May 14th, 2007. John Delameter was editor. -5 weeks later, on June 27, we got an R&R with major revisions. -The editor stated in the letter that he read the paper before reading the reviews -He lis

4 years ago (3/11/08 8:52 PM) Anonymous

law_

i submitted a manuscript and, after about two months, received a letter stating that they were rejecting my manuscript but would welcome be submitting a substantially revised version of the manuscript essentially a reject and resubmit. i think this is un

1 year ago (12/8/10 4:28 PM) Anonymous

mobilization

average turn-round time is under 3 months

1 year ago (10/21/10 11:51 PM) Anonymous

politics_

Had a submission rejected, but cannot complain about the process. Overall review by the editorial board (apparently they don't send out pieces for review, the editorial collective does the reviews) took almost 3 months. While the comments were not detaile

1 year ago (8/28/10 4:29 PM) Anonymous

qualitative_sociology

3/2010: Had an excellent experience with QS. Although my paper was rejected, I received three extremely helpful reviews (and one not-so-helpful one). I received the decision within three months. Communication from the managing editor was prompt and profes

2 years ago (3/23/10 2:57 PM) Anonymous

research_in_political_sociology

Annual themed journal. Three months for R&R, another month for 2nd R&R, a little less than one month for acceptance.

4 years ago (5/6/08 6:40 PM) Anonymous

review_of_religious_research

Very rude editor. Sent an uprofessional, nasty rejection via email. I asked for review comments, but he would not send them to me. I will not sumbit to this journal until this editor is out. I also got an email rejection consisting of a few sentences fr

2 years ago (9/16/09 11:53 PM) Anonymous

sex_roles

Has anyone ever submitted here? What is the general turnaround time?

2 years ago (5/13/10 1:07 AM) Anonymous

social_forces

I've had papers rejected before, but these were the most absurd reviews I've ever gotten. Not to mention the fact that my paper was largely qualitative, and there were no reviews from qualitative people. One recommended R&R in the review; the other presum

1 year ago (10/18/10 5:38 PM) Anonymous

social_networks

My experience with //Social Networks// was great. This was before the recent editor switch, but my understanding is that things are about the same, or quicker now. It only took us about 6 weeks to get our first reviews back. Then we turned around our R&R

4 years ago (2/22/08 11:00 PM) Anonymous