In a given calendar year, the percentage of final editorial decisions that were ‘accept’, as opposed to ‘reject’ or ‘withdrawn’.

We count all final decisions in a given year, irrespective of when the submission was originally made.

We do not count decisions on submissions that were not complete.

If a submission undergoes multiple rounds of evaluation, we only count the final decision.

In a given calendar year, the median number of expert reviews received per article that undergoes peer review.

We count all the distinct reviews received by each article, including those from the same reviewer where more than one round of review was requested.

The median number of calendar days from a completed submission date to the date when an editorial decision is made to accept the article, request revisions, or reject the article.

We count all first decisions made within a given calendar year.

By ‘completed submission date’, we mean the date when an author first approved their article for editorial consideration.

The median number of calendar days from a completed submission date to the date when an editorial decision is made to accept the article, request revisions, or reject the article (excluding articles rejected without review).

We count all first decisions made within a given calendar year, excluding those applying to articles that were rejected without review.

By ‘completed submission date’, we mean the date when an author first approved their article for editorial consideration.

The median number of calendar days from a completed submission date to the date when the acceptance decision is issued.

We count all articles that were issued an ‘Accept’ decision in a given calendar year.

By ‘completed submission date’, we mean the date when an author first approved their article for editorial consideration.

Between submission and acceptance, articles can undergo one or more rounds of consideration by the journal editorial team, peer review, and author consideration or revision. The amount of time a given article spends in each step can vary greatly between journals and between articles within a journal.

The median number of calendar days from the date an accepted article is passed to the journal production team to the date when the article first appears online with a DOI.

We count all articles that first appeared online with a DOI in a given calendar year.

For most journals, the article that first appears online is the final published version. This includes FirstView articles that have not yet been formally assigned to a journal issue.

For journals where Cambridge publishes the Accepted Manuscript (AM) online on the journal’s website before the final Version of Record, this number refers to the time from acceptance to AM publication.