Publishing

Journals have rejection rates and lag. In psychology, the average rejection rate is 76% and lag is 5 months from acceptance to publication.

1. Submit manuscript
2. Editor acknowledges receipt
3. Reviewers accept or reject (or accept and ask for revisions)
4. Author signs forms and returns to editor
5. Production
6. Produced manuscript sent to author for review
7. Author reviews and sends back comments
8. Typeset manuscript sent to author for review
9. Author reviews and sends back comments
10. Publication