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Performance Indicators

Indicator 2009 2010 2011

 1.  Impact Factor

 3.84

4.15

 4.31

 2.  Pages published

 2,126

2,224

 2,236

 3.  Research reports published

 183

 173

 173

 4.  Research reports submitted

 840

 713

 811

 5.  Rejection rate

 74%

 70%

75%

 6.  Weeks to respond to submission (average)

 5.7

 6.4

 5.4

 7.  Months from final acceptance to online publication (average)

 3.1

 4.0

 2.7

 8.  Percent of pages devoted to commissioned material

 15%

 22%

 21%

Note: figures for 4 onwards relate to research reports and unsolicited reviews