Statistics on manuscripts during 2001-2005
| Year | Number of Submissions | Page Budget | Impact Factor | Rejection Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 73 | 348 | NA | 29 |
| 2002 | 74 | 368 | 1.118 | 49 |
| 2003 | 180 | 496 | 1.274 | 47 |
| 2004 | 166 | 496 | 1.575 | 46 |
| 2005 | 232 | 608 | NA | 28* |
| 2006 | NA | 840 | NA | NA |
(status as of Feb 1, 2006)
* inaccurate estimate (relatively few final decisions made yet)
Manuscript review outcomes
| # | Items | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Submitted | 232 | 166 | 180 | 74 | 73 |
| 2 | Returned by EiC for scope reasons, obvious poor quality, etc | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Peer reviewed (row 1 less row 2) | 226 | 159 | 175 | 71 | 73 |
| 3a | Papers from row 3 eventually rejected | 64 | 73 | 83 | 35 | 21 |
| 3b | Papers from 3 in review process | 89 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3c | Papers from row 3 with authors for revision | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3d | Other papers from row 3 (authors do not submit revision) | 4 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| 3e | Papers from row 3 queued for publication | 34 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3f | Papers from row 3 eventually published (printed version) | 4 | 45 | 73 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | Percentage rejected (row 3a divided by row 3) | 28 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 29 |
| 5 | Average number of months from submission to first decision | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 6 | Average number of months from submission to final acceptance | 6.4 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Average number of months from submission to publication date | 11.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 18.3 |
The figures with box-and-whisker plots below show more detailed statistics on rows 5 to 7. In addition to the decreasing medians in each category the widths of the distributions have also decreased.
Months from submission to first decision (reject, revision, or accept):
Months from submission to final decision acceptance (time typically includes several (1 to 3) revision and review cycles)
Months from submission to publication (printed - possible earlier appearance on IEEE Xplore not taken into account)
Geographical distribution of authors of published papers
percentages based on the year of publication (not year of submission), all authors of papers taken into account.
| Region of Author Affiliation | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions 1-6 (U.S.A) | 26.3 | 26.1 | 33.7 | 44.0 | 25.6 |
| Region 7 (Canada) | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 2.3 |
| Region 8 (Europe, Africa and Middle-East) | 54.7 | 40.6 | 39.9 | 34.7 | 46.5 |
| Region 9 (Central and South-America) | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) | 14.4 | 29.0 | 23.6 | 15.3 | 22.5 |
Citation Reports
| Year | Total Cites | Impact Factor | Immediacy Index | Articles | Cited half-life |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 176 | 1.118 | 0.171 | 35 | 2.9 |
| 2003 | 243 | 1.274 | 0.160 | 25 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 389 | 1.575 | 0.292 | 48 | 3.8 |
Impact Factor: The number of current citations to articles published in a specific journal in a two year period divided by the total number of articles published in the same journal in the corresponding two year period.
Immediacy Index: The average number of times that an article published in a specific year within a specific journal is cited over the course of that same year.
Cited Half-life: The number of journal publication years, going back from the current year, that account for 50% of the total citations given by the citing journal in the current year.
Special Issues printed
| Special Issue (SI) or Special Section (SS) | Status |
|---|---|
| Bioinformatics | SS in June 2002 issue |
| Virtual Reality Therapy Systems | SS in September 2002 issue |
| Pervasive healthcare | SS in September 2004 issue |
| Selected papers | SI in IEEE T-BME December 2002 |
| mHealth | SSs in December 2004 and March 2005 issues |
| Knowledge management | SS in June 2005 issue |
| Wearable Health Management Systems & Intelligent Biomedical Clothing | SS in September 2005 issue |