1. American Journal of Potato Research
PAA Annual Meeting, 14 August 2011
Wilmington, NC

2. Peer review: manuscript handling
1 Editorial Development
Peer review: manuscript handling
Submissions
2009
2010
Total Submitted 65 83
Total Decisioned 70 82
Accept 48 59
Reject 22 23
Withdrawn
Rejection Rate
31%
28%
Acceptance Rate
69%
72%

3. Author Country of Origin of Manuscripts Submitted
1 Editorial Development
Author Country of Origin of Manuscripts Submitted
Country
Number of Manuscripts
UNITED STATES 38
CANADA 12
ALGERIA 3
ISRAEL
PERU
POLAND
INDIA 2
IRAN
MEXICO
TURKEY
Other 11

4. Journal Turnaround Time
1 Editorial Development
Journal Turnaround Time
Activity
Days (Average)
Submission to Editor Assignment
1.5
Submission to Reviewer Invitation
19.2
Submission to First Decision
63.2

5. 2 Production
Production Schedule
Volume / Issue
Online Issue Published
No. of Articles
Volume 87 / Issue 1
January 2010 11
Volume 87 / Issue 2
March 2010 8
Volume 87 / Issue 3
June 2010
Volume 87 / Issue 4
July 2010 9
Volume 87 / Issue 5
November 2010 10
Volume 87 / Issue 6
December 2010

6. 2.2 Production Turnaround Time
Publication in issue
Online First Publication
Peer review
Average Time Between Submission of a Manuscript and Publication in an Online Issue

7. Institutional Subscriptions
3 Circulation
Institutional Subscriptions
Subscription Type
Region
E-Only
Print Plus Free Electronic
Enhanced
Deeply Discounted Price (DDP)
Total 2010
Africa  0 2
The Americas 17 1 21
Australasia 22
Europe 31 37
Grand Total 4 71 3 82
2010
2009
Region
Number of Deals
Institutions with exposure via online deals
Africa 5 25 1 20
The Americas 92
945 67
492
Australasia 82
1,824 59
1,121
Europe
100
4,252 63
2,775
Grand Total
279
7,046
190
4,408

8. 4.1 Successful Full-Text Downloads (COUNTER Journal Report 1)
4 Usage
4.1 Successful Full-Text Downloads (COUNTER Journal Report 1)
Fulltext Article Requests
(Source: MetaPress)

9. 4 Usage 4.2 Top 10 Article Downloads Title Vol Issue Year
Article Requests
Jan to Nov 2010
Sequencing the Potato Genome: Outline and First Results to Come from the Elucidation of the Sequence of the Worldâs Third Most Important Food Crop 86 6
2009
799
The Potato Tuberworm: A Literature Review of Its Biology, Ecology, and Control 87 2
2010
431
The Potato Association of America 93rd Annual Meeting 1
330
Potato minituber production using aeroponics: Effect of plant density and harvesting intervals 83
2006
302
Antioxidants in potato 82
2005
295
Potato Flavor
286
Aphid-transmitted potato viruses: The importance of understanding vector biology 79 5
2002
259
Potato microtuber production and performance: A review 80
2003
258
Phenotypic and Etiological Differences Between Psyllid Yellows and Zebra Chip Diseases of Potato
226
Adaptation of potato to high temperatures and salinity-a review 84
2007
221
(Source: Coremetrics)

10. 4.3 Downloads by Content Age
4 Usage
4.3 Downloads by Content Age
Full-Text Article Requests by Content Age: Jan to Nov 2010
(Source: Coremetrics)

11. 4.4 Downloads by Geography
4 Usage
4.4 Downloads by Geography
Full-Text Article Requests by Geography: Jan to Nov 2010
Top 5 Asia-Pacific
China
10%
India 4%
Iran 3%
Australia 1%
Russian Fed.
Top 5 Europe
Ukraine 9% UK 3%
Netherlands 2%
Germany
France 1%
Top 3 North America
USA
17%
Canada 6%
Mexico 1%
(Source: Coremetrics)

12. 4.5 Downloads by Visitor Referral
4 Usage
4.5 Downloads by Visitor Referral
Full-Text Article Requests by External Referral: Jan to Nov 2010
Search Engines
Google
69%
Yahoo 0%
AOL Search
Other 3%
Libraries & Universities
Lib. & Univ. Web Sites 8%
ExLibris SFX 3%
Serials Solutions 1%
Other 0%
A&I Databases
Web of Knowledge 0%
EBSCO
Scopus
Other 2%
(Source: Coremetrics; excluding Direct Loads and Internal Referrals)

13. 5 Impact
Impact Factor
American Journal of Potato Research ranked 29 of 74 in the category ‘agronomy’.
The recently announced 5-year Impact Factor for American Journal of Potato Research is

14. Importance of factors for article submission
6 Marketing & Sales
Importance of factors for article submission
How important are the following factors for you when deciding to submit a manuscript to a particular journal?
1=Very
important
5=Not
important at all 2 3 4
readership
quality of peer review
international scope
coverage by major A/I services
electronic submission system
journals reputation
speed of publication
prior experience with journal
advance online publication
editors/ editorial board
Impact Factor
quality of journal papers
design/layout of journal
Possibility to publish Open Access
(N = 17 respondents, 5-point rating: 1=very important to 5=not important at all)

15. Overall satisfaction with publishing experience at Springer
6 Marketing & Sales
Overall satisfaction with publishing experience at Springer
Latest paper in the journal: How satisfied are you with the overall publication process?
Mean: 1,4
(N = 17 respondents, 5-point rating: 1=very satisfied to 5=not at all satisfied)

16. Aspects of Springer’s publication process
6 Marketing & Sales
Aspects of Springer’s publication process
How do you rate the following aspects of the publishing process?
1=Excellent 2 3 4
5=Poor
(N = 17 respondents, 5-point rating: 1=excellent to 5=poor)

17. 6 Marketing & Sales
Will you consider submitting manuscripts to American Journal of Potato Research again?
Will you consider submitting manuscripts to the journal again?
Mean: 1,1
(N = 17 respondents, 5-point rating)

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