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The mission of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP), first published in 1991, is to report peer-reviewed, primary research findings (basic and applied) concerning an array of clinically-oriented topics transcending all aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. Because of its clinical orientation, the journal disseminates research findings applicable to diverse aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. Prior to copyediting or formatting, accepted articles are published in the Papers in Press section of the Web site until moved to the first available, quarterly online issue in February, May, August, or November.
AJSLP is now an online-only journal. This change went into effect on January 1, 2010, for all four ASHA journals. AJSLP’s final print issue had a circulation of 37,715.
The 2008 impact factor is 1.951. The rank in the Linguistics category is 9 of 68 titles. The rank in the Rehabilitation category is 9 of 51 titles.
An Editor’s Award is presented yearly to the AJSLP editor's choice of the most meritorious single article appearing in the journal during the preceding calendar year. A compilation [PDF] of all awardees since 1970 for all the ASHA journals is now available.
The American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) annually publishes summary statistics of acceptance/rejection rates and manuscript processing times. These summary statistics provide data on acceptance/rejection rates, frequently used by tenure/promotion committees, as well as average manuscript processing times, often of interest to contributing authors.
Table 1 shows the rates for acceptance and rejection for manuscripts receiving a final decision in 2006 through 2008, regardless of the year the manuscript was submitted originally. Accepted manuscripts are those for which a final decision to accept has been made. Rejected manuscripts are those that have been judged unsuitable for publication and for which no further revision or resubmission has been requested.
Figure 1 presents data for manuscripts that had completed the review process as of year-end 2008. The submission-to-decision interval is calculated from the date the editor's office receives the new or revised manuscript to the date a decision is made on the manuscript.
As of July 2009, the circulation for AJSLP was 38,943.
Table 1. Accept/Reject Rate for decisions made 2006-2008.
| Decision | No. | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Accept | 107 | 49% |
| Reject | 112 | 51% |
| Total | 219 | 100% |
Figure 1. Number of days from submission to decision in 2008.
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