Manuscripts—submitted, rejected and published elsewhere
| Year | Submitted manuscripts | Rejected manuscripts | Rejected manuscripts (percentage of submissions) | Manuscripts subsequently published elsewhere | Published elsewhere (percentage of rejected manuscripts) |
| 2002 | 555 | 58 | 10.5 | 7 | 12.1 |
| 2003 | 707 | 51 | 7.2 | 8 | 15.7 |
| 2004 | 585 | 52 | 8.9 | 4 | 7.7 |
| 2005 | 593 | 37 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.4 |
| Total | 2440 | 198 | 8.1 | 21 | 10.6 |