Expedite peer review with Rapid Communications

摘要

This AOCS Journals column looks at Rapid Communications, a fast-track publishing option that the journal Lipids has offered since 2015. Unlike preprinting-in which the full draft of a research paper is shared publicly before peer-review-the review standards for Rapid Communications are the same as those for other journal articles, but the articles are smaller in scope, and the review is expedited. In the case of Rapid Communications, the journal strives to have a first-decision letter within 21 days, and the expectation is that authors will turn around revisions within 14 days or less. Preliminary data are not acceptable, and fragmentation of related results into several reports is not acceptable.