<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It has been the policy of <i>Oceanic Linguistics</i> to publish papers in a timely fashion, and
until now, the volume of papers received has pretty much matched the speed of their
publication. Thus, a paper whose final revised manuscript was submitted in
February or March would usually make it into the following June issue the same year, and one
submitted in August or September would usually be published in the following
December issue.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We have come to a stage now, though, where supply is
ever-increasing. The situation at present is that, in the middle of July, the
December issue is getting quite full. In addition, there are at least eight
papers currently undergoing revision, and at least six more currently under
review. Although we can probably expand the size of the published journal
somewhat, nevertheless many of those papers, even if submitted now, would
probably have to wait until at least the June 2013 issue to see the light of
day.</p><div> This is encouraging from the point of view of increasing
interest in the field, but not so encouraging in terms of rapid turnaround.</div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I am thus advising members of the Austronesianist community
that we may no longer be able to publish all papers within a few months of
their acceptance, and that rather longer delays are likely.</p>-- <br>John Lynch, FAHA<br>Emeritus Professor of Pacific Languages, and Editor "Oceanic Linguistics"<br>University of the South Pacific<br>PMB 9072<br>Port Vila. VANUATU<br>Phone: (+678) 25036 Mobile: (+678) 5920220 Fax: (+678) 22633<br>
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