Oceanic Linguistics

[Laura Robinson]

Dear John & the Austronesian community,

Is it possible to an additional issue of Oceanic Linguistics, so that it is
published 3 times per year instead of 2?

Thanks for all your hard work as editor!

Cheers,
Laura
--
Laura C. Robinson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Linguistics Program
University of Alaska Fairbanks
http://go.alaska.edu/lcrobinson





On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Malcolm Ross <malcolm.ross at me.com> wrote:

> It has been the policy of *Oceanic Linguistics* 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.
>
> 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.
>  This is encouraging from the point of view of increasing interest in the
> field, but not so encouraging in terms of rapid turnaround.
>
>
> 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.
> --
> John Lynch, FAHA
> Emeritus Professor of Pacific Languages, and Editor "Oceanic Linguistics"
> University of the South Pacific
> PMB 9072
> Port Vila.  VANUATU
> Phone: (+678) 25036    Mobile: (+678) 5920220    Fax: (+678) 22633
>
>
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