The 4 issues of De Economist published in 2014 contain 20 papers of which 14 papers were published in regular issues and 6 papers were published in a special issue with guest editor Rob Euwals on the labor market for older workers. The impact factor of De Economist increased from 0.26 in 2008 to 0.80 in 2012. The 2013 impact factor was 1.02.

The table below provides additional information. In 2014 there were 47 regular submissions, about the same as in 2012. As shown, of these submissions so far 8 were accepted, 35 were rejected, and 4 are still in the editorial process. Of the rejected papers 25 were desk-rejections, i.e. rejected within a week after submission. Excluding the papers which were desk-rejected there were 22 regular submissions. This is a small decline compared to 2013 when excluding the desk-rejections, there were 24 regular submissions. Of the papers excluding desk rejections the acceptance rate in 2013 was 50 percent. In 2014 this was 36 percent, but there are still 4 papers in the editorial process so the 2014 acceptance rate will go up in the course of 2015. The table also shows that the average duration until first decision—revise & resubmit or rejection—went down further from 63 days in 2013 to 49 days in 2013.

Finally, the table shows the relationship between year of submission and year of publication. For example, of the 16 papers submitted and accepted for publication in 2014, 10 were published in 2014 while the remaining 6 will be published in 2015.

Since 2011 the editors allow authors to include in the submission editorial letters and referee reports from failed submissions at other journals. This does not mean that no other referees will be used, but the use of previous information will speed of our editorial process.

Number of papers submitted in

2014

2013

2012

2011

Accepted

8

12

10

8

Regular rejection

10

12

19

18

Desk rejection

25

25

15

17

Stock December 31, 2014

4

0

0

0

Sub-total regular submissions

47

49

44

43

Special issues\(\,+\,\)editors contributions

8

10

4

9

Total

55

59

48

52

Regular papers excl. desk rejections

Number

22

24

29

26

Acceptance rates (%)

36

50

34

31

Days to first decision

49

63

81

108

Accepted papers

16

22

14

17

Published in

2015

6

2

-

-

2014

10

9

1

-

2013

-

11

8

1

2012

-

-

5

14

2011

-

-

-

2

The editors of De Economist would like to thank the following reviewers for their contribution to the editorial process:

Michele Belloni

Leon Bettendorf

Lans Bovenberg

Peter Broer

Harry van Dalen

Thomas Dohmen

Nick Draper

Peter van Els

Maria Grydaki

Robert Inklaar

Guyonne Kalb

Marike Knoef

Pierre Koning

Hans Koster

Gerard Kuper

Gerwin van der Laan

Michiel van Leuvensteijn

Geert Mesters

Jochen Mierau

Petros Milionis

Franz Palm

Steven Poelhekke

Ward Romp

Jan Rouwendal

Martin Salm

Peter Schotman

Arthur van Soest

Laura Spierdijk

Otto Swank

Domenico Tabasso

Vincent Vandenberghe

Marno Verbeek

Harry Verbon

Aico van Vuuren

Daniel van Vuuren

Arjen van Witteloostuijn