American Journal of Potato Research PAA Annual Meeting, 14 August 2011 Wilmington, NC

Peer review: manuscript handling 1 Editorial Development Peer review: manuscript handling Submissions 2009 2010 Total Submitted 65 83 Total Decisioned 70 82 Accept 48 59 Reject 22 23 Withdrawn Rejection Rate 31% 28% Acceptance Rate 69% 72%

Author Country of Origin of Manuscripts Submitted 1 Editorial Development Author Country of Origin of Manuscripts Submitted Country Number of Manuscripts UNITED STATES 38 CANADA 12 ALGERIA 3 ISRAEL PERU POLAND INDIA 2 IRAN MEXICO TURKEY Other 11

Journal Turnaround Time 1 Editorial Development Journal Turnaround Time Activity Days (Average) Submission to Editor Assignment 1.5 Submission to Reviewer Invitation 19.2 Submission to First Decision 63.2

2 Production Production Schedule Volume / Issue Online Issue Published No. of Articles Volume 87 / Issue 1 January 2010 11 Volume 87 / Issue 2 March 2010 8 Volume 87 / Issue 3 June 2010 Volume 87 / Issue 4 July 2010 9 Volume 87 / Issue 5 November 2010 10 Volume 87 / Issue 6 December 2010

2.2 Production Turnaround Time Publication in issue Online First Publication Peer review Average Time Between Submission of a Manuscript and Publication in an Online Issue

Institutional Subscriptions 3 Circulation Institutional Subscriptions Subscription Type Region E-Only Print Plus Free Electronic Enhanced Deeply Discounted Price (DDP) Total 2010 Africa  0 2 The Americas 17 1 21 Australasia 22 Europe 31 37 Grand Total 4 71 3 82 2010 2009 Region Number of Deals Institutions with exposure via online deals Africa 5 25 1 20 The Americas 92 945 67 492 Australasia 82 1,824 59 1,121 Europe 100 4,252 63 2,775 Grand Total 279 7,046 190 4,408

4.1 Successful Full-Text Downloads (COUNTER Journal Report 1) 4 Usage 4.1 Successful Full-Text Downloads (COUNTER Journal Report 1) Fulltext Article Requests 2008-10 (Source: MetaPress)

4 Usage 4.2 Top 10 Article Downloads Title Vol Issue Year Article Requests Jan to Nov 2010 Sequencing the Potato Genome: Outline and First Results to Come from the Elucidation of the Sequence of the Worldâs Third Most Important Food Crop 86 6 2009 799 The Potato Tuberworm: A Literature Review of Its Biology, Ecology, and Control 87 2 2010 431 The Potato Association of America 93rd Annual Meeting 1 330 Potato minituber production using aeroponics: Effect of plant density and harvesting intervals 83 2006 302 Antioxidants in potato 82 2005 295 Potato Flavor 286 Aphid-transmitted potato viruses: The importance of understanding vector biology 79 5 2002 259 Potato microtuber production and performance: A review 80 2003 258 Phenotypic and Etiological Differences Between Psyllid Yellows and Zebra Chip Diseases of Potato 226 Adaptation of potato to high temperatures and salinity-a review 84 2007 221 (Source: Coremetrics)

4.3 Downloads by Content Age 4 Usage 4.3 Downloads by Content Age Full-Text Article Requests by Content Age: Jan to Nov 2010 (Source: Coremetrics)

4.4 Downloads by Geography 4 Usage 4.4 Downloads by Geography Full-Text Article Requests by Geography: Jan to Nov 2010 Top 5 Asia-Pacific China 10% India 4% Iran 3% Australia 1% Russian Fed. Top 5 Europe Ukraine 9% UK 3% Netherlands 2% Germany France 1% Top 3 North America USA 17% Canada 6% Mexico 1% (Source: Coremetrics)

4.5 Downloads by Visitor Referral 4 Usage 4.5 Downloads by Visitor Referral Full-Text Article Requests by External Referral: Jan to Nov 2010 Search Engines Google 69% Yahoo 0% AOL Search Other 3% Libraries & Universities Lib. & Univ. Web Sites 8% ExLibris SFX 3% Serials Solutions 1% Other 0% A&I Databases Web of Knowledge 0% EBSCO Scopus Other 2% (Source: Coremetrics; excluding Direct Loads and Internal Referrals)

5 Impact Impact Factor American Journal of Potato Research ranked 29 of 74 in the category ‘agronomy’. The recently announced 5-year Impact Factor for American Journal of Potato Research is 1.156.

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Overall satisfaction with publishing experience at Springer 6 Marketing & Sales Overall satisfaction with publishing experience at Springer Latest paper in the journal: How satisfied are you with the overall publication process? Mean: 1,4 (N = 17 respondents, 5-point rating: 1=very satisfied to 5=not at all satisfied)

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