How are Letters handled from submission to publication?
Manuscripts are submitted by email to the editor. The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) screens them initially to decide whether to assign them to an associate editor or the EIC. In either case, expert reviewers are selected, normally four. The manuscripts are forwarded to them. To ensure timeliness of publication, reviewers are expected to reply within a week. Reminders are sent to those who do not. THE MWCL POLICY IS THAT NO DISPOSITION IS MADE WITHOUT, AT LEAST, TWO CONSISTENT RECOMMENDATIONS. If a manuscript is processed by an associate editor, he is allowed to make an initial recommendation based on the established guidelines. Nevertheless, the Editor-in-Chief makes all the final dispositions. Copies of all reviewers’ comments and the final disposition are forwarded to authors, the reviewers, and the associate editor who handled the manuscript.
