Journal of Applied Mechanics (JAM) received 280 submitted manuscripts during the first 6 months in 2014. Among them only 4 are still in review.
The average time for the 1st round of review, with the decision to accept, or reject, or revise, is reduced to 10 days. For those that need revisions, the average time to make the final decision is 24 days after the 1st round of review, which include both the authors' revision time and 2nd (and more) round(s) of review.
After acceptance the final manuscript appears online with the assigned DOI within 48 hours.
The number of submited manuscripts in 2014 is projected to increase by 60% as compared to the number for 2013.