There was a very illuminating post on The Scholarly Kitchen last week about journal publishing lead times and the way in which they vary so unpredictably – there is much more to judging their performance than equating prestige and high submission rate with slow peer review. Christos Petrou’s piece sparked a thought-provoking correspondence, and the call for more transparency in declaring lead times is much welcomed. Read more at: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/03/19/guest-post-publishing-fast-or-slow-how-speed-varies-for-similar-journals/.