Obviously, 7 years from submission to conditional accept is extremely long; I share concerns raised in this thread. However, focusing on outliers gives a misleading picture. AER averages: 2.0 rounds of revisions (table 6 of report of the editor) and 130 weeks from submission to acceptance (table 5).
I have been hearing recently that many people don't know about the ability to submit to AEJ-Policy (or any of the other AEJs) after submitting to AER-Insights (following the same process that existed going from the AER to the AEJs)
More details and instructions here: www.aeaweb.org/journals/pol...
Congratulations to Camille Landais for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in public econ and related fields. His term starts on March 1. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Congratulations to Monika Piazzesi for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in finance, macro, and related fields. She started on January 1. I’m delighted to have her on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
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Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
Congratulations to Frank Verboven (@frankverboven.bsky.social) for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in empirical IO and related fields. His term starts on July 1. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in Jan ‘26): Christiane Baumeister, Ruixue Jia, Michaela Pagel, Evan Sadler, Laura Wherry (@laurawherryr.bsky.social), and Sevgi Yuksel @AEAjournals #EconSky
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in July ‘25): Max Croce, Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social), Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Isabelle Mejean, Moses Shayo, Johannes Stroebel, and Christoph Trebesch @AEAjournals #EconSky
📣We are pleased to share the report “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” by an ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and Guido Imbens.
Read and share your views👉 buff.ly/4bg6xQi
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Congratulations to Andrei Levchenko for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in international economics and starting on February 1. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @AEAjournals #EconSky
Congratulations to Angela, Agostina, and Sara!
Congratulations Katia!! Great to see that one of the winners of the Gamov award is an economist. With Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, the Russian-American Association of Scientists made an excellent choice. #EconSky
Excellent advice from Tatyana!
Lots of AEA Initiatives for Diversity and Inclusion have deadlines soon - a thread - #EconSky
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The AEA awards Seed Grants for Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion in amounts up to $5,000 to economics departments to help establish new bridge programs or training programs for underrepresented minorities. Apply by October 11. aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Now is the time to apply for the many initiatives launched by the AEA to promote diversity and inclusion in the economics profession. Grants, awards, and other opportunities are available! For more information, visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co....
AEA Lightning Rounds
The AEA is introducing 15 lightning round sessions to its @assameeting.bsky.social program this year to shine a spotlight on many economic viewpoints, encourage conversation, and promote peer-to-peer networking. Learn more about this new session format at www.aeaweb.org/news/assa-20...
And who said filling out surveys never got you anything? Your wish is our command. Write to the AEA social media committee to let us know institutions or important econosphere folks missing here and we'll do our best! social_media_committee@aeapubs.org
Even if you are not a beginner, take a look at this fabulous Starter Pack and see what is missing. We (AEA ad hoc Social Media Committee) will lobby your favorites to join if you write social_media_committee@aeapubs.org or DM me.
Hi! The AEA Social Media committee has heard many people want to leave Twitter, but have not found the same network effects on other platforms, like this one. We're working on this problem! If you have thoughts, please reach out to share them! social_media_committee@aeapubs.org
Frustrated with journals, editors, reviewers? Ideas on how things can be done better? The AEA, EEA, ES, and RES are listening -- today is the last day to complete the survey and share your ideas. Speak now or forever hold your peace (or at least hold it for a few days😉). 📉📈
We all know there are plenty of problems with the publication process in econ, but which ones matter most and how to address them? Please share your views with a joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee that will try to suggest solutions. Link to member survey: harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 📉📈
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in Jan ‘25): Carola Binder, Randi Hjalmarsson, Attila Lindner, Rachel Ngai, Vincent Pons, Sonja Settele, Kevin Stange, and Kaspar Wuthrich. #EconSky
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in July ‘24): Briana Chang, Francesc Dilmé, Pauline Grosjean, Pablo Kurlat, Conrad Miller, Johanna Rickne, Florian Scheuer, and Manisha Shah.
