Table 3. Number of submitted, rejected and pending articles.

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total

Submitted

47

63

129

176

204

208

262

354

412

456

2314

Published

21

28

46

72

104

86

85

109

90

114

766

Accepted

4

5

5

3

5

3

-

5

26

12

12

Pending

1

11

42

65

68

40

14

10

30

63

63

Rejected

11

20

47

78

92

147

203

245

276

315

1453

Rejection rate (%)

23.9

38.5

47.9

50.1

45.6

62.3

70.5

68.2

70.4

78.3

64.5