From the inbox:
We are pleased to let you know that Resource and Energy Economics has improved its publication speed by 49% and is now typically publishing articles in issues within 13.5 weeks of acceptance.
I'd like to view this as good news, but unfortunately it probably just means that my papers will get rejected faster.
In all seriousness, time to publication is not the problem. The real issue is time to acceptance. Once a paper is accepted, I can list it as 'forthcoming' and get credit for the publication (I assume most places are like OSU, forthcoming and in print are indistinguishable). Unfortunately, until lazy reviewers--myself included--start turning around reviews faster, time to acceptance isn't going to change much.
