The Bulletin is published bimonthly. Each manuscript type is treated differently and has different requirements. Some details about these requirements are explained in the Information for Contributors section in the February issue of the Bulletin. Here we will outline additional details about how we view these types of contributions. Contributed papers should contain original information that has not been published elsewhere and is not being submitted elsewhere.
Contributed papers make up the majority of the papers published in the Bulletin.
Short notes contain original information that may be more limited in scope than a contributed paper. Short notes need to be well-focused, concise and cover a small number of ideas. It is our intention to provide rapid review of short notes. Papers are due to the copy editors about five months prior to publication, meaning the best overall turnaround time for a short note is seven months. Generally, short notes are reviewed by only one reviewer.