"E. Roy Weintraub" <[log in to unmask]> said:  
> The editor and managing editor report that the HOPE acceptance rate  
> for the past couple of years has run at approximatley 15%.  
>  
  
I guess that most published papers have been previously revised.   
Consequently it would be interesting to know how the rate 15% is computed. Is every
submission taken into account or only the first one for a revised manuscript?
  
Alain Alcouffe