  The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model for measuring the
efficiency in managing peer-review of scientific manuscripts by editors. The
approach employed is based on the assumption that the editorial aim is to
manage publication with high efficiency, employing the least amount of
editorial resources. Efficiency is defined in this research as a measure based
on 7 variables. An on-line survey was constructed and editors of journals
originating from Serbia regularly publishing articles in the field of chemistry
were invited to participate. An evaluation of the model is given based on
responses from 24 journals and 50 editors. With this investigation we aimed to
contribute to our understanding of the peer-review process and, possibly, offer
a tool to improve the "efficiency" in journal editing. The proposed protocol
may be adapted by other journals in order to assess the managing potential of
editors.
