Ah, very plausible. Thanks for weighing in. >At my institution, "holidays" are nearly 1/10th of the year already! That would indeed go quite some distance in

Ah, very plausible. Thanks for weighing in. >At my institution, "holidays" are nearly 1/10th of the year already! That would indeed go quite some distance in explaining it in itself. Although I'm sure the idea of hitting an already bogged-down reviewer at peak season in the name of getting something perhaps hastily put together to publish, in avoiding perish, has crossed the minds of a few. Indeed, if it can cross the mind of a decidedly average non-academic such as myself, I'm almost certain it has for my intellectual and academic betters.