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Q: How long does a revised paper remain at the status 'Required reviews completed'?

  • Asked on January 13, 2021

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There’s no fixed timeline really, but given the time of the year (just after the holiday season)…

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Q: How long should I wait for an update after resubmitting a paper that was accepted with minor revision?

Detailed question-I received a decision of ‘accept after minor revision’ for my submission to a Springer Nature journal. I made the revision and resubmitted in the last week of November…

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Firstly, congrats on your paper being accepted! So, we can understand that, if along with being…

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Q: What does it mean if I receive an acceptance letter but the status remains 'Under Review'?

Detailed question-I submitted my manuscript to a Brill journal. The status was ‘Submission Being Processed.’ After three months, I received an acceptance letter, but the status remains …
  • Asked on January 12, 2021

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This is very unusual. So, we understand you mean an ‘acceptance letter’ and not an …

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Q: Why does the status of my manuscript keep changing to Reviewers Assigned?

Detailed question-I submitted my manuscript to a Springer journal in December 2020. However, almost every few days, the status keeps changing to Reviewers Assigned. Can I know why?

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This typically happens because the Associate/Managing Editor (AE/ME) is finding it challenging…

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Q: What does 'Awaiting JEO Checking' mean after receiving an acceptance decision from an Emerald journal?

Detailed question-After submitting for the revisions, my paper was selected by the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) for the Emerald Publishing journal, Journal of Humanities and Applied Social…
  • Asked on January 10, 2021

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Firstly, congrats on the acceptance! And now to your queries…

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Q: Why is the status of my revised manuscript unchanged for so long?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to an Elsevier journal and received comments from three reviewers in almost one month’s time. It was a major revision decision. After one month,…
  • Asked on January 7, 2021

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Given the timeline (the date around which you submitted the revised manuscript), the delay is…

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Q: What might be the outcome for my manuscript if I submitted it without language editing?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript that has not been edited for language because I was about to miss the deadline for a special issue of the journal. What will the editor do in…
  • Asked on January 6, 2021

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Q: How do I find out the exact current status of an updated manuscript I sent?

Detailed question-I recently sent a manuscript to a Hindawi journal, but made a mistake. The Associate Editor (AE) told me to correct the mistake. I did so, but the problem is that when I…

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This does happen when an updated manuscript is submitted as part of the initial submission. It…

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Q: Should I withdraw my manuscript if it is still at the 'Editor Invited' status after couple of months?

Detailed question-It’s been couple of months already and I do not know what to do about it. Can I just resubmit it?

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Understandably, it can be quite a nailbiting time while waiting for the manuscript to make progress. Journals often struggle to handle the numerous submissions they…

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Q: Why is the status of my paper unchanged but the status date changed?

Detailed question-Hello to everyone. I submitted a manuscript to the journal on November 4th. after a day, the status changed to "Assignment editor pending". and the status date showed…
  • Asked on December 28, 2020

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I understand that once you submit your paper, the processing time can be nailbiting. From what you've mentioned, the changing dates indicate that the journal is…

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