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Q: What does being 'Under Editor Evaluation' for a week mean?

Detailed question-After two days of being 'Under Review,' the status of my manuscript changed to 'Under Editor Evaluation,' and has remained so for a week. What does it mean? Is it going…
  • Asked on September 26, 2020

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Q: What do the statuses 'Awaiting Final Decision' and 'Awaiting Reviewer Selection' appearing together mean?

Detailed question-I have submitted a manuscript to a pediatrics-related journal. My manuscript had earlier gone through English proofreading by a professional vendor. The day after the…
  • Asked on September 18, 2020

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This is odd. It could be a glitch in the system or an erroneous update made by either the Associate Editor (AE) or an…

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Q: What does the status 'Pending Decision' mean?

Detailed question-The result of the first round of peer review was ‘major revision’ and the result of the second round was ‘minor revision.’ Currently, my revised manuscript is in the…
  • Asked on September 18, 2020

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Don’t worry. Based on the information you have provided, things seem to be progressing just fine with your manuscript…

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Q: Why is there a delay in the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) decision over my manuscript?

Detailed question-I submitted a research paper that initially received a major revision decision. I addressed the major revision comments and submitted the revised version. In the second…

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Hello Alamdar – Welcome to the forum! You have three questions (including the one in the header)…

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Q: What does a change of status from 'Under Review' to 'Editor Assigned' mean?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to a Springer journal after a major revision. The manuscript was under review for a duration of five months. However, suddenly, the status…
  • Asked on September 16, 2020

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The status ‘Editor Assigned’ is typically an initial status update, made soon after the…

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Q: Does a quick change from 'Awaiting ED decision' to 'Awaiting decision approval' mean desk rejection?

Detailed question-Hello, folks! I submitted my paper to IEEE EDL on September 6. The status showed as 'Awaiting ED decision.' However, just after a week (today, September 15), the status…
  • Asked on September 15, 2020

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The journal Electron Device Letters (EDL), as the name suggests, is for publishing letters, that…

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Q: What does a change of status from Awaiting Reviewer Selection to Awaiting Decision in one week after submission mean?

Detailed question-I submitted my manuscript to a journal using the ScholarOne system. After submission, the status changed to Awaiting Reviewer Selection. Today, the status changed to…

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Hello John – Firstly, welcome to the forum!

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Q: What is the meaning of the status 'Reviews completed'?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to a Springer-based journal (3 Biotech) on June 3. After subsequent changes in the status (‘With Editor’ and then ‘Under Review’ for 20 days),…
  • Asked on September 11, 2020

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You have two questions, and the first is about something odd or even erroneous. You say that the…

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Q: What does the status 'Decision in Process' mean if it occurs before sending the paper for review?

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Hello Ereny – Welcome to the forum!

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Q: What does a status change from 'Under Review' to 'Reviewers Assigned' mean?

Detailed question-The manuscript status was updated to ‘Under Review’ in a month after submission. Then, it was updated to ‘Reviewers Assigned’ in about two weeks. What does this status…
  • Asked on September 11, 2020

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This status change does occur occasionally. This means that one or more initially assigned peer reviewers were unable…

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