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Q: How long does the Decision in Process status last for a paper?

Detailed question-I submitted the second revision of a study to an Elsevier journal on November 11. The status was ‘Under review’ for a week. On December 1, it turned to ‘Decision in…
  • Asked on January 24, 2021

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Q: Should I send a reminder if my paper has been under review for nearly four months?

Detailed question-I submitted an article to The Pacific Review nearly four months ago. The status is still Under Review. Should I send them a reminder email?
  • Asked on January 21, 2021

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Yes. Four months is quite a long time, although some manuscripts have been known to be Under Review longer. (This one,…

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Q: What does the 'Revision' status mean for a journal?

Detailed question-I submitted a revised paper. After the status 'Awaiting reviewer scores,' the status changed to 'Revision,' and the status is still active. I don't understand what this…

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It’s not entirely clear by your query whether these were the statuses before you submitted the…

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Q: I want to know whether or not the editor forgot to attach the review comments.

Detailed question-I had recently submitted my manuscript. Today, the editor sent a mail asking me to revise my submission based on the reviewer comments. However, I’m not able to find the…
  • Asked on January 19, 2021

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Yes, the editor may have missed doing so. So, you may reply to them saying that you can’t seem…

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Q: What does it mean if the status has been 'Awaiting EIC Decision' for the past 20 days?

Detailed question-After more than a year of passing through review > major review > review > minor revision > review, the status has been ‘Awaiting EIC decision’ for the past…
  • Asked on January 19, 2021

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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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