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Q: How can I politely ask the editor about the journals' review speed and median time from submission to post-review decision and acceptance?

Detailed question-I would like to submit my manuscript to a SAGE journal. However, no relevant information is provided at the journal's home page nor at the individual article details'…

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Q: What does "In Peer Review" mean without AE assignment?

Detailed question-After submitting a paper to IEEE Transactions, the status was "AE: Not Assigned; ADM: ***; Submitted" for six weeks, but now it has changed to "AE: Not Assigned; ADM: **…

Asked by Baoshan Hou on June 30, 2022

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Q: Revised manuscript assigned to new reviewers. What to do?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to a reputed Springer journal. After seven months I was asked by the editor to make major revisions. Both the reviewers asked for minor…

Asked by Sumeet Saurav on June 25, 2022

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Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon, as sometimes, journals send the manuscript for review again after the first round of revisions,…

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Q: Manuscript status changing from "Under Review" to "Reviewers Assigned" after four months

Detailed question-I have submitted a manuscript to a Springer journal. The status turned to "Under Review" after two weeks and remained the same for four months. Then, it changed back to …

Asked by Youssef Jouahri on June 11, 2022

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Thank you for your question. The peer review process does seem to be taking longer than usual. Most journals take 3-5 months to complete the entire…

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Q: What does it mean when a paper stays in the "With Editor" status for 2 months?

Detailed question-What does it mean when a paper stays in the "With Editor" status for 2 months in a Springer journal? What should I do?

Asked by Anna De Rogatis on June 8, 2022

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This stage indicates that your paper has not yet been sent for peer review. As per the normal journal processes,…

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Q: Under review becomes under associate editor and lasts for a month

Detailed question-It has been 5 months since I submitted to TDSC and 4 months since I became an Under associate Editor under review. May I ask what is going on? I have not received any…

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Q: Submission returned to "Editor Invited" status after one month at "Reviews Received".

Detailed question-Hello, I've been in the process with Scientific Reports for a few months now. What's surprising is that after spending 1 month in the "Reviews received" state, I'm back…

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The status has changed back to ‘Editor invited’ in order to take a decision based on the reviewer’s comments. It…

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Q: Why has the status changed from ‘waiting for recommendation’ to ‘waiting for referee selection’?

Detailed question-I submitted my manuscript months ago, and it went through all the phases of referrer selection, referee decisions etc, and had been on ‘waiting for recommendation’ for…

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Q: What does it mean when the phrase "Awating reviewer score" disappears?

Detailed question-Hello. I submitted a manuscript two and a half months ago to a journal that uses the ScholarOne system. After a few days, the phrases "Awaiting EIC decision" and …

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We understand that the status of your manuscript has now changed to ‘Awaiting EIC decision’. This implies that…

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Q: Status of my journal (Elsevier) has not changed. What should I do?

Detailed question-Hello everyone, I had submitted my paper on 27/12/2021 and the paper status changed to "With Editor" on 5/01/2022. On 20/01/2022, the editor sent back the manuscript…

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