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Q: "In Peer Review" without assigning the AE. What does this mean?

Detailed question-I submitted a paper to IEEE Transactions. For three weeks, the status had been "AE: Not Assigned; ADM: *****; Submitted". Now, the status has changed to "AE: Not…

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Submission statuses on the manuscript submission portals may vary from journal-to-journal. In general, the AE (Associate Editor) is assigned to…

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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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Dear Author,

Thank you for writing to us.

We understand that the status of your manuscript has not changed since the resubmission and the journal has…

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Q: How much time does "assigning for review" take?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to a journal in December of 2021. Within a couple of days the status changed to "assigning for review". After three months I contacted the…

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Dear Author,

Thank you for your question.

I completely understand your distress. It usually takes three to four months for peer review. However, if you're…

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Q: Can I decline the review of an article after agreeing to do it?

Detailed question-I received an invitation to review a paper for a journal. I accepted the invitation. But, after this, I discovered that the paper was very complicated and didn't fall…

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In specific situations, a researcher can choose to decline an invitation to review a paper, such as conflict of interest, lack of time, and lack of expertise or…

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Q: How many peer reviews to expect before publishing how long do they take?

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Thank you for your question. The number of rounds of peer review before a final decision…

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Q: How can i write statement of problem in my research

Detailed question-Am making investigation into the causes of abortion . How can write statement of problem

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Welcome to the Editage Insights Q&A Forum! Thank you for your question on writing a problem statement.  

We have quite a few…

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Q: How long would it be acceptable to respond to a peer-reviewed report?

Detailed question-Almost two weeks have passed since I received the peer-reviewed report from Academic editor of Shock and Vibration (Hindawi). It stated that the manuscript should be…

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There are very few journals that do not give a precise timeline for completing revisions, Hindawi publishers being one of…

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Q: How to answer this comment in the response letter?

Detailed question-One of the comments made by the reviewer was to improve the discussion, to answer his request I made major revisions and minor ones (language editing). All the revisions…
  • Asked on August 20, 2021

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Thank you for your question. We believe quoting the major revisions should suffice; you may clarify that you have made some…

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Q: Is it usual for editors to make decision on revision based on single reviewer’s recommendations?

Detailed question-I submitted an unsolicited review article to Elsevier medical journal, and after approximately 7 weeks, I got a revision letter, but I only got a report from a single…
  • Asked on August 10, 2021

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Although journals usually send a paper to at least two reviewers for peer review, sometimes, they have to make do with one…

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Q: How to respond to questions by reviewers?

Detailed question-After reading through the reviewers comments, I found myself a little bit confused about how to address certain comments. When a reviewer asks me a question, should I…
  • Asked on July 21, 2021

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Thank you for writing to us. Responding to peer reviewer comments requesting for revisions (major or minor) is indeed a…

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