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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 …

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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?

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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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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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Q: What does "pending approval" mean in publication?

Detailed question-I sent my manuscripts to in Hindawi brand journals, however some journal says "pending approval" before the first revision and some say "pending approval" after the…

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Q: How to request the editor-in-chief to appoint a new handling manager for me?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript in November last year, and its status changed to "Under review" in December. The status remained unchanged for over 4 months. I've contacted the…

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Q: NEJM "Letter submitted" awaiting deadline, is the letter passed editor's first decision?

Detailed question-Hi, I submitted a Letter to the Editor (comment) to NEJM. The status showed initially, "Administer screening" and changed to "Letter submitted" next day. Now the letter…

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