Q: Submission returned to “Editor Invited” status after one month at “Reviews Received”.
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 in the "Editor invited" state, just like in the first week of my submission. Here is the full timeline : Reviews received 18 Apr, 2022 Reviewers agreed On 16 Apr, 2022 Reviewers invited Invitations sent on 16 Mar, 2022 Editor assigned On 06 Mar, 2022 Editor invited On 21 Feb, 2021 Submission checks complete On 21 Feb, 2022 Have you ever had similar experiences?
Dear Author,
Thank you for writing to us.
The status has changed back to ‘Editor invited’ in order to take a decision based on the reviewer’s comments. It is possible that the original editors must be unavailable, and a new editor needs to be selected for the manuscript. Yes, we have seen this situation with multiple submissions.
You can consider writing to journal to inquire about the status of the manuscript.
