Q: The status date of the paper has been changed while the status remains same "with editor"

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Initially, the status was submitted to the journal. For the last three days, the status date has changed twice while the status remains the same "with editor". What does it mean?

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Answer:

Dear Author,

Thank you for reaching out to us with your question. Its possible that the paper is being moved from one editor to editor, which is why even though the status date has changed, the status message stays the same. This could be due to several reasons such as editor unavailability or editor refusing to peer review the file owing to other commitments etc.