{"id":5459,"date":"2015-01-08T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/possible-outcomes-of-peer-review\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:07:07","slug":"possible-outcomes-of-peer-review","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/possible-outcomes-of-peer-review","title":{"rendered":"Possible outcomes of peer review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What can happen to a scientific research manuscript after it has been queued up for peer review? What are the peer review decisions authors need to be prepared for? 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