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I wanted to get it accepted before my graduation, so I submitted it to a BMC online journal whose process for peer review and publication is usually rapid.The status was unchanged after one month of submission, so I told the journal following things:1. I want to know the latest status.2. In case any big delay is happened in peer review process (ex. selecting peer reviewer etc.), I want to withdraw my paper.The editorial office promptly responded to say these two points would be informed \u00a0to the Editor.However, the status had not been changed for one month, and I sent a reminder. No response was received, but the status was changed to \u201cUnder review\u201d, and then the first peer review report was provided. (This was 2.5 months after submission.) The peer review comments by two reviewers were positive: one said \u201caccept with no revision\u201d and the other said \u201cminor revision\u201d with a suggestion to update the outdated references. As it was a minor revision, I made the resubmission within the same day.However, there was no progress for 2.5 months after that. I sent an inquiry to Editorial Office (it was 4.5 months after submission), and another reminder (5 months after submission) as I had not \u00a0received any response. Finally, I received an email which said that the peer reviewer\u2019s comment had already been received and the journal was waiting for another reviewer's comment before making the final decision. The status became \u201cUnder review\u201d, and one month passed after that (it was 6 months after submission.)I am wondering if it would be reasonable to send any further inquiry, but I assume the process would not progress without some pushing. So far, the status was changed only after I sent inquiries. 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Finally, I received an email which said that the peer reviewer\u2019s comment had already been received and the journal was waiting for another reviewer's comment before making the final decision. The status became \u201cUnder review\u201d, and one month passed after that (it was 6 months after submission.)I am wondering if it would be reasonable to send any further inquiry, but I assume the process would not progress without some pushing. So far, the status was changed only after I sent inquiries. 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