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Q: What is the normal time span for the review of a revised manuscript?

Detailed question-I have submitted my manuscript to a well-known journal on April 2, 2016. After about 80 days, I have received a 'major revisions' decision with the detailed comments of…

Asked by Amin Sobati on September 10, 2016

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Ideally, the second round of peer review should take less time than the first round. This is because the revised paper is usually sent to…

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Q: My manuscript's been "Under Review" for 3 months. How long should I wait to contact the journal editor for an update?

Detailed question-I submitted a Statistics Methods paper to a decent journal operated by Taylor & Francis (using the Scholar One system). It has been exactly three months now and the…

Asked on December 4, 2018

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I understand that waiting for the journal to get back to you is a stressful and nailbiting time, more so since you want your paper to be published by a certain…

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Q: Why is my manuscript still "Under consideration" even though it has already been 19 days?

Detailed question-19 days ago I submitted my manuscript to a journal under Nature publishing. On day 4 they told the corresponding author that a subject editor had been assigned to handle…

Asked on May 12, 2021

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In the case of a desk rejection, authors are notified within the first few days. It appears that your manuscript might have…

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Q: The status for my accepted manuscript is "Send to production." What does this mean?

Detailed question-My paper has been accepted and the status has changed to "send to production." Do I need to do anything? There is no mail from the journal. I just saw this on the…

Asked on May 8, 2018

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Congratulations on receiving acceptance for your article! Once your article gets accepted, it goes to the production department of the…

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Q: How long does the "Decision in Process" status remain for a paper?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to an Elsevier journal on October 1,2017. The status changed to 'Under review' for around 2.5 months. On Dec. 15,2017, the status changed to …

Asked on February 27, 2018

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Most journals normally take 4-8 weeks to review manuscripts. The ‘decision in process’ status implies that your…

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Q: What is the meaning of "the paper has been provisionally accepted for publication"?

Detailed question-4 months after submitting a major revision, I have received the following mail: “Thank you for resubmitting your paper to IET Science, Measurement & Technology. The…

Asked by Kishan D on March 8, 2018

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Provisional acceptance means that your manuscript has been accepted assuming that you make the minor revisions…

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Q: How should I ask the journal about the status of my manuscript?

Detailed question-I submitted a manuscript to a journal A of American Chemical Society through ACS Paragon Plus in the beginning of April. But the editor immediately informed me that my…

Asked by Masashi Yamada on May 28, 2018

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Different journals have different review periods and this also depends on the subject area of the manuscript, the…

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Q: What does the status 'Under Review' mean in the ScholarOne manuscript workflow?

Detailed question-I recently submitted a manuscript to a reputed computer science (CS) journal that follows the ScholarOne workflow system. The manuscript status was first displayed as …

Asked by Its Me on January 21, 2020

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It is great that you are so keenly following the progress on your manuscript. It shows that you are keen to know the outcome on it.

Now, while the same status…

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Q: Can the status change to "Decision in process" without a request for revisions?

Detailed question-My paper went under review for a few months and two days ago the status changed to 'Under editor's evaluation.' Today it has changed to 'Decision in process'. I have not…

Asked by Abrar Chaudhury on December 11, 2015

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A manuscript can receive any of the following decisions:

Accept RejectResubmit with major revisionsResubmit with minor revisions

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Q: What does the manuscript status "submissions with production completed" mean?

Detailed question-I have submitted my manuscript to a journal and now the submission system shows a status ‘submissions with production completed (1)’. What does this mean? I have…

Asked by magress singh on February 18, 2018

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Once manuscripts are accepted and before they can appear in the journal as a publication, they need to undergo copy editing and…

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