What does awaiting assignment mean?
Awaiting Assignment: the submission has been completed by you; you can no longer delete the submission from the system yourself. The Editor can now see the submission, and must assign an Editor or Section Editor to it. Queued for Review: the submission has been vetted and is now in the review process.
How do you ask for a manuscript status?
Here is a template that you can use to inquire about the current status of your paper: Dear Mr./Ms. XXX [Editor’s Name], I have submitted my revised manuscript titled XXXX [manuscript id: xxxx] to your journal via the online submission system on dd/mm/yyyy [date of submission].
How long does it take for a journal to be submitted?
Some journals use the resubmission date and not the initial date of submission. Time to publication has increased in popular journals. For Nature, the review time was 85 days a decade ago. Now it is 150 days.
What does awaiting review mean?
The term “Awaiting Reviewer” means that the Editor has sent invitations to two or more reviewers for reviewing your manuscript but the Editor has still not received any response from them.If the reviewers respond that they will review your manuscript, the status will change to “Under Review”.
How long do awaiting reviewer scores take?
4 weeks is also the time I’d expect the AE to allot for the reviewers (from past experience), and so the timing is right for the status to change from “Under review” to “Awaiting reviewer scores” – so it just means some reviewers haven’t yet submitted it and the reviews are either due or overdue.
What is awaiting reviewer assignment?
The status “Awaiting reviewer assignment” means that your paper has cleared teh initial editorial screening and will be sent for peer review. During this time, the editor looks for suitable reviewers for your paper and sends out review invitations.
How long should a paper review take?
Normally, a peer review takes me 1 or 2 days, including reading the supporting information. I almost always do it in one sitting, anything from 1 to 5 hours depending on the length of the paper. In my experience, the submission deadline for reviews usually ranges between 3 working days to up to 3 weeks.
When should you contact a journal?
after not hearing anything for the 16-week maximum average wait time, it’s acceptable to reach out to the right point of contact. Most would agree, peer review is by far the most cumbersome stage of the entire book or journal development process.
How long does it take to review a paper?
How long does a desk rejection take?
Desk rejects are usually quite quick (e.g., 1 to 4 weeks is common in my experience). Note that not all journals do desk rejects, and many journals vary in how much they filter at this stage. First round rejections: This is where the paper is rejected after the first round of external review.
Can application under review meaning rejected?
If your application makes it this far than it would most likely be labeled “under review” and the next step from here is either to receive an email regarding the interview, or a rejection email. Overall – being under review does not mean something positive or negative. It is a neutral sign.
What does it mean awaiting reviewer selection?
The status “awaiting reviewer selection” implies that the editor is looking for peer reviewers for your paper. In case of a revised submission, usually the paper is sent back to the same set of reviewers who originally reviewed it.
What does it mean when a manuscript is awaiting a review?
I submitted a revised manuscript (only a few changes requested) to a journal, and have been signing in periodically to see what the status is. It has changed today from “Awaiting Reviewer Scores” to “Awaiting recommendation”. Any idea what this means?
Is the status of my paper still awaiting assignment?
The status is still “awaiting assignment” and I checked the online system which shows that even no editor has been assigned to my paper. I sent two emails about updating the status of the paper to editor and Editor-in-Chief several days ago and I got no reply from them.
What does awaiting decision mean on a paper?
Now, it shows Awaiting Decision. Does this mean that the paper has passed the editorial check and the external reviewer completed? If it has been “under review” for some time, then yes – the external reviewers are done. If you didn’t see “under review”, then the editor is making a decision without consulting reviewers, which is usually a bad sign.
When does status change from under review to awaiting decision?
The status changed to admin check to under review after one week. Now, it shows Awaiting Decision. Does this mean that the paper has passed the editorial check and the external reviewer completed?