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5My advisor always starts with "Dear Dr. Editor, Thanks you for your service. We appreciate it very much." I think people should understand that being a reviewer or a Editor is kindof pretty thankless sometimes. Editors probably get paid a little bit, reviewers dont get anything, other than the fact that they can claim to be a reviewer of a journal.– alpha_989Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 15:22
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@alpha_989 Absolutely! It certainly does not hurt to be polite.– user70612Commented Apr 25, 2017 at 0:38
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I'll add that while review times can vary wildly between fields, often if the status hasn't changed to "under review" after say 3 weeks or so, it might mean that the handling editor missed an email where the paper got assigned to them. To speed up the process its critical to make an enquiry here. A polite "I noticed that the paper is still in status X, suggesting that the handling editor may have not seen the assignment. I'd just like to verify that the handling editor has acknowledged the assignment, and is considering reviewers or whether to send it to reviewers?"– WetlabStudentCommented Nov 29, 2020 at 23:49
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