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Paper was submitted 24 months ago, what is wrong with the journal and publisher? [closed]
People often complain that 3 months is long or 6 months or even 12 months.
Well, my paper has been with this journal for 24 months and the process has not yet concluded.
In the process I have sent ...
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Status of a manuscript whose required reviews are completed
I have submitted a paper to a good math journal in first week of May 2024. After a month (+ a week at most), the online system shows the status “Required reviews completed”. However, to this day, I ...
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What is the reasoning behind putting table and figures at the very end of submitted papers? [duplicate]
Sometimes papers I receive for review will not have the tables and figures placed in the text body where the are referenced, but instead at the very end after the bibliography. I personally find that ...
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Should we act as gatekeepers of the journals based on their reputation?
Initially in my career, when I was sent an article to referee my decision to reject/approve used to be influenced on how "good" the journal was (IF, SciMago's Q). I.e.: if the article was ok ...
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Should I send an email to the editor-in-chief regarding the delay in receiving the editor's decision for my submitted research paper?
I submitted my research paper to a Springer journal called Electrical Engineering a few months ago. After exactly three months, I received a major revision, and the editor gave me 14 days to send back ...
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How to react being the 6th reviewer of a first submission to a renowned journal? [duplicate]
Recently I was asked to review a paper for a renowned engineering journal of IExx.
After all reviewers submitted their comments, I downloaded the review PDF with all commments and learned the ...
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Editorial manager system and Firefox password manager
This is maybe a rather special specialist question... I review and hold Associate Editor positions for various Elsevier and Springer journals that use editorialmanager.com (actually I believe both ...
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What is a reviewer integrity check in this particular context?
I recently submitted a manuscript to a well-known journal in my field. It is published by Wiley and Hindawi. I received a "major revision" decision based on two reviews. One of the reviewers ...
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What are the chances of acceptance after being asked to submit a revised version? [duplicate]
I received the following response from a journal editor: "The reviewer(s) would like to see some revisions made to your manuscript before publication. Therefore, I invite you to respond to the ...
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How long should it take for minor revision, in pure mathematics?
I received a minor revision from a good (in my opinion) mathematics journal. I submitted the revised version. Since then, it has been more than 2 months, but we have yet to get a decision. Maybe the ...
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Need clarification on the status of my manuscript in ScholarOne [duplicate]
I recently submitted a manuscript to a journal using the ScholarOne submission system. After the second round of review, the editor provided some minor language revisions, and all three reviewers had ...
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What factors delay a final decision in the editorial process
After completion of peer review, the associate editor usually sends his recommendation to the editor-in-chief of a journal. The editor-in-chief is the one to take the final decision.
On this forum I ...
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What is the status of a paper in IEEE after ADM?
The paper status got Under Review directly after submission, with the name of an ADM. But it is around two weeks nothing changed.
What is the next stage in IEEE and how long does it take? Does it need ...
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Does the teaser image need to be a picture in the paper? [duplicate]
I am submitting a paper to a journal. The journal requires submission of a teaser image.
Please also identify a teaser image from your manuscript that may be
used in the abstract book as part of the ...
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My manuscript suddenly went from "Awaiting Final Decision" back to "Awaiting Reviewer Scores" ... what do you think happened there? [duplicate]
Does it happen that the editor asks the reviewers to re-review a paper? For about 10 days or so it has been "awaiting final decision" after a few months of under review and then awaiting ...
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