The journal asks the author s to suggest potential reviewers. Journal policy is to use only one of the names suggested by the author, plus other reviewers. Most journals stipulate that submitted manuscripts cannot be considered if they are in review with another journal. For this reason, I contacted the authors times during the process asking if they wanted to withdraw their paper and resubmit elsewhere. They declined. But after some 8 months and not yet having a single review, I decided that it was in the best interests of the authors and the journal to unsubmit the paper.
Remember that journals track all kinds of metrics; e. These metrics influence the decisions of authors of where to submit their papers. Having a manuscript in the system for such a long time with little apparent hope of eventual review or even acceptance seemed counterproductive. Pingback: How long should you wait after submission before sending an enquiry to the editor? Pingback: Compuscript — How long should you wait before sending an enquiry to the editor?
Thank you for this article. Very well-written! I usually wait until 3 months before i send emails. In my experience, all of the journals that i have submitted my research to always responded within months. Anyway,i have one new experience that is confusing. The status date changes for several times but the status is still the same. I emailed the editor to ask about this, no reply.
I resent the email, still no reply. Every two weeks or so, i resend the email, but it still got unreplied. Do you think i should just withdrawal my paper? Or should i give it more time? For how long?
I checked the latest edition of the journal. The average time from submission to acceptance is about 45 days. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Publishers know that peer review tasks, performed by busy, working academics are very often not considered important by their institutions as part of academic assessment processes.
Another explanation, though, is that reviewers are simply not being careful enough. This was shown to be partly the case in a well-known pathology journal that had lowered review speed to 16 days for an initial decision. Yet still, no matter how responsible and well-managed journals may be, there are times when you can give them a nudge.
You must keep your cool and mind your manners when your journal is leaving you hanging. Be polite and professional. Make sure you write your email so as to give something back to the editor, to help and support them, rather than being aggressive or angry as so many authors are in these situations. You need to make this as easy as possible for the editor. Put all necessary information into your inquiry emails: Names of authors, paper title, the initial manuscript number and date of submission.
If you did include them as you should have , suggest a few more. Thank you very much for your time taken with our recently submitted manuscript add title and number here.
We wondered if there is something we can do to expedite the processing of our manuscript. Please inform us about any issue you may have encountered. We also understand that it can be challenging to find suitable peer reviewers. Accordingly, we are providing a number of candidate peer reviewers with their contact information.
These are as follows:. An effective inquiry email to an editor about a manuscript should ideally contain a number of additional peer reviewer suggestions. Many journals have removed the option for authors to suggest peer reviewers from their submission systems because these were often open to abuse.
But in a cover letter or inquiry letter to a journal you can make suggestions. Check our Reviewer Recommendation service if you want a customized list of international researchers in your area of specialty.
Editors will check your and their recent publication lists. They want to know:. Ideally, these are researchers who will likely provide an overall favorable view of your work.
Receiving positive feedback on work yet to be published means you have a potential peer review nomination you can put into your inquiry letter when you write and ask for an update on your submission. Q: My manuscript's been "Under Review" for 3 months. How long should I wait to contact the journal editor for an update? Answer Follow this Question.
Answer: 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 deadline. Related reading: Can I inquire with the editorial office if my manuscript's status hasn't changed for 5 months? What can be done if the status of a submitted manuscript is not changing? Answered by Editage Insights on 14 Dec, Resources for authors and journals. Upvote this Answer 1 Comment.
Answer: It took almost 5 months to assign reviewers for my manuscript.. Upvote this Answer 2 Comment. Answer: Hi Anika. Answer this question. Ask a new question. Subscribe and get curated content that will give impetus to your research paper. No Yes.
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