Respected researchers,
Do you have a problem of manuscripts staying under peer review for months during this COVID 19 pandemic? And is there anything we, as authors, can do?
Thanks in advance!
Sanaa N Al- Haj Ali I have submitted an article in a reputed journal, whenever i check the status of the manuscript that are showing "on review" for last 3 months.
Good question! We have similar problems. Hopefully, the situation will be better.
Shoaeb Mohammad Syed , Ozodbek Abduraimov , and Rajlakshmi Kanjilal
, thank you so much for your contibution.
Sanaa N Al- Haj Ali I have submitted an article in a reputed journal, whenever i check the status of the manuscript that are showing "on review" for last 3 months.
We can do only the wait upto the stipulated duration of publication process
Md. Israt Hasan, Ali Algryani, and Tanvir Singh, thank you so much for your contribution. Md. Israt Hasan, I am facing the same issue with several papers!
This is a good question.
I have experienced some delays over the last 6 months. In part, this was due [in my case] to the journal struggling to get access to or responses from their usual peer reviewers.
In my field of work, many peer-reviewers also work in healthcare. As we might expect, they are [probably rightly] focused on ensuring that services and systems are ready and able to deal with demands related in some way to Covid-19.
It is frustrating, especially if your potential publication / contribution might lose impact over time.
In terms of what can be done about it, that is a more challenging question!
We should be consoled by the fact that submissions will be reviewed and a decision made at some point in the coming months. Being patient and understanding might be appreciated by editorial teams at the moment, I'm sure.
The only other practical actions we might consider, include;
- encouraging others or indeed to offer yourself as a peer-reviewer [if you think you might have the requisite skills and expertise].
- support your peers and colleagues in the same situation
- reflect and think about 'what next?' for your work/research
- relax, take a break
Best wishes for your work of course, as and when it might eventually get through the elongated publication process.
Darren Leech , thank you so much for contributing with such an excellent answer, and good luck for your publications too. Best Regards,
Yes facing more problems for the publishing manuscripts. During the COVID 19 pandemic.
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