I have been waiting for a review from a journal in Australia for about a year. It will be one year on November 21, 2020. Is this normal? What do you think about the journals extending their review times that much?
Let me update my previous answer. The following scenario may happen:
- The corresponding author submits the complete manuscripts according to the journal according to its requirement.
- The journal editor finds the right reviewer(s) to review the manuscript.
- One of the reviewers can't review the manuscript for some reasons such as he/she has no time to review or he/she may have been died. Or, he/she might reject the invitation of review. Then the journal editor should return back to the previous step.
All in all, the journal editor should return back with an answer to the corresponding author within a maximum of six months.
I do not consider that normal. I would contact the action editor for an explanation.
First, the editor apologized for the delay. When I corresponded again 2 months later, they stated that they received the review from the 1. referee and were waiting for the 2. referee. Afterwards, when I corresponded again, they stated that they had difficulty in finding a 2. referee to review the article. I cannot afford to retract the article so as not to go through the same process again.
I have had a 2 year (I think) interval been submission & final acceptance. As long as you maintain contact with the action editor, I think that it is worth staying the course. Perhaps the action editor would entertain suggestions for reviewer 2 in order to expedite review.
Dear İsa Yıldırım : If I were you, I will withdraw the article at a maximum of six months.
Dear Nidhal El-omari El-Omari,
For me, retracting the article after 6 months meant securing another 6 months for a new review. That's why I chose to wait.
The Australian Journal of Teacher Education requested a revision after waiting a year for my article. After the revision, he refused, saying "We have decided that we cannot accept it" without any explanation. Why do you think they waited a year to reject my article for no reason? In this case, how can I call my right?
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