How long does it take to assign a manuscript to a reviewer? My manuscript has been 'awaiting assignment' for a year now. I even suggested 3 reviewers to no avail. I finally requested to withdraw the manuscript and after 2 weeks, still no response from this journal. What should I do now? I wish to send the manuscript to another journal and have made this clear to them. Should I go ahead and send the manuscript to another journal? Or should I wait until I hear from them?
In my own opinion, since you made your stand known to the journal concerned. Just take your manuscript to another place.
Thank you.
Olutosin
In my own opinion, since you made your stand known to the journal concerned. Just take your manuscript to another place.
Thank you.
Olutosin
Thanks for your sharing your opinion Olutosin Ademola. I have been so confused because one of the conditions for submitting a manuscript is to state that it has not been submitted to another journal. How do I approve this statement when I have not yet had a letter confirming the withdrawer of my manuscript?
Since you have written a letter of withdrawal to the journal concerned, and indicated the reasons behind your action. You have the right to take your manuscript to another journal given the long time of no response from them. It has happened to one of my colleagues before.
Thank you.
One year and no response from the editor? This is serious. Please, if you have contacted the editor and to no avail with your manuscript tractor not functioning, then I suggest you forward it to another credible journal.
Dickson Adom
Thank you all for your contributions. I will submit to another journal.
Kind regards
Nvenakeng Suzanne
Hi Nvenakeng.
I experienced the same this year. I sent a manuscript to a journal for over five months without any response except acknowledgment. I mailed them twice with no response. But the day I mailed them that I will be withdrawing my paper was the day they responded that they were sorry and that they regretted that I would be withdrawing my paper but that they will respect my opinion.
In my own opinion, you have mailed them and no response. The proof that you mailed them cannot be denied. Therefore take your manuscript and send to a credible journal for publication.
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