The manuscript was accepted last year. The editor sent for typos corrections and all the typos are corrected in the complete format of the journal and was sent to the editor. Thereafter, no reply came from the editor despite several reminders. Thereafter, h kept one publishing other papers submitted and accepted much later. Is editor of a journal immune from complaints to the higher authority? Is there any higher governing authority to complain against the biased and partial editor to stop injustice done by the editor to some chosen authors? Can an editor publish arbitrarily being biased and wasting time, talent and energy of certain authors against whom he is biased for his being influenced negatively and wrongly or otherwise?
In most journal establishments, the editor or editor-in-chief is the deciding authority to accept or reject manuscripts. Normally, a paper will be read first by the editor or an editorial committee member, who will then decide whether it should go to a referee and whom. Some journals, initially weed out those that are clearly unsuitable. In your case, as explained by you, the manuscript was accepted and you returned the manuscript after correcting the typos. The editor is bound to inform the author regarding the status of the manuscript and ignoring queries from authors is not normal. This is a serious issue, and in this era of fast communication and Internet, the editor should have responded to the queries. Don't think that editors are immune to complaints. You may examine who owns the journal. If the journal is owned by a university, society, or association, you can approach the authorities regarding the behavior of editor. They will surely find a solution to this issue.
If you received the editorial decision as 'accepted', then I am not sure why it was not published even after you made minor corrections and prepared your manuscript according to the correct format! Yes, I believe that the editor or editor-in-chief has authority to make the final decision, but it is highly unlikely that if an article was not published when a positive editorial decision has already been received. It seems to me that some sort of miscommunication has happened between you and the editor. Otherwise, why did the editor send you reminders without responding to your corrections?
The EiC is, as already stated, the governing 'authority'. However, there are a number of reasons why 'processes' do not always run smothly. For instrance EiC's come and go - and all have different styles of managing. Threre can be mis-communication between reviewers, administrators, editorial boards, editors and EiC's along the line. It may be that 'scopes and topics' change quickly. An article that was accepted at one point - may have fallen out of current scope over time - especially if the journal already has a lot of back-copy. Of course, you can approach those of influence in the journal - and best to start at the top. If you don't get responses - then work doen the order. That said, one of the roles of the EiC is to manage 'disputes' and respond appropriately to maintain good communication practice.
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