As academics and scholars, what could be some of the potential reasons/justifications for a long DELAY in publishing an accepted manuscript by a journal?. This is an experience I faced and continue to experience in the hands of some journals with my collaborators.
Your opinions and experiences could suffice a way forward for early career researchers. Thank you for your valuable insights and views in advance!.
My fellow scholar, usually, it should not take that long unless it is one of the fake journals. How long is long is relative. However, it may depend on few factors:
- the volume of accepted manuscripts to be published in that issue
- the time taken to prepare your (other) manuscripts for proofs
- the back and forth between you (and others) and the journal concerning the journal final acceptable format of the manuscript to be published
One way to avert this delay and make your publications quickly available is to accept the "just accepted" publication offer that some if not all journals offer during the submission process.
Nutifafa Y. Doumon
Thanks sir for the contribution.
When I use the word, am referring to 2 years and above. For instance, I submitted a manuscript to an Elsevier journal (Scientific African) in 2017, it took the journal two years to even respond to my follow up. The reviewers finally recommended that the manuscript be accepted pending minor corrections. We effected these suggested corrections and re-submitted, only to find that the editor handling the manuscript originally was changed. The manuscript delayed again for 7 months with the new editor only after several follow ups, the new editor responded that they cannot accept the paper for publication with no reasons/justifications adduced. I requested for explanations since the paper was previously accepted by the first editor/reviewers but there was no response. I followed up again but to no avail. I then wrote to Elsevier to lodge complaint and seek for clarifications, they assured me of a feedback after making contact with the editor but after almost a year now, no such communication happened after my last follow up. Such practices discourage early career researchers.
On the other hand, three of my manuscripts are still pending publications after acceptance by other journals one year of decisions. Attempts by several follow up (s) have gone unattended to. These are creditable institutionally-run journals. Such practices are just becoming SCARS in the scholarly publication industry.
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