Evaluation recommendation shows that the reviews for your paper are complete and the Associate Editor is evaluating the reviewer suggestions to arrive at a decision about your paper. The previous status is a little confusing though. Generally speaking, the peer review process takes more than a month to complete, which makes me inclined to think that this was probably an internal review. If a paper moves from an internal review directly to "Evaluating recommendation," it is probably a case of desk rejection.

However, there is a possibility that the paper was sent for an external peer review (particularly since "Under review" appears twice) and that the reviewers were very prompt. The other possibility is that this is a rapid publication journal in which case it is not unusual for the peer review process to be completed within a month. Whatever it is, the current status makes it clear that the Associate Editor is now evaluating your paper to arrive at a decision.

However, note that the Associate Editor does not have the authority to make a final decision. He/she will give his/her recommendation to the Editor-in-chief who will take the final call on whether the paper will be rejected or accepted with major/minor changes. Once the Associate Editor has given his/her recommendation to the EiC, the status will change to "Decision in process."

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Evaluation recommendation shows that the reviews for your paper are complete and the Associate Editor is evaluating the reviewer suggestions to arrive at a decision about your paper. The previous status is a little confusing though. Generally speaking, the peer review process takes more than a month to complete, which makes me inclined to think that this was probably an internal review. If a paper moves from an internal review directly to "Evaluating recommendation," it is probably a case of desk rejection.

However, there is a possibility that the paper was sent for an external peer review (particularly since "Under review" appears twice) and that the reviewers were very prompt. The other possibility is that this is a rapid publication journal in which case it is not unusual for the peer review process to be completed within a month. Whatever it is, the current status makes it clear that the Associate Editor is now evaluating your paper to arrive at a decision.

However, note that the Associate Editor does not have the authority to make a final decision. He/she will give his/her recommendation to the Editor-in-chief who will take the final call on whether the paper will be rejected or accepted with major/minor changes. Once the Associate Editor has given his/her recommendation to the EiC, the status will change to "Decision in process."

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I understand that what you said. But the thing is that my paper didnt even go for a review. I mentioned that status changed from Assigned editor to evaluation recommendation. This all happened in 8-9 days. And I dont believe that they are so fast to have my paper reviewed.

Hi,

It seems that evaluation recommendation is the editorial process by which the editor decides if the paper is suitable for publication in his journal and if he should send it to reviewers.

Yes, I think the same. That at this time, he will decide and give his opinion about the paper to be sent for review.

Hi Ali

Have you received anything form the journal? It is the same with me, so I just want to check what is the next step please.

thanks

Two months have past and status is still the same. It didnt change to UNDER REVIEW. So I am expecting that there is a delay and article has not sent for review yet.

Can you tell me what happened to your paper?

Ali Butt

Alaa Almansoori

@abdelhay Ali in some journals evaluating recommendation means that the article is under review. They don't change status to under review.

I hope i answered ur question.

Ali Butt This status reflects the review has completed and soon the EIC will take necessary action.

Ali Butt What happened to your paper?

I got the same but after a month of "Under Review" status.

@eman elkhateeb I think now your paper is with editor for final decision. In my case, this status was displayed just after the submission. It depends on journal to journal how they display statuses.

I hope that sometime paper is not in scope.But author format the document according to the journal format. So It crossed the initial screening.

It means finding the scope of the paper to the particular journal. If that paper not meet the requirement, it will quickly for the decision.

Dear Ali Butt

Evaluation recommendation means:

A) If the paper is not sent to the reviewers, the editor evaluates whether the paper is suitable for sending to reviewers or not, and sometimes the editor asks the help of another editor from a different journal but the same publisher.

B) If reviewers give their decisions about the paper, however, their decisions are not the same, the editor will make the final decision.

Best Regards

Bilal Zaarour