What should I do if I submitted a manuscript to a journal, and the current status is "submitted to journal" for one 25 days? plus I received email from the journal informed me that they will give a number to my manuscript once an editor is assigned.
I sent two emails to the editor via the editorial manager system, unfortunately I have not received any email till now.
I do not know where is my manuscript now.
What should I do?
Dear Magdy Ali
Send a letter to editor/editor in chief and ask the reason of delay.
Hi Magdy,
While not desirable - waiting for review can be a lengthy process. If it is assigned a number - then it will go to review. Many journals do not send for review until they have passed the editorial team first. That could be the case with your article - and it depends on the speed and the processes for that initial editorial team process. Check the author instructions to see if there is an indication on 'average' times for review.
If you feel that the process is going on too long - you can contact the editor to withdraw and submit to another journal. If the editor/administrator does not get back to you - then you have done what you can. If, in that potential change process, you find out that it has gone for review - you would have to make the decision as to which journal to go with.
Dear Magdy
It is normal progress you should waiting, your manuscript sent to the reviewers.
Pls wait, sometimes good journals take 1-2 months for manuscript assignment to editor..... During the current status " submitted to journal " submitted manuscript is processed by editorial team / staff for its suitability, plagiarism etc.... As soon as this work gets completed it will be assigned to editor and then editor will assign it Reviewer(s).....
Dean Whitehead has give you good advice. However, don't just wait and do nothing; get on with another piece of work. "Time is like a sword; if you don't cut it cuts you''; an Arab proverb.
Hi,
It takes sometimes one month before the editor sends the papers to reviewers, and then, three more month before the reviewers send their decision to accept or reject the paper, so what is needed now, is more patience.
While waiting for review process, you can keep yourself busy with something else...
Lamentablemente mi unico consejo es que tenga paciencia, los editores gestionan los revisores y en no pocos casos estas personas muy ocupadas demoran la aceptación y el resultado del arbitraje, eso nos ocurre en casi todas las revistas a las que enviamos trabajos científicos. Animo que pronto recibira respuesta.
I'd wait just a little longer. After all, you've not waited a month yet -- just 25 days. If you've not heard something in three months, then I'd look for another outlet.
The reply that there is no Editor never happened to me.
Perhaps send to a more organized journal.
Have some one go over the English grammer.
Should say: I sent it in 25 days ago.
Prepare your next paper while you are waiting! We don't live for ever.
Dear Magdy Ali
Send a letter to editor/editor in chief and ask the reason of delay.
I agree with Daniel Doss, Reda, Dean Whitehead, L. H. Randell, Michael Issigonis and A. Gordon... plus other great researchers...
Sir,
reviewing is a time-consuming process, may vary journal to journal.
You can start new work.
During research, you should have plan B,
if instruments are not working,
you can work in plan B.
If you are not comfortable with the system of that journal which is taking too much of your time and not acting properly you can withdraw your paper...
I did the same thing some time back when there was a new query every time I correct and send the article....we cant go on sit with one paper...send it to another less fussy journal.
My latest experience was that our manuscript had status :Submited to journal and it lasted for about 40days.
Then it was rejected 😞as noticed by the Editor In the decision letter.
It was not sent to reviewers, as we figured out from the letter.
The manuscript was improved according to comments given In the letter and we submited it in another journal.
I guess it is all "a part" of publishing process.
Patience is necessary.
I'd suggest keep waiting and work on something else to pass the time ...
One of my article took 3 years to get published.. so u never know. If it is a good journal u may stick to it.
A 25 days not too long to make issue from. Varieties of predatory journal can get processing speed up, from submission to publishing within a week or two. This is rather dangerous to the quality of your work.
Some journals' reputation has bought them large volume of article submissions, and some times cannot publish more than two to three issues per year. submitted articles need to be on queue for preliminary checks for relevance to the scope of the journal before reject or onward forwarding for review process.
if publishing with that journal is to you an achievement you need to be patient with their process, else there are other alternatives you may search for.
Get going with other ideas and when it is rather too long you may write the editor in chief or withdraw your paper.
If the process is educative, then be patient!
I think author must have to wait for some time, as sometimes EIC or editor may got busy to manage their table. As editors are holding such type of extra activities along with academic activities results in such type of delay. Wait at least one-two months, afterword you can through a gentle reminder about your worries.
Wish you all the best.
I submitted a paper in cognitive system research. the status was "submitted to journal" since last one month. Should it with draw paper or wait ? Is this normal?
During the waiting, take advantage of your time to work on a new article :)
Me too ubmitted a paper on July, 9. It is still showing "submitted to the journal". In the same journal, I can see some papers published within a month. What can I do?
Hi,
Patience is a virtue... Sometimes it takes time for the editor to find reviewers to papers, and sometimes the journals are loaded with many papers that await publishing. So, you can either wait some more, or send a query about your paper to the editor.
I have submitted a manuscript in an Elsevier journal. After 4.5 months, status is "submitted to Journal" with no manuscript ID. I have sent 3 mails to the Chief- editor of the journal but still no response. What to do???
May be they will take some more time.. u can visit the website and see how much that journal mentioned for the acceptance and publication process
Yes, I have also faced same problem with one of the reputed journal of ELSEVIER. eventually after 2 months they changed the status of article to "Under review". But this happened only once.
I think if professional and authentic journal like Elsevier takes more than 10 days in giving manuscript no or assigning Editor than u should send gentle query or reminder from the submission Portal not to the automail from your email ID.
I would like to share one experience that the paper status was showed "with Editor" for more than two months. I was just sent a mail to the editorial manager that may I know the status of my manuscript (ID:..............). One day later they replied that this manuscript did not match their scope of studies. But they have published lots of papers in the same domain.
Patience is better if possible, otherwise you can contact with editorial office.
Hi,
Patience is a virtue, and I hope that by now your manuscript was accepted for publication.
I think 25 days are not a special case after the assignment of manuscript number by the editor of the journal. Sometimes they can't find two to three relevant reviewers. Because your work and techniques you used are slightly unique and differ from other scientific community of the same research area. Second factor they may already have gotten much submissions that's why you are waiting for your turn.
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