Hi, MDPI Journals A-Z Information & Guidelines Initiatives About Login Register Submit Guidelines for Reviewers Instructions for Authors . If I want to withdraw it, Can I refund my money? As youve been waiting for more than a week, you can contact the Assistant Editor for an update. This should give you all the answers youre looking for and put you at ease if you find yourself worried about your paper. Each manuscript is reviewed on an individual basis. Shouldnt the editor have allowed for pending minor or major revisions? Access it here: https://susy.mdpi.com/, Hello! As you have been waiting for over a week, we recommend reaching out to the Assistant Editor for details. If artice is accepted for the publlication the total Artice Publishing charges will be imposed to my co-author or it will be partially imposed to him/her? To date, I have not received any notification regarding the status (first decision) of our manuscript. can I ask for payment extension of the apc? I hope we can receive a detailed peer review report. Our article is in the same status from the last 7 days. If you have prepaid, MDPI will send a refund on request. Authorship details are added during the initial submission, and all co-authors should double-check the initial manuscript. However, I am still not received any response. Language and layout edits, including typography, abbreviations, image quality, and referencing order edits have been made by the Editorial Office for you to review and confirm. Please get in touch with the Sustainability Editorial Office. What does it mean? The Academic Editor is making a final decision about your paper. Please contact the Editorial Office if it has been five business days and an Assistant Editor has not yet been assigned to your submission. Is there any expedited process, this means extra charge. What does it mean. I would like to inquire about the status of my manuscript that has been under review since the 21st of November 2022 [Cells] Manuscript ID: cells-2079368. To find out more about specific papers, you can access the feedback on SuSy, and follow up with the journals Editorial Office if you require further details. In fact JCM said the average time for peer review just around 3 weeks! It could be because the paper does not fit into the scope of the journal, or because the reviewers felt the findings were incomplete, for example. Dear Shams, thank you for your comment. What should I do to get the editor to take another look at this paper? Even the editorial boards has right to accept any changes or reject but at must be logical. Thanks, Katherine. How long does it take in general for an article published in MDPI Microorganisms to show up in PubMed? For updates related to your article, please contact the editorial office of the journal that you submitted to. The status Revised version review indicates that your paper has been sent for a second round of reviews. Many reviewers of traditional journals agree to review but do not deliver ON TIME. We submitted 2nd revised manuscript and status directly changed to Pending editor decision. MDPI will allow authors to edit their manuscript in the case of author revisions before peer review, and during author revisions in the peer review process, according to reviewers and Academic Editors suggestions. The rejection letter from the Editorial Office will contain important information and instructions for you to follow. I think it is not fear that we has pass the blind review pass and now after acceptance the managing editor decided that they are not accepting our changes regarding author addition. So, they directly refused that we will not consider the new author. I was asked to review for an MDPI journal and realized while requesting to extend the deadline for my review that the editor at MDPI intended to send review requests to several reviewers, to gather enough reviews to make a decision on the basis of the first 2-3 he received. Yes, you are welcome to re-submit your manuscript. Once the journal has accepted your manuscript for publication, the final steps will be completed. No, you will not pay if your manuscript is rejected. The review time specified in the journal guidelines is 12.4 days. I am getting worried about the delay. Thanks Id recommend waiting until Tuesday next week. The length of the process could be dependent on the editors workload, for example, or the scope of the journal/SI. That is, unless you have a strong reason why it should not be published, including evidence. You can find contact details on the journal webpage. MDPI is a different publisher. I submitted a manuscript last month and it was under review and then pending editor decision. You can use any number of discount vouchers from MDPI peer review. It is already more than three weeks since my manuscript was submitted, but there is still no feedback from editorial office and the status is still Under review. You can find out more in our article on MDPIs name change policy. thanks. This status also applies to second review rounds (revised version reviews). Hi We got first decision in 39 days (despite the fact that average time for it in Agronomy is 19 days) and did our revision within 5 days. My current status of the manuscript says Conversion Skipped. Kindly shed some light. You can also find this information in the Journal Statistics section, accessible via the left-hand menu. For questions about individual submissions, we recommend contacting the Editorial Office of the journal. I submitted an article to microorganisms. Hello dear Katherine Bosworth, My name is Dr. Shams. I have given all reasons to the editor via email as per request. Other versions will be available in 2-3 working days. With this in mind, I have reached out to Metals on your behalf and I am following your case very closely. You can find more information about MDPI manuscript statuses in our handy blog article. Contributions should be listed during the submission process and are also part of the journal template. Please reach out to the editor assigned to your paper about this issue. Take a look at any feedback that may have been given on SuSy, as this will help you improve your manuscript before resubmission. Unfortunately, as soon as the manuscript is accepted for submission, the authors cannot be changed. We published a paper in mdpi but after publication, we realized we inadvertently missed authors. Is it possible to have a waiver from publication fees when I got the acceptance letter. Then, I resubmitted the manuscript on 1st of October, it went to peer review, two positive responses one with minor revision and second accepted it. The Horticulturae Editorial Office will be able to help you withdraw your manuscript. As you have been waiting for more than a week, please could you reach out to the Assistant Editor of your manuscript? They will be able to provide an update. Layout editing, as well as a plagiarism check, are offered at a fixed price. For Instance I am not a IOAP institue author, but one of my co-author is correspondent to IOAP institute, and the payment mode for his/her IOAP institute is centralised to the university. Your manuscript has now been published online in PDF format. As you have been waiting for longer than a week, please could you contact the Editorial Office for an update? Hi, please for the status (Conversion Skipped), can we fund the PDF article online? Unfortunately, we cannot help from the blog in that regard, but we can recommend you to contact the publishing manager of Sustainability, Ms Neda Nikolic (nikolic@mdpi.com). They will be able to help and advise you. Hi Nawal, thanks for the comment! Dear Torres, thank you for your comment. The reviewer is given 15 days to submit their review. Regarding your procedure, it takes 1-2 days to display the final decision. We have submitted our manuscript and even its revised version to Scientia Pharmaceutica journal, and now the status has changed to Pending editor decision. Respected Madam, Still, it is under review. Could you please reach out to the journals Editorial Office? Hi, I have a query. after this, the editor says if you insist to add these authors then you should withdraw the paper. Could you please help us check if there is anything wrong with our submission? The Assistant Editor for your paper will also update you via email about decisions they make. This reviewer wants to remain anonymous, so they selected (x) I would not like to sign my review report. I want to know if this decision was made by the SI GE or others. Upon completion of the production steps, the article will be available online. An abstract is a short summary of your research. If youre still waiting after a week, please could you get in touch with the Editorial Office? Your paper is actually going through an open peer review. We have submitted on a special issue of Cells. https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/review_info/d8d533bff6b18e38e4163b53dc1d5e14, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/editorial_office, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/editorial_office. My article was in pending conversation but now status shows that conversation skipped what does it mean? Your paper has been published and is now being converted into PDF format. JAMS is the submission system behind MDPI's journals. This status means that our team of English editors are reviewing your manuscript for grammar, spelling, and MDPI house style. if the paper been rejected because of choosing wrong special issue during submitting (system was not giving the name of wanted special issue )while we wrote name of wanted special issue in cover letter can i resubmit again for the wanted special issue. Sorry youve been waiting longer than expected. We could not find specific box to upload it in susy. Does it mean Rejection? On February 15th, I requested to change the correspondence email address for my [Administrative Sciences] Manuscript ID: admsci-2182229. Ive re-read it and cannot find the flaws. Id like to ask about the status of Pending Editorial Decision which has lasted for more than 10 days. Hello, I am the author who submitted the thesis to horticulturae. Yes, you should include this information at the end of your manuscript. Hi, I have submitted my manuscript on 29, September 2022. They will be able to give you an update. I submitted my manuscript dentistry-2179056 to Dentistry journal 7/1/2023. I have written to the editorial office to provide us with detailed peer review report since the status is under review. MDPI journals all have a stringent peer review process to ensure the novelty and scientific accuracy of manuscripts. I am so sorry that you have been waiting so long. Submissions to Special Issues undergo the same rigorous peer review process as regular submissions to the journal. The status is now Pending Review. Therefore, kindly check and take the steps. If I submitted an article in mdpi and 3 reviewers review the manuscript. One more thing I want to confirm. What will be process after such condition and what have to discuss with editor. They will be able to help you. However, please be assured that Assistant Editors keep a close eye on submissions and will inform and advise you about your manuscript status. Id encourage you to get in touch with the Editorial Office soon to make this happen. Apologies for the delay. Every MPDI manuscript is converted into different formats, ready for publication. It usually takes 12 days. I want to submit the manuscript to Social Science. You can find out more about our peer review process, pre-check and other policy requirements here: https://www.mdpi.com/editorial_process. However, each paper is unique. Or is the academic editor hiring a fourth reviewer? Please contact the Assistant Editor if you require an extension. Four reviewers gave good reviews and recommended the manuscript for publication. Yes, thats correct. Congrats! the manuscript has the ID number of jrfm-1985894 However, we have not been receiving any response. I revised the manuscript according to all comments and recommendations from the reviewers reports. While submitting the paper, I pasted an abstract directly from my latex editor that contains dollar signs $ before a number. This situation makes me worry. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Could you please advise me how to deal with this situation? or Will there be any weightage with regard to the Review Report sent by Round-1 Reviewers? What does it mean? Please contact the journals Editorial Office immediately, letting them know of your situation. However, as this is something youre concerned about, you can contact the Editorial Office directly. In short, after how many days from today I am likely to get a decision? So, based on your two rounds of revisions, the Associate Editor (AE) has made their decision on the manuscript and. The status changed to pending editor decision on November 24, 2022 and has remained Pending Editor decision since then. The manuscript will be linked to the previous submission in SuSy. Thank you very much. Take a look at our How to navigate SuSy video for guidance. Unfortunately, I found one correction didnt match which i told like just adding three words in literature section. This is very surprising to hear. Hello Waqas, many thanks for getting in touch! After major revisions, when replied to all the comments of the reviewers, and system says upload the manuscript.. after uploading it shows the status of Resubmitted. Thanks for the reply. Since the date of submission, the manuscript is still under the Review status. Our paper has a status Pending editor decision for 12 days now (which is quite unusuall for Agronomy) and assigned editor does not reply to our e-mails asking about the status of our paper. I try to inquire assistant editor and editorial office by e-mail, but still no feedback from them. If my manuscript has been rejected by Optics Letters, can I still submit it to an MDPI publication. Yes, when a manuscript is rejected, authors are free to submit it to any other journal. There may be delays based on the Academic Editors workload and availability upon a decision request.