Nature's editors are unable to assign high priority to consideration of appeals. PIs gone AWOL? Article Tracking will guide you through the stages from the moment your article. [CDATA[> These letters are usually accompanied by detailed comments on the paper's format indicating editorial concerns that must be addressed in the revision. I think it is still with journal's editorial team. All the BES journals conduct a standard single-blind review process although Functional Ecology is currently condicting a double-blind experiment.. Each of the BES journals has: A dedicated Editorial Office ; Several Senior or Lead Editors (one of whom also takes the role of Executive Editor or Edior-in-Chief) . online A A. A manuscript under editorial consideration indicates that the work has not been rejected out of hand, but is being given a second look. How do I write an inquiry to the editor about my manuscript's current status? Nature. I am anxious as I heard that usually the editor just needs 1 week to decide if a paper deserves to be sent for peer review or not. If an appeal merits further consideration, the editors may send the authors' response or the revised paper to one or more referees, or they may ask one referee to comment on the concerns raised by another referee. Current functional thinking does not before being sent to te reviewers an editor usually has a quick look at your paper - to see if you meet all the criteria of the journal (e.g. on 21 May, 2021. Further developments in the online submission process help journals provide authors with access to manuscript tracking systems, which allow them to follow the status of a manuscript as it goes through the review process, post submission. quality, format, scientific novelty, language etc). "Editorial assessment of reviews" can mean that all reviewer send back their reviews and "Manuscript under editorial consideration" could mean that the editor hit the button "look at review". And, they were debating whether the paper would fit the scope of the journal. It can mean many things, if the status has been same since you resubmitted your manuscript then editor might still be waiting for all the reviewers to send the editors their review reports, in some cases when one reviewer is too much busy and needs more time to finalize his review report, editors waits for him to send his comments then they contact the author and make a decision on the basis . Tracking the Status of a Manuscript. under consideration. What is the meaning of "decision in process" status? Finding reviewers who agree to deal with the paper - another week. I heard that a first editorial decision is likely to be made within a few days after submission. this is editorial consideration. The status changed to "Manuscript under editorial consideration" last night without it changing to "Editor decision started" like in other examples. Thank you, -k. -kaveh-. But, after that, the status still displays "Manuscript under consideration" for 23 days.I wonder if this is a usual case. This is because you have been informed that your paper is under consideration for publication. Manuscriptunderconsiderationneturecellbiology3 Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data and photographs. Zecai Liang. Things just always take much longer than we think they would. For the final revision, authors should use the revision link to theonline submission systemprovided in the decision letter to upload a final version of the text with all the requested format changes and electronic files of the final figures at high resolution. If the editors feel the work is of potential interest to the journal, however, they may express interest in seeing a future resubmission.