What does the manuscript status mean?
The status of a manuscript helps editors quickly understand what work has been done reviewing the article.
The Under Review status:
- No Reviewers Invited - An article has been submitted, but no reviewers have been invited.
- Reviewers Invited - At least one reviewer has been invited to review the manuscript.
- Reviewers Confirmed - At least one reviewer has accepted an offer to review the manuscript.
- (Number) Reviews Submitted - A total of (number) reviews have been submitted for this manuscript.
The Inactive status:
- Withdrawn - The manuscript has been withdrawn from the journal.
- Manuscripts can be withdrawn before or after the journal has issued a decision.
- Rejected - The journal made a decision of Reject for the manuscript.
- Desk Rejected - The journal made a decision of Reject for a manuscript that received no revisions and for which no one completed the reviewer form.
- Revise and Resubmit - The journal made a decision of Revise and Resubmit for the manuscript.
- Publication Offer Declined - Only for journals configured to allow publication offers, this means the article was given a decision of Accept but that the author declined the publication offer.
- Publication Offer Expired - Only for journals configured to allow publication offers, this means the article was given a decision of Accept but that the author failed to accept or decline the publication offer by the journal's provided deadline.
The Conditionally Accepted status:
- Conditionally Accepted - The journal made a decision of Conditional Accept
The Accepted status:
- Accepted - This journal made a decision of Accept for the manuscript.
- Pending Publication Offer - Only for journals configured to allow publication offers, this means the article was given a decision of Accept but that the author has not yet accepted or declined the publication offer.
Manuscript Status
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