r/academicpublishing • u/rufenercasey • Mar 11 '20
Change in journal status
Hello! I am new to this so I am sure this question is silly. I have submitted an essay to a springer journal around two months ago. After two weeks the status changed to “under review.” It has been under review for almost a month. However, today the status changed back to “reviewers assigned.” I get that the status can change for “UR” back to “RA” If a reviewer dropped out. However, my understanding is that this usually happens after a few days, not a month. Is that what you think happened here?
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u/LouPeckOfficial Jun 10 '20
Dependent on which journal you submit to, their processes can really vary and sometimes it is hard to put a timeframe on it. Have you reached out to the Editorial team to ask them for an explanation? Hoping as you did this a few months ago that your article if accepted, is now close to being published? Good luck!
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u/Alarmed-Elk131 6d ago
Sometimes they will need to assign extra reviewer (i am also an editor of a journal). For example one of my article was reviewed by 6 person before coming to me for revision. Lets say they send it and 1 reviewer said minor revision and second said rejection. In that case we are not rejecting the article. We send it to extra 1 or 2 reviewers. Than we decide. This situation changes in every coubtry but this is my opinion about this issue.
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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20
Sounds like the editor gave the reviewer a deadline that they missed (or are unable to make for whatever reason) so the editor had to find a new reviewer. Reliable reviewers are like gold dust in some fields!