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Guide to submission status indicators
Code | Stage | Notes | |
1a | Unevaluated new submission | Manuscript has been received. Initial compliance checks in progress. | |
1aa | Revised submission recheck | Files have been received for compliance recheck. | |
1ab | Editorial Compliance Checks | Manuscript has moved to editorial compliance check. | |
1al | Unevaluated Letter to the Editor | Submission has been received. Initial compliance checks in progress for Letter to the Editor | |
1da | Waiting for third party billing information | As stated | |
1e | Awaiting evaluation | Initial checks of the manuscript have highlighted queries to check with the author. | |
1ec | Awaiting co-author email addresses | Awaiting all co-author email addresses to be supplied, and sometimes a missing file. | |
1ed | Awaiting terms of publication | Awaiting main author to complete the Terms of Publication agreement. | |
1ee | Awaiting evaluation | Initial checks of the manuscript have highlighted queries to check with the author and/or Editor in Chief. | |
1f | Peer Review selection in process | As stated | |
2a | Peer review invitations sent | Peer reviewers have been invited and asked to respond rapidly. | |
2b | First peer reviewer allocated | The first peer reviewer has accepted to conduct a review of the paper. | |
2c | Two or more peer reviewers allocated | Multiple peer reviewers have accepted to undertake the review. | |
2d | First report returned | The first peer-review report has been received by our Editorial offices. | |
2e | Second or more peer reviewer reports returned | As stated. | |
2f | New reviewer(s) required | If insufficient reviewer comments are received or if the comments are inconclusive additional peer reviewers will be identified. | |
2fx | Awaiting COI | Awaiting all author Conflict of Interest forms to be supplied | |
2g | Report sent to Editor-in-Chief | Peer reviewer comments are sent to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. | |
2gx | Editorial Pre-checks | We are performing some pre-checks before sending the paper for first decision. | |
3a | Provisional acceptance | We are currently processing the manuscript for any required corrections before acceptance. | |
3b | Report: Revise with changes | The Editor-in-Chief decides that the paper requires some changes or clarifications before it can be accepted for publication. | |
3cx | Report: Pending | The author is being contacted about the Editor-in-Chief's decision. | |
4a | Resubmission pending | Dove Editorial has communicated the Editor-in-Chief's decision to the author(s) and Dove is awaiting a revised and/or resubmitted manuscript. | |
4b | Resubmitted manuscript received | Revised manuscript received by the Dove Editorial offices. | |
4bc | COI’s required (Revised manuscript received) | Conflict of Interest forms are still to be received for at least one of the authors of the paper. | |
4bd | Processing Revised Manuscript | Corrected revised manuscript has been submitted and is now being processed. | |
4c | Sent to Editor-in-Chief for acceptance or rejection | Revised manuscript sent to Editor-in-Chief for review of revisions and any decision to accept. | |
4cr | Peer Reviewer(s) second round | Editor-in-Chief has requested original reviewers to re review revised manuscript and authors responses. | |
4cx | Peer Reviewer(s) second round completed | Revised manuscript and second round reviewer comments sent to Editor-in-Chief for final decision. | |
4d | Awaiting author/peer reviewer confirmation | Query regarding revised manuscript, which has been received. | |
4e | Awaiting publisher decision | Dove Editorial is discussing the final decision with the Editor-in-Chief. | |
5a/5ab | Final decision confirmation pending | The manuscript is provisionally accepted for publication pending Dove Editorial review. Invoice to follow for submissions subject to article publishing charge. | |
5b | Invoice sent | Dove Editorial has sent an invoice for payment of the Publication Processing Fee to the author(s). | |
5c | Payment has been received | Manuscript is being prepared for copy editing. | |
5d | Pre-press/In preparation | Manuscript is being copy edited. | |
5f | Sent for pre-edit | Manuscript has been sent to typesetter for pre-edit. No action required from the author. | |
5g | Editing enquiry | Paper is on hold awaiting further information. | |
6a | Manuscript sent to typesetting | Manuscript is with the typesetter for first proof creation or updates to the proof. No action required from the author. | |
6ax | Return from Typesetter | The manuscript has been returned from the typesetter to Editorial team. | |
6b | Proofs sent to author | Typeset page proofs are sent to the author(s) for correction or approval. Please login using the link provided to submit the proof back to Editorial team. | |
6bx | Author returned corrections | The author has returned their corrections. | |
6d | Author approval | Page proofs approved by the author. At this point the manuscript is ready for publication. | |
6e | Author approval, pending | Page proofs approved by the author. Paper is on hold awaiting further information. | |
6ex | Sent to Typesetter for page numbering | The manuscript is sent for page numbering at the Typesetter. | |
6ey | Received from Typesetter after page numbering | The manuscript has been returned from the Typesetter with page numbers. | |
7d | Online final version is published | Typeset Manuscript is published online. | |
7e | File is converted to XML format for use by PubMed | Dove Editorial commissions the conversion of papers for supply to PubMed. | |
7ex | XML conversion Batch Sent | Dove Editorial sends the paper to PubMed for indexing. | |
7ey | XML conversion PubMed | The published manuscript is indexed on PubMed. | |
7f | Archive of manuscript | Manuscript is archived. All typesetting files, and published versions are archived. | |
7ff | Returned To Author Insufficient Peer Reviewers | After extensive efforts we have not been able to obtain the required number of reviewers for your manuscript. | |
7g | The paper has been withdrawn | The author has withdrawn the paper. The Editor may be in communication with the author. If this is the case, please contact Dove Press for an update. | |
7h | Rejected by publisher | The manuscript has been rejected for publication. | |
7i | Publisher report pending | The author is being contacted about the Editor-in-Chief's final decision. | |
7j | Re submission | Awaiting response from author. |
Updated 24 May 2022