Friday, August 1, 2008

Under Review

I have an article that has been under review since last September. I normally start gently asking the editor for updates around 4-5 months after submission, but in this case, those inquiries have tended to fall on deaf ears. I got one update in March that promised a decision, but I haven’t heard anything. I recently called the editor, but he is at “his summer home.” I am at the point now where, I hate to pull out and have wasted a year, but I wonder when, if ever, I’ll get a reply. And if I get a revise and resubmit, how long will that take?! I think I’ve decided to rewrite the manuscript and wait to withdraw it until I’m completely ready to send it to another journal. I’m shooting for end of August so that it’s done before school starts and so that I can say I gave it a year.

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