If your article is submitted to NJE and is going through the editorial process but is not yet accepted for publication, you can get the status from mail from our editorial office.
Status and Description
Pre-review statuses
| With Journal | Manuscript has been submitted, but not yet assigned to an editor. This status is skipped for journals with automatic editor assignment. |
| No Editor Invited | For journals with invited editor workflow, this status means no handling editor has been invited yet or else all invited editors have declined or been uninvited. |
| Editor Invited | For journals with invited editor workflow, this status means there is a pending editor invitation. |
| With Editor | One or more editors have been assigned, but no reviewers have yet been invited. |
Review statuses
Reviewer Invited |
At least one reviewer has been invited, none have agreed. |
| Under Review | At least one reviewer has agreed to review. There have not yet been the required number of completed reviews. |
| Ready for Decision | The required number of reviews has been completed. If the required number is changed to a higher number, the status will change back to Under Review. |
Decision statuses
| Decision in Progress | An editor has begun a decision but chosen to save and resume later. |
| Decision Pending | At least one editor has made a decision but no letter has yet been sent. |
Revision and Resubmission statuses
| Resubmission Requested | The paper has been sent back to author, but the author has not yet responded to the request to resubmit. |
| Under Resubmission | The author has agreed to resubmit but has not completed the resubmission process yet. |
| Revision Requested | A decision of Revise has been made, but the author has not yet responded to the request to revise. |
| Under Revision | The author has agreed to revise but has not completed the revision process yet. |
Acceptance statuses
| Accepted | A decision of accept has been made, but the manuscript has not been sent to production. |
| Sent to Production | The manuscript has been sent to production. |
| Transmittal Failed | There was an error in sending to production. |
Rejected and Withdrawn statuses
| Rejected | A decision of reject has been made and sent to author. |
| Withdrawn | The submission has been withdrawn. |
| Declined to Resubmit | The author has declined a resubmission request. |
| Declined to Revise | The author has declined a revision request. |
| Removed | The submission was removed by the author or editor. These are found only on the Removed/Expired Submissions list. |
| Expired | An author task expired, and the paper was automatically removed. These are found only on the Removed/Expired Submissions list. |