After submission, if there is no problem with the format of the article and the editor thinks that the article conforms to the scope of the journal, it will enter a long wait. People who are in urgent need of articles will inevitably log in to the system to check the current manuscript status. Some systems will record every change of status in great detail, while some logs will only show the status of "under review" for a long time.

The review status of the journal is put below and translated.

Sort by month/day/year.

The status display of other journals will be different, but almost the same. They are divided into submission, editing with an editor, being modified, modification and acceptance or rejection.

Generally speaking, the state of editing and processing manuscripts (with editing) appears relatively quickly, generally lasting at most 2 weeks. If with editor does not appear within 2 weeks after the article is submitted, or it has been in this state for more than 4 weeks, you can consider sending an email to ask the editor to see if it has been forgotten or the system has not been updated.

The state under review lasts the longest, and it is normal from one month to one year, which has a lot to do with journals. A general periodical website will provide a general review cycle. If not, you can also download some recent articles. Generally, the submission date and acceptance date will be indicated on the summary page, so that you can work out how long it will take.