1, rejected without approval. This situation is mostly due to the fact that the articles are inconsistent with the submitted journals, indicating that the positioning is not accurate, or there are too many errors in the format of the papers. In this case, it will be directly rejected without external audit.
2. It is recommended to vote for other journals. When the editor thinks that your article is not in conformity with the periodical, he may give you a suggestion to change it to another periodical. Another situation is that the magazine informs you that you can contribute to all the publications of the same publishing house. If the author agrees, the magazine society will directly transfer it to you, without the need for the author to contribute himself.
3. Send it to peer review. After passing the preliminary examination, it will be sent to peer review. Generally speaking, there are several possibilities to send it to peer review:
(1) accept it directly without any modification.
② Acceptance after minor repairs. In this case, the paper needs to be slightly revised. Generally, the papers after minor changes are not reviewed, and the final decision is made by the editor.
(3) Acceptance after overhaul. There are many places in the overhaul instructions that need to be revised, and the revised articles are likely to be sent to external review, which may be passed or rejected.
(4) Direct refusal. As for the case of direct rejection, even if your article is revised carefully, it will not be considered.
Possible decisions of peer review papers include
1. accept directly: accept the original paper for publication without any modification, but few papers can receive this decision.
2. Accept after minor repairs: This decision is also called conditional acceptance, which means that the paper can be accepted by journals after some minor modifications. Papers accepted after minor repairs may not need peer review, and the journal editor will make a decision after personally checking. But the author should remember that "tinkering" does not guarantee that it will be accepted, but let the editor be satisfied with your revision.
3. Acceptance after overhaul: The editor will make this decision when he thinks that the paper needs to be greatly revised. When the author returns the revised manuscript, he needs to attach a point-by-point reply to the reviewer's opinion. The revised papers may also be sent to external reviewers, usually the first round reviewers, but of course, editors also have the right to choose different reviewers.
In the second round of peer review, some journals are called "re-peer review", and the results are determined according to the author's revision opinions and the reply to the review editor's opinions. If the author does not fully reply to all the comments, it may be revised again and even rejected.
4. Re-submission after revision: Sometimes the editor refuses to submit, but is willing to accept re-submission on the premise of revision by the author. At this point, resubmitting is considered as a new submission. If the author accepts it, he must first revise the paper according to the opinions of reviewers and editors, and then attach a letter when submitting again, which contains the number and revision instructions of the previous submission. After checking the revised paper and related information, the editor decides whether to send the paper to peer review.
5. Reject: Reject directly. In most cases, even if the paper is greatly revised, journal editors will not consider publishing the paper.