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Review timing

Journal review timelines and manuscript-status guides

Use these guides to understand review-time ranges, first-decision timing, and editorial status phrases before deciding whether to wait, revise, or prepare a backup route.

Review-time guides

Review time and first-decision guides

These pages explain expected review timing and what timing signals mean for authors.

Manuscript status

Under review, under consideration, and with-editor guides

These pages explain status phrases without turning them into overconfident predictions.