Guide to submission status indicators

Code Stage Notes

Manuscript has been received. English language editing
Oe English language edit check results pending
0f Grammar check Manuscript has been received. Initial grammar check
Manuscript has been received. English language editing
0p English language edit check
Unevaluated new Manuscript has been received. Initial compliance checks in
1a submission progress.
Revised submission
1aa recheck Files have been received for compliance recheck.
Editorial Compliance
1ab Checks Manuscript has moved to editorial compliance check.
Unevaluated Letter to the Submission has been received. Initial compliance checks in
1al Editor progress for Letter to the Editor
Waiting for third party
1da billing information As stated
Initial checks of the manuscript have highlighted queries to
1e Awaiting evaluation check with the author.
Awaiting co-author email Awaiting all co-author email addresses to be supplied, and
1ec addresses sometimes a missing file.
Awaiting terms of Awaiting main author to complete the Terms of Publication
1ed publication agreement.
Initial checks of the manuscript have highlighted queries to
1ee Awaiting evaluation check with the author and/or Editor in Chief.
Peer Review selection in
1f process As stated
Peer review invitations Peer reviewers have been invited and asked to respond
2a sent rapidly.
First peer reviewer The first peer reviewer has accepted to conduct a review of
2b allocated the paper.
Two or more peer Multiple peer reviewers have accepted to undertake the
2c reviewers allocated review.
The first peer-review report has been received by our
2d First report returned Editorial offices.
Second or more peer
2e reviewer reports returned As stated.
If insufficient reviewer comments are received or if the
comments are inconclusive additional peer reviewers will be
2f New reviewer(s) required identified.
2fx Awaiting COI Awaiting all author Conflict of Interest forms to be supplied
Report sent to Editor-in- Peer reviewer comments are sent to the Editor-in-Chief of
2g Chief the journal.

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 We are performing some pre-checks before sending the
2gx Editorial Pre-checks paper for first decision.
We are currently processing the manuscript for any required
3a Provisional acceptance corrections before acceptance.
The Editor-in-Chief decides that the paper requires some
Report: Revise with changes or clarifications before it can be accepted for
3b changes publication.
The author is being contacted about the Editor-in-Chief's
3cx Report: Pending decision.
Dove Editorial has communicated the Editor-in-Chief's
decision to the author(s) and Dove is awaiting a revised
4a Resubmission pending and/or resubmitted manuscript.
Resubmitted manuscript
4b received Revised manuscript received by the Dove Editorial offices.
COI’s required (Revised Conflict of Interest forms are still to be received for at least
4bc manuscript received) one of the authors of the paper.
Processing Revised Corrected revised manuscript has been submitted and is now
4bd Manuscript being processed.
Sent to Editor-in-Chief for
Revised manuscript sent to Editor-in-Chief for review of
4c acceptance or rejection revisions and any decision to accept.
Peer Reviewer(s) second Editor-in-Chief has requested original reviewers to re review
4cr round revised manuscript and authors responses.
Peer Reviewer(s) second Revised manuscript and second round reviewer comments
4cx round completed sent to Editor-in-Chief for final decision.
Awaiting author/peer Query regarding revised manuscript, which has been
4d reviewer confirmation received.
Awaiting publisher Dove Editorial is discussing the final decision with the
4e decision Editor-in-Chief.
The manuscript is provisionally accepted for publication
Final decision pending Dove Editorial review. Invoice to follow for
5a/5ab confirmation pending submissions subject to article publishing charge.
Dove Editorial has sent an invoice for payment of the
5b Invoice sent Publication Processing Fee to the author(s).
5c Payment has been received Manuscript is being prepared for copy editing.
5d Pre-press/In preparation Manuscript is being copy edited.
Manuscript has been sent to typesetter for pre-edit. No action
5f Sent for pre-edit required from the author.
5g Editing enquiry Paper is on hold awaiting further information.
Manuscript sent to Manuscript is with the typesetter for first proof creation or
6a typesetting updates to the proof. No action required from the author.
The manuscript has been returned from the typesetter to
6ax Return from Typesetter Editorial team.
Typeset page proofs are sent to the author(s) for correction or
approval. Please login using the link provided to submit the
6b Proofs sent to author proof back to Editorial team.

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 Author returned
6bx corrections The author has returned their corrections.
Page proofs approved by the author. At this point the
6d Author approval manuscript is ready for publication.
Page proofs approved by the author. Paper is on hold
6e Author approval, pending awaiting further information.
Sent to Typesetter for page
6ex numbering The manuscript is sent for page numbering at the Typesetter.
Received from Typesetter The manuscript has been returned from the Typesetter with
6ey after page numbering page numbers.
Online final version is
7d published Typeset Manuscript is published online.
File is converted to XML Dove Editorial commissions the conversion of papers for
7e format for use by PubMed supply to PubMed.
XML conversion Batch
7ex Sent Dove Editorial sends the paper to PubMed for indexing.
7ey XML conversion PubMed The published manuscript is indexed on PubMed.
Manuscript is archived. All typesetting files, and published
7f Archive of manuscript versions are archived.
Returned To Author
Insufficient Peer After extensive efforts we have not been able to obtain the
7ff Reviewers required number of reviewers for your manuscript.
The author has withdrawn the paper. The Editor may be in
The paper has been communication with the author. If this is the case, please
7g withdrawn contact Dove Press for an update.
7h Rejected by publisher The manuscript has been rejected for publication.
The author is being contacted about the Editor-in-Chief's
7i Publisher report pending final decision.
7j Re submission Awaiting response from author.
Updated 22 June 2023

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