Dead silence from journal

[Sun_Worshiper]

Withdraw the manuscript.

Once a journal sat on my paper for over a year without even sending it out for review. I had reached out after six months and again after a year - at that point I withdrew. I remember the editor said something like "sorry you aren't happy with the process.". I was pissed. I'll never submit to that journal again or review for them.

[Cheerful]

Withdraw the manuscript.

Once a journal sat on my paper for over a year without even sending it out for review. I had reached out after six months and again after a year - at that point I withdrew. I remember the editor said something like "sorry you aren't happy with the process.". I was pissed. I'll never submit to that journal again or review for them.

+1  Glad you won't submit/review for them.  I know of similar -- and worse -- cases, also with some flippant, power-laden responses from editors.

[fleabite]

Thanks, all. I sent a final email asking for an update or timeline and indicated that I would consider myself free to submit the manuscript elsewhere if I didn't receive a reply by the end of the day tomorrow. (If there had been an option on the portal to simply withdraw it, I probably would have done that.) I still am unsure whether I will raise the issue with the institution that publishes the journal (in the interest of saving others from similar experiences).

[Hibush]

Thanks, all. I sent a final email asking for an update or timeline and indicated that I would consider myself free to submit the manuscript elsewhere if I didn't receive a reply by the end of the day tomorrow. (If there had been an option on the portal to simply withdraw it, I probably would have done that.) I still am unsure whether I will raise the issue with the institution that publishes the journal (in the interest of saving others from similar experiences).

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