petersuber, 7 months ago Question: If a journal receives a submission within its scope, and has trouble finding referees, how long should it wait, or how long should it keep trying, before it notifies the authors and invites them to submit the manuscript elsewhere? I'm prompted to ask this question by the case described in this article, which is about "handling editors" rather than referees. https://jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e354 #PeerReview #ScholComm
Question: If a journal receives a submission within its scope, and has trouble finding referees, how long should it wait, or how long should it keep trying, before it notifies the authors and invites them to submit the manuscript elsewhere?
I'm prompted to ask this question by the case described in this article, which is about "handling editors" rather than referees. https://jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e354
#PeerReview #ScholComm
