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I submitted a paper to Physics of Plasmas. After 101 days the current stage says

decision letter being prepared.

And there is bold sentence saying

days to render final decision 101.

My question is:

  1. Has the journal already made a decision regarding the paper or is the review process ongoing? Because not once it came to me for review.
  2. Acceptance in one go is rare so does it mean a rejection?
problemofficer - n.f. Monica
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    What do you mean by because not once it came to me for review? Did you expect to review your own paper? – Wrzlprmft Jul 23 '17 at 13:54
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    I also suggest that you take a look at: What does the typical workflow of a journal look like? – Wrzlprmft Jul 23 '17 at 13:55
  • I mean that the first decision report has not come yet, generally when a paper gets reviewed a report is generated and shared with an author. It went for a review and after the review by referee suddenly the status shows " preparing decision report" and the day counter which counts the number of days since submission says" days to render final decision 101 ", so I am wondering whether it's possible that a final decision has been reached without the review being shared with me, will it be a minor or major revision or is it that they have rejected it. – varun saxena Jul 23 '17 at 15:39
  • Just be patient or ask the editor. He is the only one who knows. – Louic Jul 23 '17 at 11:14

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In all likelihood, if a decision has been made without reviews, the handling editor did not find the paper suitable for the journal and has chosen to not even start the review process. My money would be on a rejection.

It is fairly normal that editors do a screening of the paper before the review process starts to avoid wasting reviewers time on papers that are almost certain to be rejected.

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