How to find out where your manuscript has reached.

If you submitted through the journal system

Log in and open your dashboard. Every stage is shown there, along with any editorial correspondence, and you can see it yourself without writing to anyone.

Log in to your dashboard

If you submitted by form or email

Write to editor.ijilr@gmail.com with:

• the exact manuscript title,
• the corresponding author's name, and
• the approximate date of submission.

Please send one email rather than several; duplicate enquiries slow the office down rather than speeding it up.

What the stages mean

Stage	What is happening
Submitted	Received and logged. Awaiting editorial screening.
Under editorial screening	Being checked for scope, formatting and citation style.
Similarity check	Being screened through Turnitin.
Under review	With two independent reviewers. This is normally the longest stage.
Revision requested	Reports returned. Awaiting your revised manuscript.
Accepted	Approved for publication. The APC is raised at this point.
In production	Copy-editing, typesetting and proofing.
Published	Live in an issue, with a permanent URL.
Rejected	Not proceeding. Reasons are given.

How long it takes

The journal aims to notify acceptance within two weeks of the reviewers' reports being complete. The review stage itself depends on reviewer availability. A manuscript needing a third reviewer, or one arriving close to an issue deadline, takes longer.

If a manuscript has been with the journal for an unusually long time with no contact, please do write — occasionally an email goes astray, and a reminder is welcome.

Withdrawing

You may withdraw a manuscript at any time before acceptance by writing to the editorial office. See the Publication Policy.