Editorial Workflow

eBio has established the following timeline goals for the review process to help ensure thorough, but timely handling of all submissions.

1. Within 2 workdays of submission, authors sent acknowledgment and request for any missing confirmations or materials.
2. Review process initiated within 1 workday of receiving all needed confirmations and materials.
3. Manuscripts assigned and sent to Manuscript Editor within 3 weeks of submission.
4. Manuscript Editor to send manuscript out to two reviewers within 2 weeks of taking assignment.
5. Reviewers and editor to complete assessment within 4 weeks.
6. Manuscript Editor to contact authors with decision within 2 weeks of receiving reviewer comments.
7. If revision is requested, authors to make revisions and return reworked manuscript to Manuscript Editor within 4 weeks.
8. Manuscript Editor to review revised manuscript and either send back to authors for additional revisions or confirm that the manuscript is acceptable for publication within 2 weeks of receipt of revised manuscript.
9. Manuscript Editor in cooperation with authors, will get all accepted materials to Production Editor, who will then copyedit and complete layout of manuscript in galley form within 4 weeks. Galley is then sent to Journal Editor, Manuscript Editor, and author for a final review prior to publication.
10. Journal Editor, Manuscript Editor, and author to review and return galley edits within 2 weeks.
11. Production staff will then make corrections, conduct a final proofing, and publish the manuscript within 2 weeks.

Thus, authors can expect to hear back with an initial decision within 11 weeks from time of submission. Time to final decision will depend on extent of revisions needed (and hence amount of time authors need to make the revisions and editors need to review them) and time to publication on current inflow of accepted manuscripts, but generally we strive for publication within 6 months from the time of submission.