Corresponding Authors are encouraged to access the status of their manuscripts at any time by logging into Editorial Manager as an Author and locating the submission in one of the queues on the Author Main Menu.  Submissions that have not yet received a final decision will be accessible in different queues on the Main Menu screen depending on the manuscript status.  Submissions that have received a decision will be accessible in the Submissions with a Decision queue.

Below is a list of what the different status descriptions indicate both before and after acceptance.  Entries with an asterisk (*) require author action.

Submission & Peer Review Status Terms

*Incomplete

New submission or revision is being edited by the author

Building PDF

Editorial Manager is building a PDF from the files uploaded by the author.

*Needs Approval

PDF of the submission has been built and requires author approval.

Manuscript Submitted

Submission has been approved by the author and is awaiting a formatting check by AMS staff.

*Sent Back to Author

Submission does not pass a formatting check and requires author corrections.

With Editor

An editor has been assigned to the manuscript.

Under Review

The assigned editor has initiated the Peer Review process.

Required Reviews Completed

All necessary reviews have been received by the editorial office (the editor may seek additional reviews in some cases).

Decision in Process

The editor has begun to enter the decision into the system, but the author has not yet been notified.

*Revise

The editor has requested changes and submission is with the author for revision.

*Revision Needs Approval

PDF of the revision has been built and requires author approval.

Revised Manuscript Submitted

Revision has been approved by the author and is awaiting a formatting check by AMS staff.

Author Declines to Revise

Author has clicked on an action link indicating they do not wish to submit a revised version of the manuscript.

Completed Reject

A final decision of rejection has been made by the editor.

Completed Withdrawn

A final decision of withdrawal has been made by the author or the editor.

Completed Accept

A final decision of acceptance has been made by the editor.

Submission Transferred

The editor has transferred the submission to another AMS journal.

Production Status Terms

Ready for PPQ

AMS HQ has been notified of Acceptance; manuscript is in queue to be checked for completeness (“preproduction qualification”).

In PPQ

Manuscript is undergoing a readiness check by staff (ensuring all required submission files are present, the page charge forms have been submitted, etc.).

Ready for EOR

The submission has been accepted but the paper has not yet been processed for Early Online Release. Once the task is assigned to our vendor this status disappears and the corresponding author is sent a notification email that the manuscript has been sent for EOR posting.

*Author Figures Missing, Author Information Missing, Author Page Charge Form Missing, Author Verification Missing, Copyright Missing

The Corresponding Author has been sent an email notification describing the required author action required and the details of any missing elements. The manuscript cannot proceed through production until the missing elements have been resolved.

Ready for Tooling

The readiness check is complete and the source files are ready to be transferred to our commercial press for tooling (pre-edit processing).

At DJS for Tooling

Tooling task in progress at press (element tagging, rote copy edit tasks, figure processing, etc.).

Manuscript Ready for Copy Edit

Pre-edit tooling complete; manuscript now in queue for copy editing.

Manuscript Assigned to Copy Editor

Copy edit in progress.

Manuscript Ready for Technical Edit

Copy edit complete; manuscript now in queue for technical editing.

Manuscript Assigned to Technical Editor

Technical edit in progress.

At DJS for Author Proof Generation

Typesetting of edited file in progress at press.

*First Proof Assigned to Author for Corrections

Typesetting complete; email notification sent to author to download file for review.

First Proof Ready for Copy Editing

Author has returned corrected proof; proof is in queue for copy editing.

First Proof Assigned to Copy Editor

Copy edit of proof in progress.

First Proof Ready for Technical Editor

Copy edit of proof complete; proof is in queue for technical editor.

First Proof Assigned to Technical Editor

Technical edit of proof in progress.

At DJS for Proof Correction I or II

Implementation of proof corrections and generation of revised proof pages in progress at our typesetting vendor.

Second Proof Ready for Assignment to TE/Author (check flags)

Revised proof pages are ready for review by the technical editor (and author if necessary).

Final Corrections Ready for Tech Editing/Approval

Revised proof pages have been returned from the typesetting vendor and are ready for final review and possible approval by the technical editor.

Ready for Issue Assignment

The article has completed the editing process and can be sent for publication unless there are holds due to missing copyright forms, missing payment, etc.

At DJS for Publication

The article has been sent to our vendor for publication online.

Publication Complete

The article is now available online.