Decision in process 持续一个多月了，问了客服得到如下反馈，大家来分析一下
投了E家一个比较老牌期刊，
Feb 6 2020第一次返修提交，
之后变为under review，
Mar 23 2020变为 decision in process
直到今天，期间在Apr 26变过一次状态日期，没变状态。
发邮件询问，得到如下反馈：
Having just checked, I can see that the Associate Editor and Area Editor have both made independent decisions on your submission. Your manuscript was recently sent to the Editor in Chief who will assess the reviewer comments before making a decision on your work. I look forward to sending you good news soon.
我怀疑independent decisions 是不是暗示Associate Editor and Area Editor的意见有分歧？
于是再复制了这段话，询问了在线客服，得到如下反馈：
E: Apologies for the wait.
E: Both the Editors have to assess the recommendations on your paper
E: So that they could render their decision
ME: Yes I understand both of them made the decision. I was wondering if they have different decisions? like one accepet but the other rejection.
E: Apologies but I cannot disclose any further information regarding that. Hope you understand Dr Lu.
E: It is within the discretion of the Editors.
请前辈帮我分析分析，这是正常的吗？还是Associate Editor and Area Editor分歧了？
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主编确实是要最终确认，不过我这边多出一个editor，先给associate editor，再给area editor，最后给主编。客服的话里，前两个还是independent给出decision，很迷了。。。
感谢大家的回复，2020.5.5 中了
decision in process 的历史为
2020.3.23
2020.4.26 更新状态日期
2020.5.5 accept
接近一个半月
3.23是associate E 发起decision，4.26那次是area E/associate EiC的确认行为，最后是EiC的确认。
但我也审过没有area E中间确认的Elsevier期刊，所以还是得看具体期刊规则。
楼主，我这边的情况跟你差不多，但是还没有结果。
Elsevier的老牌刊物。
3.7 大修返回，
一直是Resubmission to the Journal和with editor，没有出现其他阶段，也就是可能没有再次送审，
4.17状态变成Decision in Process，我觉得应该快出结果了，虽然可能因为疫情慢了点，
5.4又变成了with editor，这下我就完全不知道是怎么回事了。
Elsevier系统里Decision in Processs说明负责的编辑提出了一个decision，一般等后面的高层编辑们确认。
再退回with editor，我觉得是高层编辑不认可负责的编辑的decision，退回重新给decision或者再审稿
祝好运
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被你这么一说，我就更加紧张了。原来觉得希望挺大，现在可能要悲剧啊。
可以去骚扰E的24*7在线客服chat，反正不会影响学术编辑们的。他们会透露流程状态的信息
哈哈，可以试试。谢谢！
我问了在线客服，回复如下：
I can see from checking that the article is "With Editor" as of the moment. This means that the Editor is now processing the decision for your article. This seems to be the workflow of the journal. Kindly wait within a few days before the Editor processes this. If there are no updated, kindly contact us again.
她说这是常规流程，让我耐心等待。所以就只好等着吧。