I have a paper under review and the status is still "awaiting reviewer selection" for more than one month. The journal is based in Europe. Is it because of the summer break in Europe? I wonder if I should wait or withdraw the paper.
I sent an email to two people in the editorial board, but I have never got back from them. lol
Could be the break. Could be they just didn't update the system. Could be a journal not on top of stuff.
Depending what you mean by editorial board, you might have been emailing people who don't even have access to that system. The appropriate person to email is the (usually) graduate student who manages submissions, not any of the editors.
Editor here. At least two of the common review systems show "awaiting reviewer selection" if there is ANY reviewer invitation outstanding. That does not necessarily mean your paper is actually waiting on reviewers to be chosen. It often means we asked 6 people, 3 agreed, 2 said no, and 1 never responded to the request. Do not email to ask about this. It's not helpful. It's most often a system glitch.
Editor here. At least two of the common review systems show "awaiting reviewer selection" if there is ANY reviewer invitation outstanding. That does not necessarily mean your paper is actually waiting on reviewers to be chosen. It often means we asked 6 people, 3 agreed, 2 said no, and 1 never responded to the request. Do not email to ask about this. It's not helpful. It's most often a system glitch.
Really your sure?