问题： 审稿人建议接受，为何期刊还要把我的论文再送外审？

我跟期刊又有问题了，上次的问题有提到，我对期刊编辑部的核准流程、决策延迟还有不回复我的邮件有有意见，我再次感谢你上次的回复。 就像我上次提到了，我的论文已经修了两次（小修），而审稿人建议接受我的稿件，但同时也建议进一步审查。然后我又根据审稿意见修改，之后状态变成了 decision in process 超过一个月，我问了期刊，他们的回复是：Your revised paper has been recommended for acceptance. Once a paper is recommended, it has to go to the Editorial Board for their final approval - all papers recommended in any given month go at the end of that month to the Editors. The approval process then takes a further four weeks. You will, therefore, receive a formal decision from us by the end of January。 从那封邮件之后，期刊到一月底都一直没有消息，我又发了好几次邮件都没有回应，最后期刊终于回信了：When looking at your revised paper, the Editors decided that the report we received was not sufficient enough in order for a final decision to be reached. We have, therefore, secured a second referee for your paper. As soon as we have received the report and a decision has been reached we will communicate this to you。 我对这个回答感到震惊，这次表示期刊对自己的审稿人的意见不满意，然后过了这么久之后（都超过 7 个月了），他们才决定再请别的审稿人审稿，整个决策流程再重来一次。我觉得期刊一直在重复这过程让我无法查论文的状态，等我累了之后再拒掉我的稿件。你觉得我这样的看法对吗？（这个期刊还是爱思唯尔的）我是不是该撤稿改投？我该拿这个期刊怎么办才好？