I have sent my manuscript to Elsevier. The status changed normally at the beginning from "Submitted" to "With Editor". Then the status did not change, but I have received email that my manuscript was assigned from "Editor in Chief" to "Associate Editor" (in 2 days) and again to "Subject-Specific Editor" (in 3 days). After 1 month, the status was still "With Editor". That was why I contacted the Service Centre by chatting (not by sending email to the editors). 1 day after that, I was a bit surprised that the status changed immediately to "Decision in Progress". I think that must be a "Desk Rejection" or do you have another experience? Now it has been 15 days since the last status. FYI, previously in 2017 my paper was accepted by the same journal after very long process (1.5 years). But at that time, I never checked my portal so that I didn't know my status.
I look forward to your answers. Thanks in advance.
