COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Submitted in December 2021, the article was rejected after about ten days with a request for revision. After revising the article, it was resubmitted in January 2022. After two months of review, the opinions of two reviewers were received. One reviewer provided line-by-line comments with over 20 suggestions for modification, while the other reviewer gave 4 suggestions. The editor provided some minor edits. In mid-April, the article was resubmitted again and subjected to another 2-month review. This time, a new reviewer was added, and the previous reviewer who had given 4 suggestions was no longer present. It is unknown whether they disappeared or were replaced by the editor. The new reviewer provided over ten suggestions for modification, while the previous reviewer who had given over 20 suggestions now provided 5. After making the necessary revisions, the article was accepted. In July, the revised manuscript was sent for external review, which took over 20 days to be accepted. The retrieval report will be available in September.

The reviewers were very diligent and their help was significant, but I do not have the courage to submit another article. It nearly drove me to the brink of collapse.

The first article was published in 2020 (lasting about 9 months). Sharing the experience of the second article, the research topic was in the field of agricultural remote sensing. It was submitted on November 19, 2022, and placed under review the next day. It was returned on January 23, 2023, and the editor gave three months for major revisions. There were many comments, but all were very professional and could significantly improve the quality of the article. After completing the revisions on February 28, 2023, all the suggestions were addressed (it was quite exhausting), and many analyses were added. In early April 2023, the acceptance notice was received, and the reviewers found the modifications to be appropriate (as expected). The impact factor of the journal has been rapidly rising in recent years, clearly benefiting from the hot field of smart agriculture. Additionally, the paper processing workflow is noticeably more efficient than before. However, currently, nearly half of the papers are from Chinese authors, and it is uncertain whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.