ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

2021 hit two papers, both quite fast, worth investing in.
First paper:
05.23 Submitted
06.14 Major Revision given 14 days (two reviewers, not many comments, relatively easy to revise, evaluation is Top 50% and Top 30%)
06.19 Submitted R1 (sent back to two reviewers for second revision)
06.29 Accept
07.02 First Online
07.27 Paper with formatting Online
Second paper:
07.02 Submitted
08.03 Major Revision given 30 days (two reviewers, 1# suggested direct acceptance; 2# gave 5 minor suggestions, overall evaluation is Top 15%, with 2# being a recommended reviewer at the time of submission, but not familiar)
08.05 Submitted R1
08.06 Editor email notification that external review is not necessary, but suggested removing one figure from Supporting Information.
08.06 Sent "updated files" to the editor via email
08.09 Accept (possibly not processed on 07.08 weekend)
08.10 First Online

Many thanks to Professor Shen, the editor. It took nearly 5 months from submission to acceptance of the article. Here are the details I would like to share with everyone:

- April 9th: Submitted.
- July 19th: Received reviewer comments, major revision required. Two reviewers provided a total of 9 suggestions.
- August 1st: Revised and resubmitted.
- August 16th: Received reviewer comments, minor revision required. One reviewer suggested acceptance, while the other had one remaining question.
- August 21st: Revised again and resubmitted.
- September 5th: Accepted.

During the process, I inquired about the status of the article to the editor and received prompt email responses. The article has been in the "under consideration" status since submission.