Geoderma

Last October, I submitted my article and received a major revision notice at the end of December. The reviewer's level was very high, and the review was very detailed. The questions asked were also very penetrating, indicating that the reviewer was probably a fellow researcher. They provided nearly 50 suggestions, and the editor gave me a month and a half to make revisions. It took me a month to complete the revisions. Though the revision process was painful, I benefited a lot from it. In the end, I wrote a 35-page response to the reviewer's comments and submitted the revised manuscript on February 4th. On February 11th, it was sent to the reviewer for review. By the end of February, I received a moderate revision notice. Although the reviewer provided nearly 30 suggestions, most of them were related to language issues. It took me half a month to make the revisions, and I submitted the revised manuscript two days ago. Today, the editor directly accepted it for publication.

Overall, Geoderma's manuscript handling speed is very prompt. Most of the time was spent on revising the article. Chief Editor, Ms. Cristine Morgan, is very nice and her suggestions are very reasonable.

2022-07-23 submit
2022-07-25 Returned, modify the number of reviewers, only 5 reviewers allowed, only one reviewer from the same country as the author.
2022-07-26 submit
2022-07-28 with editor
2022-08-16 under review Provided review status link (2+ submitted, 0 accepted, 0 completed)
2022-09-12 under review (2+ submitted, 1 accepted, 0 completed)
2022-10-02 under review (2+ submitted, 1 accepted, 1 completed)
2022-10-08 under review (2+ submitted, 2 accepted, 1 completed)
2022-10-11 Required reviews completed (2+ submitted, 2 accepted, 2 completed)
Then, for a long 2 months (from October 11th to December 11th), there was no change in the status until yesterday (December 11th) when the editor rejected it. One reviewer suggested minor revisions and another suggested major revisions, the comments were objective and the revisions could be easily made. However, the editor rejected it, citing the reason that it was not a major field experiment but a small pilot experiment.