OPTICS LETTERS

I had an idea and the boss said to give it a try with OL. Unexpectedly, it was accepted and became my second SCI paper during my master's program.
The manuscript was submitted on July 6th.
The first reviewer finished reviewing on July 31st, and the second reviewer finished on August 16th. Their comments were relatively fair, suggesting revisions before acceptance. The editor provided major revisions, and I had one week to make the changes.
The revisions were completed on August 19th and resubmitted. It was accepted on August 21st.
The main reason for the delay was the second reviewer taking too long. Otherwise, it could have been accepted within a month. The publication date was delayed due to struggling with formatting issues. The boss was very happy because this paper saved our chance of having a second-tier paper this year. It is a bit strange that OL has a higher rating than OE, but the impact factor doesn't increase. In the future, I should cite more OL articles.

I used to have the same understanding as you. Recently, two papers in the OL (Online Literature) have had different situations. In the first paper, there were three reviewers, and each one agreed to accept it. The editor requested major revisions and resubmission. After going back to the reviewers, two of them felt that the revised version was different from before, one based on the writing style and the other based on opinions. They included a bunch of new comments and then temporarily accepted it again. As for the other paper (which was in August), there were two reviewers. One requested major revisions and resubmission, while the other requested minor revisions. The editor provided the process for major revisions, but did not request resubmission. After making the modifications, it was directly accepted for publication. I am focused on the field of lasers.