Petroleum Science

I submitted two papers, one in May. It went through two major revisions. The first time I submitted it, I received the feedback in 40 days, and the suggestions were very constructive. I diligently made the revisions and resubmitted it. I waited for 75 days, during which I had to find a new reviewer. I submitted the revised version for the second time at the end of October, and it has been almost three months without any news.

The other paper was submitted at the end of December. On January 1st, in the early morning around 7 o'clock, it went directly to "decision in process". Most likely, it will be rejected, but it has been ten days already, and they haven't sent the rejection email yet. I heard that the professors at the university where I submitted, who are associated with PetroChina, are currently busy with their students' thesis proposal. Or maybe the professors are busy with end-of-year exchanges and don't have time to process the papers. It's really unreasonable. It would be better if they could just give a clear response, whether it's acceptance or rejection.

Since this user in the building has expressed an opinion, I will respond to you as well. When I said that some reviewers are graduate students without degrees, it was simply a statement without any positive or negative connotations. However, based on your intense reaction, it seems like you have assumed that I view graduate student reviewers negatively, which is quite interesting. In reality, internationally recognized journals generally require reviewers to have a doctoral degree, and your argument suggests that you may not be familiar with the review process of international professional journals. I acknowledge that some graduate students have high academic accomplishments, but those who have not passed their thesis defense have indeed not completed the rigorous academic process. Furthermore, you attacked me personally when you encountered viewpoints that you didn't want to accept. How do you know that I haven't published papers in internationally renowned journals? How do you know that I haven't been involved in the work of internationally recognized journals?