PLANT AND SOIL

Old-fashioned journal in the field of soil, with a good reputation, but unfortunately, it has always had a low impact factor. Ecological Indicators, which is also in the second quartile, has a fast acceptance rate and a high impact factor. My classmates and junior students have already been published there. However, my teacher has always advised me to submit to this journal, and luckily I persisted.

Last year, I submitted my paper and it was directly rejected. This year, I added some data and submitted it again, and it was published online.

Received on February 9th;
Major revision on March 29th, with a deadline for revisions by May 23rd;
Revised and resubmitted on June 13th (due to delays caused by the pandemic and other reasons, I requested an extension for submitting the revised manuscript);
Second revision requested on July 20th, with a deadline for revisions by September 14th;
Submitted second revision on August 17th;
Accepted on August 30th (haha, just in time for this semester's scholarship).

This is my first submission to the "Plant and Soil" journal. Based on my experience, I would like to express my personal opinions in a one-sided, serious manner. Please note that these are just my own views, and I hope they will not be criticized. My impression of the "Plant and Soil" journal is that it is "professional" and "solid". If you have an article published in this journal, no one will criticize it as being of low quality. Personally, I believe that compared to many other journals that are considered to be of low quality, even rated as "10 out of 10" in terms of being poor, traditional well-established journals, especially in the field of ecology, are more widely recognized by peers, regardless of having a significantly lower impact factor. They leave a good impression and receive positive feedback. I hope that these well-established ecology journals will become stronger and stronger!