PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART C-JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Last year in July, I submitted my manuscript. In November, there were minor revisions from two reviewers, Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2. The revisions were just minor details. After making the revisions, I resubmitted the manuscript and waited until yesterday. However, a new reviewer, Reviewer 3, raised a bunch of content-related issues (all nitpicking on minor details, why don't you compare yourself with Nature??? Don't you have any standards for your own journal???). Reviewer 1 didn't even review the manuscript (their comments were the same as the initial review), and Reviewer 2 disappeared without a trace. The manuscript was rejected!!!! This journal, NT, accepted the revisions based on the initial review but suddenly this new Reviewer 3 appeared and rejected it. Why didn't they show up during the initial review? This shabby journal will never receive my submission again, and I will make sure more people know about this scandal!!! I also sent an appeal letter!!! There's a high chance it won't work out, so good luck to you all!!!

Appeal letter written in the past and still no response!!! It's really frustrating. After revising the manuscript, it was rejected because the reviewer had a strange attitude after changing to a new one. One of the two reviewers from the initial review disappeared, and the other didn't say anything. The third person who came in made all sorts of strange comments. You should understand that in the past, all six of my SCI submissions were accepted after making revisions according to the opinions of all the reviewers. I suspect this biased reviewer had personal issues and took it out on my article, it's simply a conspiracy!!! I'm truly angry, resentful, and hurt. You've wasted more than half a year of my time. If you enjoy playing with authors like this, you better shut down soon. You claim to be a prestigious journal, yet you act like this? It would have been better if you had rejected my submission outright from the beginning!!! This journal is truly a disgrace to its reputation!!! Your reasons for rejection are baseless!!!!