SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The reviewers provided a lot of constructive feedback (clearly pointing out that the soil chemistry was outdated and lacked innovation or a clear explanation of the unique innovation). They also requested additional data, citation of articles, reorganization of language, and identification of the logical rules of writing. Reviewer 2 requested a re-write of the paper but also gave positive feedback (kudos!) and requested resubmission within two months. Reviewer 1 accepted the revisions after the revisions were made, while Reviewer 2 requested a revision of the figures. Reviewer 3, who was invited, agreed to review the paper. The editor personally rewrote the abstract and provided general rules of scientific writing for each section, including references and website links (grateful). After carefully studying, the paper was reduced from 13,000 words to 9,600 words, and each revised draft was submitted at the last deadline. The final version of the article was accepted, although the editor made a few changes that were not quite suitable. I feel that the reviewers and editor have been continuously encouraging me as a young researcher (possibly because they were impressed by my 30,000-word responses). I have gained a lot and will continue to study hard. I also wish everyone can learn new knowledge from each submission in the future.

The submission went through rejection and resubmission, followed by modification and resubmission, and finally acceptance for publication. Throughout the process, there were two reviewers who seemed to have remained the same, and each review took about a month. The reviewers were very diligent and responsible, providing many suggestions for revisions, and the editor also offered their own suggestions each time. Overall, with the help of the editor and reviewers, the quality of the article was greatly improved. The most important experience in submitting is to take every suggestion from the editor and reviewers seriously. In addition, SBB has high language requirements and often requests language polishing before submission, although polishing does not guarantee acceptance for review.