ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Submission in October 2022, received review comments in November. Three reviewers, two major revisions and one rejection. The editor suggested resubmission after rejection. At that time, I didn't want to submit anymore and wanted to switch to something else. However, the teacher thought there was still a chance and wanted to give it another try. Then, I had to supplement the data and modify the article. Finally, resubmitted in January 2023 and received review comments in February. There was an additional reviewer who recommended minor revisions, acceptance, and rejection respectively. The new reviewer requested major revisions. There were a total of 7 questions, all of them requiring answers. The editor provided suggestions for minor revisions and edited the manuscript. Then, on February 28th, I made the revisions. I thought I would get the results quickly, but until now, there has been no progress for four months. There has always been only one reviewer who rejected the manuscript twice. It feels like they didn't even read the content of the article and just criticized it based on the background. However, they neither accepted nor rejected it. It has been 8 and a half months since submission. Fellow researchers who are considering submitting, please think carefully.

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2.28 Submission
3.08 Assigned associate editor
3.14 Under review
4.02 First-round comments received, minor revisions required
4.09 Submitted revised manuscript, sent for review on the same day
4.18 Pre-acceptance, formatting modifications
4.19 Submitted revised manuscript
4.20 Accepted

The time for assigning associate editor for this journal can sometimes be relatively long. ACS journals usually assign associate editors within 1-2 days, and I have seen similar feedback from other users. After minor revisions, the manuscript will be sent for review again, and there will be formatting modifications before acceptance, which may cause some delays in terms of timeliness. Overall, the process of resubmission and acceptance for my submission this time was quite efficient, considering that I have seen many articles go through three or even more than four months before being accepted. I really like the cute little leaf logo of this journal and hope that its influence can continue to increase, becoming a prestigious green chemistry journal under ACS.