饮马长城 2022-02-22

This is my worst submission experience, and I can't help but vent here. I hope everyone stays away from this magazine. I submitted on November 1, 2021, and the editor found three reviewers who all provided minor revisions. After making the revisions in January 2022, all three reviewers approved, and I even paid for the proofreading service they recommended. Then, magically, the editor found two additional reviewers and went through the review process again, taking another month. In the end, one reviewer approved while the other rejected the paper for seemingly irresponsible reasons. The rejecting reviewer seemed like they didn't even read the paper and hastily wrote a few sentences at the last moment of the review deadline: "This paper is not acceptable." After incorporating the feedback from the fourth reviewer, the editor delayed for another two weeks and then rejected it... rejected it... for no apparent reason. In other words, out of four reviewers, one disagreed and the paper was rejected. By continuously seeking reviewers in this way, there will always be someone who doesn't approve of your manuscript, and the opinions of the other reviewers are ignored, resulting in rejection. This back and forth process lasted for four months, with seven or eight revisions made and proofreading done according to their requirements, only to be rejected in the end. The reasons given were extremely unconvincing. There's no place to appeal, is this magazine playing tricks on authors? I hope those who plan to submit to this magazine are cautious and aware.

Liugaohua 2022-02-17

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刘文凯 2022-02-16

Already gone, still Zone 3.

echo1365 2022-01-18

Even if rejected, you can still accept it. It's too easy, isn't it, brother?

1005 2021-11-11

Is there hope to return to District 2 this year? All you experts!

种花人 2021-10-08

I submitted it at the end of June, and now it has been a full three months since the external review. I haven't received any comments from the review yet. Is this normal, everyone?

joejoewang 2021-09-30

The article was originally a solicited submission and it usually takes about 2 weeks for the review process. I have to say that the expertise of the reviewers chosen by the journal is quite mediocre. One reviewer provided suggestions for revisions, while another reviewer rejected the submission (the reason for rejection was nonsensical, as they applied methods used in plants to animals). I replied to the reviewers and made revisions through interactive means, but at that time, only the first reviewer was present, while the rejecting reviewer disappeared. After two rounds of interaction with the first reviewer, they agreed to accept the article. However, the second reviewer remained elusive. As a result, the editor rejected the article based on the unprofessional suggestion of the second reviewer - it's unbelievable, so unprofessional and lacking in expertise. I have submitted numerous articles to different journals in the past, and have served as a reviewer for multiple journals, but this is the first time I have encountered such an unprofessional reviewer - rejecting the article and then disappearing without any interaction. It's a terrible journal!

sch125 2021-09-28

24 Sep 2021 Review of Review Editor 2 finalized.
23 Sep 2021 Corresponding Author re-submitted manuscript.
21 Sep 2021 Interactive review forum activated.
17 Aug 2021 Submitted manuscript.

I don't know how much longer it will take. Friends, please give some advice. Thank you.

chaoyuny 2021-09-03

"Employed on September 1st."

chaoyuny 2021-08-29

Generally speaking, the review speed is quite fast, but it also depends on luck.

My classmate submitted on July 5th, received external review on July 12th, and the first reviewer sent back the review on July 19th. Then the second reviewer was extremely slow, so it was changed to the third reviewer. It took a week to get the result, and it was directly rejected. Today is August 29th, and the editor-in-chief gave the opportunity to revise.

I submitted on July 15th, and the external review was completed on the 25th, which took about 10 days.

# After making the revisions suggested by the first reviewer, the paper was accepted.
# The second reviewer requested major revisions, and their comments filled up 20 pages. On August 27th, the second reviewer's comments came back, and there were significantly fewer issues compared to the first round. I spent the whole day yesterday, August 28th, making the revisions and sent it back. I don't know if it will be accepted or not.

水刊杀手 2021-07-21

After reviewing for several months, he claimed that I did not send him the original results. When I actually did send it to him, he said he didn't receive it. After finally revising the manuscript according to the reviewer's comments, he unexpectedly rejected it without any reason, directly rejected by the editor-in-chief. It is an extremely low-quality journal. I will never submit to it again. I have never seen such a garbage magazine. It should be blacklisted.