mjklll 2022-06-29

Haha, don't embarrass yourself.

Thuamr 2022-06-23

Are you here to make jokes? Hehe

Thuamr 2022-06-23

A student from a certain institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had their paper rejected by a journal called CM and then submitted it to Angew, where it was successfully accepted... This journal has very strict requirements.

Thuamr 2022-06-23

Are you kidding?

mjklll 2022-06-17

So-so, just a second-tier journal.

张同学 2022-02-25

It's also my pain. I don't know what kind of reviewer I encountered. The first review took a month. Reviewer 2 provided a lot of suggestions, while the other two reviewers passed it. I spent a month revising and resubmitted it. The second review took another month and surprisingly, Reviewer 2 wrote 14 pages (nearly 6000 words) of review comments and also replied to the comments of the other two reviewers. After going back and forth for three months, I am now preparing to transfer it to another publication. Goodbye, can't afford it.

Thuamr 2022-01-27

CM District 2 is outraged by the actions of both humans and gods. With an annual acceptance rate of 1000, the top institutions for materials science are Northwestern University and MIT, where Chinese papers have a low representation. The difficulty of submitting manuscripts is indeed very high. ACS not only does not inflate impact factors but also suppresses them in order to promote JACS as the leading journal. Consequently, JACS cannot surpass ACS, and other journals must be suppressed as well. However, everyone understands the quality of ACS, but no one knows what those few individuals at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are doing.

Sugar 2022-01-19

The time was written incorrectly.
2021.12.07 - Submitted.
2021.12.09 - Editor assigned.
2021.12.30 - Minor revision (2 small modifications).
2022.01.04 - Revision submitted.
2022.01.06 - Prepared to accept and make format changes.
2022.01.09 - Revision submitted.
2022.01.14 - Another format change.
2022.01.14 - Revision submitted.
2022.01.15 - Accepted.

Sugar 2022-01-19

The translation of the text into English is as follows:

The speed is very fast, and the complete timeline is as follows:
2021.12.07 submit
2021.12.09 editor assigned
2021.12.30 minor revision (2 small revisions)
2021.12.04 revision submit
2021.12.06 prepared to accept and format change
2021.12.09 revision submit
2021.12.14 format change again
2021.12.14 revision submit
2021.12.15 accept
Thanks to editor Julien Nicolas for his highly efficient work. I hope CM impact factor will break 10 soon.

五八四十 2022-01-11

Submitting to cm is difficult, and the impact factor is relatively low. Unlike other materials journals, cm does not prefer energy-related research and instead accepts a lot of fundamental research and niche materials/reactions, resulting in a much lower impact factor compared to journals of the same level. Recently, it has been unexpectedly downgraded to the second quartile.

We had two papers published in AEM last year after minor revisions, both of which were previously submitted to cm. Although they did not get published in cm, we received very strict but helpful review comments, which greatly improved the quality of our work. The materials community recognizes cm and it helps in building academic reputation, especially for young researchers in the materials field. However, we can't expect promotions or salary increases, as it has been downgraded to the second quartile.

Our most recent publication was in cm. Initially, we submitted to JACS and received 3 minor revisions and 1 major revision. However, the editor believed that the content was too specific and not conducive to the journal's impact factor, so they suggested transferring it to cm after making revisions. After transferring with the revised manuscript and responding to the reviewers' comments, two of the previous reviewers were assigned again, with one accepting the paper and the other accepting it after minor revisions.

polymer2020 2021-12-20

There is also a journal called "Materials Horizons" which is also in the second tier. These two journals are very good, but it's difficult to submit papers to them. I really can't understand them.

Thuamr 2021-12-20

The classification of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is unreliable. It is very difficult to submit papers to Cell Metabolism. It is much more difficult than Advanced Functional Materials (AFM). The acceptance rate is low. It is also very difficult for the Chinese Academy of Sciences to submit papers. No wonder the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NCC) is also categorized as a second-tier journal.

Sugar 2021-12-20

It feels like the difficulty of submitting to CM is quite high and it is widely recognized within the industry. However, it is a pity that it cannot be promoted to the IF level and instead dropped to Zone 2.

ennlemon 2021-12-20

The upgraded version has become Zone 2 now, what do you all think?

醉馨芳 2021-10-18

May I ask, after the second review modification is submitted, is the status "in peer review"? I haven't received any updates regarding this status after my submission.

清水瑾七 2021-09-28

In the upper left corner of the ACS Paragon Plus page, there is an "Instructions & Forms" section where you can find detailed information about the status. Good luck!

crystal12345 2021-09-04

Our status has always been under review and we do not have these conditions.

crystal12345 2021-09-04

Can you please send the review by email? How can I determine if it has been sent for review? I'm really anxious.

crystal12345 2021-09-04

Can I send the review by email? How can I determine if it has been submitted for review?

我先退水 2021-07-30

A highly promising job, after being rejected by JACS and Chem, was resubmitted to CM. It was sent for review within 2 days of submission and received revision comments 18 days later. A minor revision was made and it was directly accepted. Three days later, it was resubmitted and accepted, but the format was notified to be changed. All these processes were quite fast! Associate Editor Michael D. Ward is very efficient and nice. CM is a very rigorous journal that demands both innovation and solid research. It does not focus on the practical applications in energy/environmental fields.

清水瑾七 2021-07-22

The peer review process of CM journal is very strict, and the reviewers' comments greatly contribute to the improvement of the articles. The efficiency of the editors is very high, and they pay attention to details, which is a style that I like.

清水瑾七 2021-07-22

2021.6.8 Submit to journal
2021.6.13 Under peer review
2021.6.27 Revision request
2021.7.3 Revision submitted
2021.7.14 Accept
2021.7.20 Online

Foxcat 2021-05-06

2020.11.23 Submitted
2020.12.10 Under review
2021.01.17 Received comments from reviewers, major revisions suggested by both reviewers to improve the quality of the article, given two months for revisions.
2021.03.01 Slow response due to Chinese New Year and the need to write a graduation thesis. Although no additional experiments are required, many issues require deeper understanding and contemplation.
2021.04.26 Received notice of conditional acceptance, need to modify the text format in the figures and the table of contents. The second round of review took longer than the first round because the article is required for graduation, causing significant stress during the waiting period.
2021.04.29 Made modifications to the text format in the figures and redrawn the table of contents before resubmission.
2021.05.01 Received formal acceptance notification in the early morning of May 1st, everything finally settled.

Feels like the review process took too long, perhaps due to bad luck in finding suitable reviewers or exacerbated by the pandemic. Although the final outcome is positive, the torment experienced during this process is quite distressing.
In the end, I hope CM (possibly referring to the journal or publication platform) continues to improve. After all, it is where my research journey began with this article.