573574007 2023-04-30

Just published online. Personal feelings:
1. Very picky about the quality of the article. The reviewers provided many specific comments, and the quality has indeed improved a lot. I feel that I can conquer GEB and can try to challenge GCB in the next step.
2. Slow progress. Submitted in January last year, rejected in the first review but could be resubmitted, directly minor revisions in the second review (surprising), followed by a third review, which took half a year. The third review only pointed out formatting issues (added some author introductions as required by the journal). The fourth review claimed that there was duplication with my previously published papers (the duplication rate was less than 1%, and they were all in the materials and methods section). It was not until the fifth review that it was accepted. The whole process took more than a year, and it seems that the reviewer was changed in the middle.

Yetnow 2023-04-10

3. Requirements for innovation: Some peers may believe that having a large amount of data and a large scale is sufficient for submitting to GEB (journal), but based on my personal experience of unsuccessful submissions, it is not the case. A good dataset and a clear innovative point are necessary but not sufficient conditions for successfully submitting to GEB. In addition to this, statistics, charts, and writing are also very important.

Yetnow 2023-04-10

Global Ecology and Biogeography should be regarded as the number one in the field of biogeography, surpassing the well-established Journal of Biogeography and the fully open-access journal Diversity and Distributions. GEB receives very few submissions, typically only 12-14 articles per issue and no more than 150 articles annually. The rejection rate is over 80%, usually favoring the best among the best. Here are my deepest impressions of this journal:

1. Emphasis on large-scale research: Especially focused on global-scale studies, which leads to a relatively high number of integrative analysis or data synthesis articles published in the journal. There are also articles based on regional-scale survey data, but it is difficult to submit survey-based articles unless they have novel research focuses, relatively large scales (in a relatively complete geographical region), and close connections to basic ecological scientific assumptions.

2. The chief editor and editors are responsible and rigorous in the review process: This includes ensuring the accuracy of statistical analyses, the rigor, standardization, and aesthetics of figures and tables, and the logic, conciseness, and accuracy of paper writing. The review comments received (through three rounds of external review) are almost always focused on these three aspects and are strictly guarded.

闫文波 2022-12-30

Hello, may I ask what does it mean when your journal is in the "under review" status?

单昕 2022-09-19

May I ask about the status of your article? I keep switching back and forth.

单昕 2022-09-19

May I ask about the status of your article? Could you please give an overview of the process for this magazine? Oh, since we submitted it, it has been constantly switching between "under review."

单昕 2022-09-19

Capitalization, lowercase, what is your situation and outcome?

单昕 2022-09-19

Excuse me, what does your back and forth indicate? How is your paper situation now? Mine is also going back and forth. Sigh.

小大虎虎 2022-09-03

Has this now been changed to OA? Do we need to pay layout fees?

Dogontheleft 2022-08-31

What's the deal with switching between "Under review" and "Under Review"? I thought the capitalized one meant it was under review.

soil biodiversity 2022-07-03

Posted in July 2021, resubmitted for revision 5 months later, and has been under review since (July 2022); still waiting for the results of the second review...

Dogontheleft 2022-06-22

After submission, it becomes uppercase.

Wdrn 2022-05-20

Which one is in uppercase?

话痨山羊 2022-04-11

Is it in uppercase or lowercase for submission?

飞雪寻梅 2022-04-09

Is the time between these "Under review" and "under review" long?

顿涅茨克 2021-12-11

May I ask if you edited and resubmitted it for review after your minor revisions? Or did they accept it directly?

中中中678 2021-12-03

This journal "Under review" means that the responsible editor is reviewing the manuscript. "Under Review" means that it has been submitted for review. The difference in capitalization is significant. If the status changes directly from "Under review" to "awaiting EIC," it is mostly a tragedy.

schappi 2021-11-18

Agreed, I followed up once after two months but received no response. I kept checking the submission status every day until three months passed, and it remained under review consistently. On the eighth day of the third month, it changed directly to "Awaiting EIC Decision," skipping the "awaiting ED recommendation" phase. It feels very strange.

schappi 2021-11-18

It takes three months to enter "Awaiting EIC Decision." It's too slow.

sky_NENU 2021-11-16

Posted on September 9, 2021, it has been over two months and I am still awaiting the ED recommendation. Sending an email to the journal editor hasn't been helpful, they are really slow.

Laxhome 2021-01-11

February 2020 submission;
May suggested revisions and resubmission;
July returned for further revisions;
November major revisions;
December returned for revisions, minor revisions by the end of the month;
Received in January of the following year!
There were many opinions, all very professional, and the editor was very responsible and meticulous.