向往有你一方 2023-07-30

I, a small Ph.D. student, unexpectedly received a manuscript invitation email. However, the publication fee of 23,000 RMB is too expensive for me. I don't know if I can discuss it with my advisor. Our group has hardly ever published in open-access journals.

luoyongjian 2023-07-18

Just having a leader is enough. I previously published several articles in MDPI and considered myself inferior. Since the big shots have also published, I don't mind anymore. Let's get started directly!!!

顺子 2023-07-18

Shi Yigong has been posting articles on it, and the future looks promising. Brothers, let's charge ahead!

kulta 2023-07-05

The academic editor of this journal seems like a mysterious figure behind the scenes. Contact emails can only be communicated through the assistant editor (intermediary), and the assistant editor always replies with PR speeches, which is quite tiring. It took three months for the journal to review our manuscript, with four rounds of revisions. It has been three months since the third round of revisions, and the academic editor of the journal directly rejected the manuscript but strongly encouraged us to revise it according to the reviewers' comments and resubmit. After revising the manuscript, we resubmitted it and entered the review process again, which is the fourth round of review. After receiving minor revision comments from the reviewers, the journal's editorial office and the assistant editor were very eager to publish our manuscript as soon as possible. Of course, after being rejected, we also wrote a full A4 page of cover letter to the academic editor, assistant editor, and the journal's editorial office when resubmitting the manuscript. After revising the manuscript, our paper was published within just three days, and the acceptance date was written as the time when we resubmitted the rejected manuscript, not the time of the first submission. What a scheme!

好帅天下第一 2023-06-25

I feel the same way. I've already paid 20,000 yuan for layout fees, and now I have to discuss it with the professor committee. It's very annoying.

晓雨 2023-06-25

Excuse me, is there any way to get a discount? The cost is a bit high and the school cannot reimburse it.

丹丹 2023-06-23

April 8, 2023: Submission
May 15, 2023: Major revision with comments from three reviewers. The comments from the first and second reviewers were fair, while the third reviewer raised many questions regarding the mechanism. A 10-day revision period was given.
May 24, 2023: Revised.
June 12, 2023: Minor revision with an additional question from the third reviewer. The academic editor provided four pages of questions, showing great attention to detail and strict adherence to formatting guidelines. They noticed issues such as italics in formulas, a missing letter in a word, and a missing period. They had strict requirements for figures and tables, so I had to redo them. Five days were given for revision.
June 16, 2023: Revised.
June 18, 2023: Accepted.
June 19, 2023: Proofreading, with one day given.
June 21, 2023: Proofreading again, this time focusing on the cities of the manufacturers of reagents and instruments.
June 23, 2023: Online.
This journal is very rigorous, paying careful attention to every small detail. The revision timeline was relatively tight. The first and second reviewers were relatively fast, taking 10 days, but the third reviewer took over a month.

回家乘客喝茶 2023-06-20

What does MDPI have that is not up to standard?

盐水小菠萝 2023-06-13

Is your unit a hospital? I noticed that they all mentioned direct rejection from the hospital.

我与春风皆过客 2023-05-24

Yes, on the 8th it shows "Under Review" and on the 18th I received an email saying "Major."

落叶123 2023-05-18

"Will it be reviewed and returned in just 10 days?"

我与春风皆过客 2023-05-18

5.18 Major Revision translates to "5.18 Gran Revisión" in English.

ZXHxiaoyu 2023-05-16

Accepted, the review speed is exceptionally fast, positive feedback!

chifan 2023-05-14

This magazine, I heard from an acquaintance, his senior brother will go to a certain division unit to conduct research by the end of the year. No wonder MDPI's several journals have progressed from the early warning journals of the year before last year, to the non-warning journals of last year, and then to the three consecutive jumps in the promotion zone last year. It's really hilarious. It's like the China Automotive Research Institute testing car safety. Whoever conducts research, I will give them a five-star safety rating. It's truly unique!

我与春风皆过客 2023-05-08

Open a post to record the submission process (will be updated anytime)
2023.5.6 Submitted + pending review (It happened to be on Saturday, maybe due to the editors not working, the status did not update so quickly)
2023.5.8 Under review
2023.5.18 Major revision
2023.5.25 Resubmitted & Revised version review
2023.5.29 Accepted & Pending English
2023.6.2 Proofreading
2023.6.7 Payment and uploading of proofreading

zaozao123 2023-05-06

My pending has been for eleven days and still no news.

zaozao123 2023-05-06

Why is it so slow? It has been ten days and I still haven't received any news.

rui生活愉快 2023-05-05

Did you receive it?

rui生活愉快 2023-05-05

Hello, may I ask if the rejection occurred after sending it for external review? Was it rejected by the reviewer?

zaozao123 2023-04-28

My pending reviewer has been three days already, it will probably be reviewed in a few more days.

zaozao123 2023-04-27

It will probably be completed pending review in a few days!

zaozao123 2023-04-27

It will probably be a few days before the pending review is completed.

果果一枚 2023-04-25

Special issues and regular issues are published together, meaning they are the same as regular issues.

禾呈 2023-04-23

My stuff has been silent for several days. I would like to inquire about the meaning of the special issue inside this magazine.

禾呈 2023-04-21

Hello, may I ask how many days it takes for pending to be reviewed?

果果一枚 2023-04-18

20230324 Submission Received
20230326 Assistant Editor Assigned
20230327 under review
20230406 Minor Revisions
20230409 Manuscript Resubmitted
20230411 Accepted for Publication
20230412 Payment Confirmation
20230412 Pending English
20230412 English correction done
20230413 Final Proofreading Before Publication
20230414 Author proofreading
20230414 Manuscript Resubmitted
20230416 Pending conversion
20230416 xml2pdf done
20230416 Website online

Translation:
20230324 Submission Received
20230326 Assistant Editor Assigned
20230327 under review
20230406 Minor Revisions
20230409 Manuscript Resubmitted
20230411 Accepted for Publication
20230412 Payment Confirmation
20230412 Pending English
20230412 English correction done
20230413 Final Proofreading Before Publication
20230414 Author proofreading
20230414 Manuscript Resubmitted
20230416 Pending conversion
20230416 xml2pdf done
20230416 Website online

禾呈 2023-04-14

Hello, may I ask if it is necessary to upload the original data three times when submitting the manuscript, as well as other images and protein images? Can the protein gel images be included?

禾呈 2023-04-14

Are you saying that this magazine provides the original data three times? And are there also pictures and protein charts?

xiaowu123 2023-04-14

The hospital article is basically rejected directly.

xiaowu123 2023-04-14

I remember that articles from domestic hospitals are directly rejected.