Verified Reviews - APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING
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fengqh 2022-11-01

It has been 10 months since the review process started, and there are still no results. It's extremely slow.

安静到无声666 2022-11-01

Mine too, the status has changed again and it's still with the editor.

XuanZoong 2022-11-01

1. Submitted in April, does not meet the journal's theme. If you still want to submit, I suggest adding some additional content before resubmitting.
2. Submitted again in early June with added content, under review after five days.
3. Major revisions in late July.
4. Submitted again in early September, under review within a week.
5. Minor revisions based on the comments from the second review in early October, uploaded the revised version the next day.
6. Accepted at the end of October.
Despite some setbacks, the review process was still relatively fast.

努力做科研的小杰 2022-10-28

First, online. Afterwards, we will contact you regarding the revised manuscript.

aagsdfsdfsaf 2022-10-26

Hello, I would like to ask if this journal has the process of proofreading. How can I submit online first without proofreading?

aagsdfsdfsaf 2022-10-26

I want to ask, is this journal online first and then edited by the school?

handsome520 2022-10-18

January initial submission
June rework
September second rework
October hiring

努力做科研的小杰 2022-10-18

My first SCI paper, sharing the process (approximately) and gathering good luck.
Late April, submission
Mid to late May, under review
Early July, major revision
Mid-August, resubmission for revision
Late September, acceptance

努力做科研的小杰 2022-10-18

It could be assigned to the editor.

摩天轮 2022-10-17

May I ask, it has been a month since submission, and the editor has changed the dates twice. What does that mean?

特邀审稿人 2022-10-16

You just realized? I have also submitted to this journal before. It feels like the reviewers just criticize for the sake of criticism. It's simply ridiculous. No wonder it has dropped to the second tier now.

ycz113 2022-10-14

In the first round of review, one of the reviewers gave a very positive evaluation of the paper's innovation. However, after making revisions according to the reviewer's suggestions, the same reviewer pointed out a lack of innovation. The opinions of the two review rounds contradict each other. It was the first time encountering such conflicting review opinions, and moreover, the other reviewers in the second round agreed to accept the paper. The contradictory conclusion of this reviewer resulted in the paper being directly rejected. It wasted half a year of time for nothing. I have never encountered such a situation before, it's the first time. This journal is very poor, and I will not submit any more articles to it in the future.

Acang98 2022-09-28

Brother, I have the exact same experience as you. I had a miserable failure in the autumn recruitment, and now I can only console myself by writing an article.

9527_yy 2022-09-27

Brothers, keep up the good work!

9527_yy 2022-09-27

Thank you, brothers. However, I am most likely going to ZTE (forced to sign) and accept it.

9527_yy 2022-09-27

It doesn't matter, most likely I made a mistake when submitting the application for the RBI program.

;ohas1949 2022-09-26

Can you please upload it?

努力发SCI的东 2022-09-26

Brother, keep it up! This means there must be a position waiting for you, the heavens don't want you to be left behind!

搞科研的孩子 2022-09-26

Come on, brother. I also applied for many but haven't received any news. Take it slow.

9527_yy 2022-09-26

Recently I have been feeling lost, so I'll just talk to myself for a bit. Someone once said, "Spread the coldness to everyone." I can totally relate to that, haha. The autumn recruitment season has basically ended, and I ended up in a miserable failure. I sent out over 100 resumes, took over 20 written tests, had 2 interviews. I failed the interview at Meituan, and there was another company called Zhongxing that just ignored me after I clicked the apply button. Even Dizi Ge (a nickname) doesn't give me a call until now. I posted a top-ranked post in the second section, but it feels like it's just self-indulgence and doesn't help with job hunting. It's so frustrating. The coldness is overwhelming. Yesterday I even had a high fever and a constant headache. I was about to go buy some medicine when I realized the campus clinic was closed. It's so uncomfortable...

9527_yy 2022-09-26

2021.10.21 Submission
2021.11.9 Format issue, returned
2021.11.10 Resubmission
2022.7.6 Major revision
2022.7.27 Submission
2022.8.13 Receiving (code, data, results need to be uploaded on Code Ocean)
2022.8.22 Official acceptance
2022.8.27 Online publication

Acang98 2022-09-20

Finally received it today, after a wait of 9 months and 1 day. Missed out on the academic scholarship and national scholarship, so it can only be considered as a tiny consolation for the failure in the autumn recruitment.

努力发SCI的东 2022-09-19

Upstairs, my good brother, you are indeed objective, but this brother may just be venting normally. Seeing that at least one of the brothers has been published, this at least indicates that the brother's work is rigorous and advanced. However, when it comes to publications, many times our inner feelings will be grateful and supportive. Therefore, when we see negative comments, it is inevitable that we will emphasize that it may be the personal problem of the brother who is venting. This is not rigorous. Every journal has reviewers with very poor skills, and if the field is niche, it is difficult to find reviewers. You cannot simply define that it is because his paper's logic is unclear. Therefore, as long as it is not too extreme, it is better for everyone to encourage and support each other or just ignore it. In the end, I wish everyone smooth sailing and publishing more papers!

ShawnDai 2022-09-19

Reviewer and editor using an unprofessional format to reject the manuscript is really quite unprofessional. However, based on my personal experience of submitting and reviewing manuscripts, in most cases where rejection is based on this reason, the title, abstract, and introduction have unclear logical descriptions of the research problem and methodology, which leads to significant confusion for the reviewer in the initial reading (this can be seen from the fact that your manuscript has not been accepted for over a month). Once there are also issues with formatting, the impression can be greatly diminished. Additionally, considering the annual publication volume of over 1000 articles in ASOC, editors have a basis for comparison when handling a large number of manuscripts. If the quality of the manuscripts they handle during the same period is generally high, it will greatly elevate their judgment standards. Therefore, do not think that publishing a paper is only a matter between you and the reviewer. My personal suggestion is to reorganize the logic of the front-end of the paper. As for the issue of images needing to be enlarged to be clear, if you change to ten different reviewers, five of them will still point it out.

特邀审稿人 2022-09-19

16 Mar 22 Submission
07 May 22 Revise and Resubmit (No external review, AE directly asked for revision)
26 Jul 22 Under Review
1 Sep 22 Under Review (No response from reviewers, sent a reminder letter to AE)
4 Sep 22 Under Review (AE replied that reviewers have been reminded, and two reviewers came in)
14 Sep 22 Under Review (One reviewer completed the review)
19 Sep 22 Rejected (Rejected directly)
However, only feedback from one reviewer was provided, and the AE explicitly stated that the rejection was based on this reviewer's feedback: The reviewer mentioned that several punctuation marks should be periods. They also copied several paragraphs of my content (I thought it was their comments, but it turned out to be my own content. Couldn't they use ellipses for long paragraphs to show professionalism?), and they also mentioned that the text was too long and the images needed to be enlarged to be clearly visible (but I used vector images). They concluded that the technical quality was not satisfactory, so it was not suitable for publication.
Then the AE commented: I completely agree with the reviewer's viewpoint.
In just six months, my paper was rejected because of punctuation marks. Overall, I feel that this journal treats papers quite casually, and I have no idea where they found the reviewers and AE with such standards... LOL. No wonder it dropped from a top-tier to a second-tier journal. Anyway, I won't submit to it again...

wendala 2022-09-17

Do you have a template for submitting papers?

对不起,该用户昵称已被注册 2022-09-15

Ah, this ASOC makes me speechless.
I admit that I cannot deny the whole journal because of one editor's practice, but this editor of mine...
For the first review, there were two reviewers. After receiving their comments, the editor said there would be an additional reviewer for the next review. However, for the second review, there were still only two reviewers.
After receiving the second review comments, I found that one of the reviewers from the first review did not review this time, but a new reviewer was added. I don't understand why the other reviewer from the first review did not review this time. They also made some crucial suggestions.
Now it's the third review, and I see that this time there are 2+ reviewers. How come they added more? And this time, I only need minor revisions...
After thinking for a long time, I still attribute it to the handling editor of my article. It seems like he is familiar with my field, but not so knowledgeable, so he always wants the reviewers to make decisions for him.

ShawnDai 2022-09-13

A fast week, a slow month, it depends on how busy your editor is. If you are unlucky and encounter a pile-up of editorial work, then you can only wait. If the situation doesn't change after a month, you can send a polite email to inquire.

一撇一捺 2022-09-13

How long does the editor status last before it is under review?

Cun 2022-09-12

In English, the translated text would be: "The second reviewer of my first round rejected it, so the editor asked for major revisions. In the second round, we did not directly seek a second reviewer for review."

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