Sustainable Cities and Society

February 8, 2022 Submission
Received major revision comments on July 30, 2022, from three reviewers 1, 2, and 4. Although it required major revisions, the reviewers' opinions were generally in agreement and positive.
Resubmitted after making revisions on August 20, 2022.
Received second-round review comments on September 10, 2022. Reviewers 1 and 2 agreed to accept the paper, while reviewer 3 provided incorrect comments and requested further revisions.
Contacted the editorial department on September 11, 2022 to report the error in reviewer 3's comments.
Received feedback from the editorial department on September 29, 2022, instructing to disregard reviewer 3's comments and submit the revised manuscript again.
Accepted on September 30, 2022.
Summary: The editor values the connection between the article and the journal's audience, and places particular emphasis on scientific contributions. The reviewers' comments were also thorough, although the initial reviewer selection process was slow. However, the editor handled the manuscript according to the specified timeline, and overall, the difficulty of submission was moderately high.

Submitted in early September 20, external review was conducted four days later, and one month later on October 17th, received review comments (major revisions). The revisions took about a month and were submitted on December 3rd. A week later, it was sent for review and on January 10th, received review comments. Both experts agreed to accept it, but one expert had a small question. The revisions took two weeks and were submitted on January 25th. A week later, it was sent for review again. The status remained as "required review completed" until early March. Initially, it was expected to receive results within two to three days, but after waiting for two weeks with no response, on March 20th, an email was sent to the editor inquiring about the status. The email was not replied to, but the manuscript was directly accepted the next day. Overall, the editor was responsible and reviewed the manuscript according to the timeline, without any delays.