Energy & Environment

Delivered on August 2, 2021, checked on August 8, 2021, and it showed "Awaiting reviewer selection". Checked on August 17, 2021, and it showed "Awaiting reviewer scores". Received revision suggestions on August 23, 2021, with a 6-month revision deadline. It took 4.5 months to complete the revisions (submitted in January 2022) due to major revisions. After submission, it went through another waiting period for review. Accepted on February 8, 2022, and published online in March, one month after the final draft was submitted. It was indexed by the Web of Science database in April. The entire process, from submission to online publication to database indexing, took about 8 months, which is quite efficient. I was quite lucky as there were three reviewers. One reviewer had fewer revision suggestions, another had more, and one provided editorial review comments. The entire revision process was very meticulous, involving major and minor revisions. The submission was made through a fee-free channel, and the journal is ranked as Q3 in the Web of Science database. I recommend it to everyone for submission.

The article was submitted to this journal in mid-July 2021. After 20 days, it was accepted by the editor for review and, two and a half months later (with one major revision in between), it was accepted for publication. Overall, the review process was quite fast, compared to the previous experience with SCI, which took 10 months. The journal has a significant impact and does not require any publication fees (not only for SSCI but also for Ei). However, the number of journals included per year is somewhat limited.