Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

I submitted my manuscript twice. From March 2nd to September 1st of the 21st year, there was no response. I thought maybe the editor-in-chief was sick and unable to work (just guessing). So, I sent an email to the journal's work email suggesting to withdraw the submission and resubmit. On September 3rd, I submitted again, and the status immediately changed to "with editor-in-chief." I thought maybe something good was going to happen, but after a week, they returned with a request to change the format and asked if the paper had been preprinted before, requesting me to provide comments.
Then I wrote a response with comments and, surprisingly, another two months passed. On October 30th, they sent me a rejection email, stating that the editor-in-chief was surprised to see comments on the first submission. This is ridiculous because they asked for preprint comments.
I suggest everyone never submit to this journal. It is extremely unprofessional. I couldn't bear it and sent an email to the editorial department, strongly condemning the inaction of Arindam Basu and others as the editor-in-chief. It is clearly intentional harassment of our Chinese submissions.
Remember not to submit to this journal. Absolutely do not submit!

Posted on September 23, 2021
Major revision on December 1st, with 12 comments from 2 reviewers. Both reviewers seem to be foreigners, and their comments are very professional.
Revised manuscript returned on December 29th.
Accepted directly on January 25, 2022.
Discussing my own submission experience: Although I have also submitted to EI and SCI journals in both China and abroad, it is obvious that foreign journals are much more formal. The main difference lies in the reviewers and editors. Foreign reviewers (including Chinese reviewers) will provide rejection comments in a very professional manner. It is clear that they have carefully read your paper and their comments are very insightful. It is difficult to respond, as I took 3 days to answer one comment from a reviewer when I submitted to BOEG. You know they are right, but it is just hard to respond.
On the other hand, some Chinese EI journals have impolite reviewers who quickly make comments without much thought. If they don't want to review, they can simply decline, but they should not make baseless claims.