CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS

Received the decision on August 9th. Two reviewers had six questions. The editor did not specify whether it was major or minor revisions. My boss told me it should be considered as minor revisions, but one of the reviewer's questions was quite sharp.

Replying to the previous comment, I submitted four papers this year, two were rejected, one got accepted but needs revisions. Hoping for a good outcome.

Also, regarding your question about better journals, this journal is a good choice for nonlinear comprehensive research due to its decent impact factor and ranking. It is cost-effective for students with graduation requirements and for those seeking professional titles. As I am more inclined towards applied physics, it is much harder to publish in physics journals in the top tier, such as biochemistry, materials science, or even computer science. The usual top-tier publications like APL or PR Applied are only in the second tier. If you want to choose a better nonlinear science journal, it depends on your specific research area and requirements. If you want to publish in a highly reputable nonlinear comprehensive journal, Chaos and PRE are good choices. If you want to publish in a top-tier journal in mathematics, there are some nonlinear mathematics journals available. Of course, there are also top-tier journals in mechanics and nonlinear control systems.

2021.07.20 Submission
2021.07.23 With editor
2021.07.28 Editor invited
2021.07.28 With Editor
I submitted a paper for a small project of my doctoral thesis. It's embarrassing to admit that it was previously rejected by PR Applied. However, the impact factor of CSF continues to rise, and there may be a small increase next year. This may be due to the significant increase in submissions over the past two years, with an unchanged acceptance rate (23%-24%). As a result, the number of submissions has increased, and the new rules for calculating the impact factor by the Web of Science this year favor multiple articles. The second reason is that we have received quite a few hot articles in the past two years (related to COVID-19 and mathematics and physics). I hope that CSF can attract more submissions and improve the quality of manuscripts with the opportunity of an increase in impact factor. I will share any updates regarding this submission and hope it can help fellow students who are planning to submit their work.