Laser & Photonics Reviews

I received a work related to luminescent materials and I am very happy, so I would like to share it.

20230404: Submission
20230405: Under review
20230608: Received reviewer comments
20230702: Around 5:30 PM, sent revised manuscript
20230703: Morning, resubmitted for review
20230703: Afternoon, accepted

The submission process was indeed slow. It took two months for the first round of reviewer comments to come back. There were two reviewers, and they gave one month to make revisions. One reviewer agreed to accept with minimal comments, while the other reviewer suggested major revisions and provided strict feedback, requiring additional experiments. In the final response to the comments, I felt that I satisfactorily addressed the reviewer's concerns. I am grateful to my supervisor for encouraging me to calmly supplement the experiments when facing a battle with the reviewers. I also appreciate my supervisor for allowing me to publish work primarily conducted during my doctoral period under the affiliation of my current workplace. Lastly, I am thankful to my supervisor for continuing to guide me even after graduation. (*^▽^*)

More than half a year has passed without submission. During this time, an editorial note would come back every two months or so, repeatedly questioning a small portion of the simulation results in the article, doubting that they were not self-made. We responded seriously with all the simulation parameters and model explanations, but in the end, the article was rejected on the grounds of not convincing the editor. Although I have become accustomed to rejection and no longer feel too sad about it, it is still the first time I have encountered such an unreliable and irresponsible journal. For over half a year, there has been no substantial feedback or assistance on the content of the article. They questioned without specifying the issues, only asking for more detailed data. We have already provided the software and model parameters, but they still did not believe it. It's purely a waste of time. Maybe I just had bad luck and didn't encounter a good editor, but this is also the last time I will submit to LPR. I have blacklisted them. This is only for everyone's reference when submitting articles.