LITHOS

Posted on May 9th.
On June 17th, the editorial department returned with comments. There were two reviewers, the first reviewer raised over ten questions, and the second reviewer had four questions. However, it was difficult to answer them, suspecting issues with the accuracy of our experiments. The editor provided major revisions objectively and gave us two months for the initial modifications.
On July 15th, we returned the first modified draft after carefully replying to and modifying each reviewer's questions upon receiving the notice for revisions. It took us a month.
On August 26th, the editorial department returned with comments. The first reviewer was satisfied with our responses and agreed to publish. However, the second reviewer still expressed dissatisfaction with the process of accuracy calculation. The editor provided appropriate modifications.
On September 1st, after a week of modifications, we provided detailed supplements to the accuracy calculation process in the paper and returned the second modified draft.
On September 9th, it was accepted.
Overall, the editor's handling speed was quite fast and not delayed. The reviewers' suggestions for our paper greatly helped improve it. Each review cycle took about a month and a half.

2020.9.28 Submission
2020.11.4 Received review comments, one minor revision, one rejection, editor suggested major revision
2021.1.4 Responded seriously to the review comments and resubmitted
2021.2.14 Received second round of review comments, one acceptance, one rejection, editor suggested major revision
2021.4.14 Modified according to the first review comments, partially ignored the second comments, partially responded, partially disagreed
2021.4.27 Accepted
The second reviewer should have different views from ours, but the review comments were mixed with too much emotional sentiment. I was furious after reading the comments, so in the second round, I directly confronted the reviewer and complained to the editor why they didn't seek arbitration. As long as we have solid evidence, there is nothing to fear.