MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Submitted: 11 November 2021
Refused and resubmitted: 5 January 2022
Resubmitted: 23 March 2022
Major revision: 17 May 2022
Accepted: 31 May 2022
Published: 04 July 2022

This journal is not as slow as everyone thinks, and the self-citation rate has been declining for two consecutive years, while the impact factor is still rising.
In the first round of review, there were two reviewers, one rejection and one editor, who raised many meaningful questions. In the second round of review after resubmission, there were still two reviewers, one minor revision and the other still the editor, who ultimately suggested major revisions. The suggestions given by both editors were very rigorous, even pointing out many typos and symbol-related issues. The major revision response was 4000 words, and it was directly accepted. It is important to seriously supplement experiments and provide sincere responses. I hope everyone will cite it more to increase the impact factor.

I have been submitting for two months and still with the editor. It has been over a month since I received the editing invitation. Does this mean there is no editor available? Furthermore, why are my emails to the magazine being returned? Does it mean they only allow receiving emails and not others sending emails to the magazine? Also, the magazine's page does not provide any contact information for the magazine. Facing graduation, I really cannot afford to wait any longer. I can't even send an email to withdraw my submission. Can you please tell me what is going on?