International Journal of Applied Mechanics

2022.9.5, Submit
In October 2022, the first review comments were returned. One reviewer suggested minor revisions and recommended acceptance. The other reviewer suggested major revisions, which were more difficult to handle. One month was given for revisions.

Around November 5, 2022, the revised manuscript was submitted.

In mid to late November 2022, the second round of review comments was received. The first reviewer directly recommended acceptance, while the second reviewer provided one modification suggestion.

The revised manuscript was submitted on December 20, 2022.

On December 26, 2022, it was accepted! The second reviewer finally let me go.

Overall, the submission and review process was fast, and the manuscript handling speed was quick. Although it took over three months from submission to acceptance, two months were spent on revising the manuscript. I will continue to submit to this journal in the future and I thank the editor and reviewers.

Indeed, as mentioned by the commenter below, the editor-in-chief is very efficient. Additionally, the editor is very tolerant towards contributors and will not directly reject your submission if the formatting is incorrect, but instead, allow you to resubmit it. Even if they are aware that your submission has been rejected by other journals, they will notify you to provide an explanation of whether any modifications have been made and details of the modifications.

The timeline for the review process is as follows:
Jun 08, 2021 - Submitted to Journal
- With Editor
- Under Review
Aug 12, 2021 - Revise
Aug 23, 2021 - Revision Submitted to Journal
Aug 23, 2021 - With Editor
Aug 23, 2021 - Under Review
Aug 29, 2021 - Accept

The only downside is that the self-citation rate is a bit high. Finally, I hope that our country's international journals will continue to improve and gain more influence.