Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

I submitted an article to this magazine in 2020, and the experience was not pleasant. Prior to this, I had already published seven SCI papers, three of which were published in top-tier journals in the second zone of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The language of my papers had never been questioned by reviewers. However, when I submitted to this journal, the editor in the first review required language polishing and even demanded a language polishing certificate. The opinions of the two reviewers in the first review were not bad. As a result, I had the language polished by a reputable institution. In the second review, three new reviewers were assigned, and surprisingly, one of them found the polished language unsatisfactory. This reviewer's opinion was very negative, leading to the rejection of my article. I can only say that this journal does not lack submissions, has a small acceptance rate, and sets a high threshold. However, for authors, it is indeed a very distressing experience. Since then, I have never submitted to this journal again.

I submitted an application on the application of machine learning in wastewater treatment, which was published in the FESE special issue. The overall evaluation is that it is extremely slow, so please don't fall into the trap.

Here is the submission process:
2022.3.7 Submitted
2022.5.4 First major revision (major revision)
2022.5.25 Sent back for second review
2022.7.22 Second revision (major revision, changed reviewer)
2022.7.29 Sent back for third review
2022.8.8 Third revision (minor revision, requested proofreading)
2022.8.13 Sent back for fourth review
Unfortunately, I missed the evaluation for the previous academic year.
2022.10.15 and 2022.10.28 Made some minor modifications before publication
2022.11.18 Finalized and revised online
2022.12.3 Published

The journal's process is extremely slow, so graduates, please make sure to avoid falling into the trap.