Genes

Our research group had a paper last year, which went through major revisions (three reviewers, one minor revision and two major revisions), followed by minor revisions (two reviewers agreed to publish, one reviewer suggested further modifications before acceptance). After the minor revisions were submitted, the editor directly rejected the paper, stating that it had a limited readership.

The review process of the journal is peculiar. Although the review speed is fast, with the China Academy of Sciences and many domestic universities no longer recognizing publishers like MDP and Hindaw (for three reasons: many warning risk journals, high charges, and suspected paper quality due to high publication volume), the journal will gradually lose the Chinese market. Therefore, I comfort my colleagues in the group to consider themselves lucky.

In my personal opinion, having been engaged in scientific research for over ten years and having submitted numerous papers, I have never seen such an operation.

In conclusion, I hope Chinese scholars will be vigilant against such journals and publishers like MDP and Hindaw.

1st: Submitted on March 1st, entered the review process one day later.
5th: Given 3 days for minor revisions, mostly grammar issues that were not significant. One reviewer provided some suggestions which were acceptable.
7th: Revised version was resubmitted.
9th: Professional editor provided over a hundred suggestions for language formatting and other modifications, given three days for revisions.
10th: Revised version was resubmitted.
15th: Accepted for publication.