Always in the editorial department.

(0) 讚！ | maxldle

It has been two months and 10 days.

(0) 讚！ | maxldle

Could you upload it to arXiv?

(0) 讚！ | 七陌

This journal is definitely not suitable for submission. I submitted two months ago and it was rejected without review. I even sent an email inquiring about the status, and was told to reject it sooner rather than later. I feel like they are just dragging it out and there is a possibility that the originality of the article may be plagiarized.

(0) 讚！ | zhoujingli

The editorial department has agreed to send it out for external review a month ago, but we have not yet begun to look for reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | show123

It's been a month in the editor's hands, and there hasn't been any progress.

(0) 讚！ | 超越LHQ

Anxious to graduate and start working at Optica?

(0) 讚！ | maxldle

It has been two months in the hands of the editor.

(0) 讚！ | xzh226

It's been over 40 days without any movement, where did this editor go?

(0) 讚！ | xzh226

I have been quiet for 35 days.

(1) 讚！ | 晨夏微凉

I have been in this state for a long time too, I didn't expect to not hear from you for a month...

(0) 讚！ | xzh226

A little tricky, it has been a month and it is still in the hands of the editor. Anxious to graduate, please be cautious when choosing to invest.

(1) 讚！ | keyanyaojiayou

The latest impact factors for 2023 have been announced. As far as optical journals are concerned, the IF of global magazines has decreased, but domestic optical journals have all risen. Those who understand know that this reflects the serious manipulation of the IF of domestic journals, which seriously deviates from the general trend and is just self-entertainment.

(1) 讚！ | Phys112

Overall, it's quite fast, if there is no Christmas, submission to acceptance should be less than two months

(0) 讚！ | 七陌

How did your thesis turn out in the end, OP?

(0) 讚！ | hj

Small circles are very serious, and the professional level of the arranged reviewers is not as good as OE.

(2) 讚！ | 江枫晚

12.20 submission
Continuously searching for reviewers, but unable to find any.
4.15 Major revision, need to explain new theoretical derivation formulas and provide additional experiments. Two expert reviewers agree to accept.
5.15 Return, editor review.
5.20 Accepted.
The process is a bit long, not recommended if you are in a hurry to graduate.

(0) 讚！ | 304

Does "Major Revisions Required" mean that the journal requires extensive revisions?
And what does "Reviewer Rating Completed" mean?
Thank you for your help in answering.

(4) 讚！ | 304

Didn't expect it to be accepted, and encountered a relatively nice editor. The specific submission process:
6.1 Submitted.
6.8 Showed that the editor sent it for review, but couldn't find a reviewer. Finally, found 8 reviewers, but only 2 were willing to review.
8.1 Received a major revision decision. Both reviewers' comments were troublesome, requiring additional data from theory, simulation, and experiments. Basically had to redo everything, took two whole months to revise.
10.1 Finished the revision and submitted a response to the reviewer's suggestions.
10.22 Received the acceptance decision.
Some experiences:
1. It seems that the editor saw a completely different version of our revision and didn't send it to the two reviewers. Otherwise, we should have received feedback from them.
2. Personally, I feel that Optica doesn't require as much innovation, but demands a huge amount of data. It's better to supplement all possible data before submission, which increases the chances of being reviewed and accepted.
3. The review process is quite long, taking a total of 6 and a half months (mainly due to finding reviewers and revising the article). If the editor sends it for review quickly, the chances of acceptance are usually high.
4. I don't know the submission order of others. Personally, I think when submitting to Optica, should we try Light first?

(18) 讚！ | 老和尚说我帅

Did the original poster submit for review?

(0) 讚！ | xinhhh

Relatively speaking, the physical requirements of PRL are higher than Optica, while NC leans more towards micro and nano optics. For physics like ours that doesn't have such a profound traditional optical direction, it is quite difficult to submit to PRL and NC. Optica is the best choice, as long as the innovation is sufficient, there is a chance. After a 10-day editor review, it takes about a month and a half to receive the revision comments, and the acceptance is received on the same day as the upload after the modifications.

(5) 讚！ | 邹邹是我

The OP's submission for review is really timely, I envy it.

(0) 讚！ | 光电小子gogogo

The journal states that the Editorial Review will be completed within 7 working days, but in reality, it seems to take forever. Why is it so slow?

(3) 讚！ | 光电小子gogogo

What is the probability of being rejected after the review of optica? I didn't expect that a small job could be reviewed. It was submitted on August 1st and reviewed on August 5th.

(0) 讚！ | 老和尚说我帅

Can I ask, how likely is it for the post to be rejected after submission? There is a small job that I'm planning to submit to Optica, and I didn't expect it to be sent for review, but it was sent for review within 5 days by the editor, and I'm quite nervous.

(0) 讚！ | 老和尚说我帅