The reviewer's suggestions are very professional, and the overall submission difficulty is not high.
Submitted on September 1, 2025
Major revision on January 19, 2026
Submitted on February 13, 2026
Minor revision on March 28, 2026
Submitted on March 31, 2026
Accepted on April 24, 2026.

(0) 讚！ | 1啊咧咧1

Is this so abstract, did the editor change?

(0) 讚！ | 快乐大耳狗

May I ask if the result of the first review of your paper is major revision?

(0) 讚！ | 北邮

After the first revision, the paper was rejected in the second review. The opinions of the six experts in the first review were objective and very helpful in improving the quality of the paper. The second review, possibly from the associate editor, had a haughty attitude and most of the opinions were nitpicking. The three experts in the second review inferred one accept, one revise, and one reject. The paper was rejected. Overall, most experts were objective, but the process took a year and the experience was very poor.

(0) 讚！ | llwq

There has been no news or response to my submission on 2025.8.4. There has been no response to my reminders either.

(0) 讚！ | datayy

I have submitted two manuscripts to TNSM, one has been published and the other has just been accepted. The overall time from submission to acceptance for each manuscript is quite long, which is also related to the assigned AE and reviewers. It is possible to have additional reviewers when a manuscript is rejected and resubmitted after the first review, but the reviewers are very professional and their feedback greatly improves the quality of the paper. It is truly a well-established journal and quite good. The timeline is as follows:

First Manuscript:
Submit: 2023-08-30
Major Revision: 2023-12-29
Resubmit: 2024-02-24
Minor Revision: 2024-09-10
Accept: 2024-10-01

Second Manuscript:
Submit: 2024-08-15
Reject and Resubmit: 2025-01-01
Resubmit: 2025-03-12
Reject and Resubmit: 2025-06-02
Resubmit: 2025-06-29
Major Revision (additional three reviewers on top of the original three): 2025-09-12
Resubmit: 2025-09-30
Accept: 2025-12-04

(0) 讚！ | Kevinwu1666

2025/4/19	Submit
2025/7/9	Assign AE
2025/11/5	Major revision
2025/12/17	Resubmit (Under Review)
2026/3/4	Accept

(0) 讚！ | goodName

How long does the second review process for papers in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management typically take? About one month?

(0) 讚！ | 北邮

Please resubmit by 2025-12-08.

(0) 讚！ | Klose Z

My paper will be 5 months old in two days, and I'm not sure if I will receive the first-round review comments.

(0) 讚！ | 北邮

May I give you some advice for minor adjustments?

(0) 讚！ | 北邮

My first trial took 5 months, yours should be coming back soon, this publication has a slow pace.

(0) 讚！ | ystrong5

I submitted a paper to IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management on August 12th, and it has been over four months without receiving any feedback on the first review. Does anyone know how long the first review process usually takes for this journal?

(0) 讚！ | 北邮

2025-05-27: submitted
Reminder was sent for the draft, AE assigned
2025-09-07: AE
Another reminder was sent to AE in early December, still no response...

(0) 讚！ | lolololololol

2025.3.26 submitted
2025.8.20 major revision
2025.11.26 accepted

(0) 讚！ | 龙弟

Reject and resubmit by 2025-11-25.

(0) 讚！ | Klose Z

01-Nov-2025 Accepted
It took nearly a year and a month. It ended successfully. To be honest, this publication requires a considerable amount of time. Now that the EIC has changed, I don't know if there will be any improvements.

(0) 讚！ | white-L

There is no distinction between capital and lowercase "R".

(0) 讚！ | goodName

I am also a 3-month allocated AE, and there has been no change in UR. (There should be no difference in size between TNSM and r, right?)

(0) 讚！ | accepted

Is it true that it has been over three months since the allocation of AE after 7.9 and it has not been reviewed yet?

(0) 讚！ | goodName

12-Aug-2025 UR
4-Oct-2025 AE

(0) 讚！ | Precipitate

Submission on May 12, 2025.
Allocate AE in August 2025.

(0) 讚！ | JOEH

It has been over three months and the AE has not been assigned yet. Sent a reminder email but no response. However, the AE has been assigned today, feeling nervous, hope they won't reject directly.

(0) 讚！ | lolololololol

It has been four months and the AE has not been assigned yet.

(1) 讚！ | Klose Z

Is this an exaggeration? I haven't been assigned an AE in two months.

(0) 讚！ | accepted