Is this too exaggerated? All opinions are accepted one after another, but the editor rejected the revised draft. What a pity. I have received invitations to review revised drafts from others for this journal, which means that the second review may be assigned to someone else. My manuscript is currently in Under Review status, with 8/6/2, and two opinions have already been received. However, I am not sure how many opinions are needed to meet the journal's requirements. I hope for a positive outcome.

(0) 讚！ | 大侠007

In the first review, four reviewers provided major revisions. After resubmitting the revised manuscript, three reviewers gave feedback on the service platform two weeks later. However, in the final edit email, only two reviewers' opinions were included, with one accepting the revisions and the other rejecting them. Furthermore, the reviewer who requested further revisions raised entirely new issues that were almost completely different from the initial review, which was really unreasonable.

(0) 讚！ | dqydqy

Was the first instance rejected?

(0) 讚！ | 你好

Worse than the apple pie made by my grandmother.

(0) 讚！ | dqydqy

It feels very slow.

(0) 讚！ | CoCo166

The self-citation rate of POF is almost 50% now, and this year the small category has also been elevated to the first tier.

(0) 讚！ | 你好

Submitted on December 28, 2025, accepted on April 9, 2026, this journal is quite slow. The amount of articles published and self-citation rate in this journal is terrifying. What should I do next?

(0) 讚！ | Mr. R.

The email will be delayed by approximately 2-4 days.

(0) 讚！ | Adam123

Is the rejection rate high for this journal, with a submission to acceptance ratio of 3.8 and a submission to review ratio of 4.3?

(0) 讚！ | 你好

Feb 23 Submitted
Feb 27 WE
April 3 UR
It should have been under review now, but I have not received the email for review. I remember receiving an email from Elsevier when it was under review.

(0) 讚！ | 大侠007

Can you guys tell me, after my first revision, two reviewers ran away, and the editor added a new reviewer. However, these past two days after the second revision, I found out that the new reviewer was given the initial submission instead of my first revision. What is going on? Should I just make changes on the basis of my first revision and submit it again? I am so confused...

(0) 讚！ | swill

2025.12.30 submit WE
2026.1.7 UR
2026.1.26 major revision 9/5/5
2026.2.15 revise
2026.2.18 under review
2026.2.28 RRC 5/3/3
2026.3.1 Decision in Process
2026.3.7 Decision in Process
2026.3.28 minor revision
2026.3.29 revise
2026.3.30 UR
2026.3.31 completion of review 1/1/1; DIP
2026.4.2 accepted
A total of 3 months and a few extra days, grateful.

(0) 讚！ | lllldd

It was a difficult month to submit, hoping for a quicker follow-up.

(0) 讚！ | Adam123

I have never heard before that the number of published articles can affect the impact factor. How can domestic journals have dozens of published articles and dozens of impact factors in a year? However, the difficulty and quality are currently average.

(0) 讚！ | 路途漫无期

The amount of posts is a bit scary, purely relying on the quantity of posts to increase influence. I have posted two articles here and it feels quite easy.

(0) 讚！ | jerrrr

Why did it pop back to the incomplete submissions page after clicking "build pdf and approval" on the communication side? And I didn't see the compiled PDF either ? Do I need to wait for a while?

(0) 讚！ | zpa

It was fine before, but the review process is really slow now.

(0) 讚！ | sky-x

How long will it take to provide feedback on the manuscript?

(0) 讚！ | Li_YM916

It has been a week since the DIP.

(0) 讚！ | Li_YM916

I am also over 2800.

(0) 讚！ | Ychhh

Yes.

(0) 讚！ | yzx

2800+

(0) 讚！ | sky-x

Hello, what is the submission number? I have been waiting for over a month.

(0) 讚！ | Ychhh

The first-instance trial of DIP has been 10 days.

(0) 讚！ | Li_YM916

Will he give me a compiled preview afterwards?

(0) 讚！ | zpa