I am also under review just like you by RRC.

(0) 讚！ | 11

This journal is really dragging its feet. The first review ended normally (minor revisions), but the second review has become magical. It has been two months since the second review started, but the invited reviewers are not responding to the review requests at all. The first time, we invited two reviewers, one accepted the review request, but the outcome is unknown. If others do not accept the review, can't we urge them a bit or find another reviewer? No! We must wait, wait and wait, just like this, we have been waiting for two months.

What is the editor doing? Ignoring the reviewers who do not accept the review requests, just leaving it there without any action, so what result can we expect?

The editor is not the hero as everyone claims, but in reality, it may be these two reviewers, or maybe the journal editors are carrying on the tradition.

Recently, we have invited reviewers again?? Two more reviewers this time, can't we invite more than two, or do we have to wait another two months?

We have already sent reminder emails, if there is no result after waiting for another month, we will apply for withdrawal, wasting the time of the authors and reviewers.

When I first submitted to this journal, I did not check the reviews. Only after submitting did I realize that this journal is really a pitfall. The first review ended normally (on time), and I thought the long review process would not happen to me, but it turns out I was wrong. I am sure other authors who submitted later had similar thoughts, so don't think you are the lucky one.

It's already in the bottom three quartiles, which journal in the bottom three quartiles would be this slow? Why waste time on this journal!

(0) 讚！ | xiudesandaoliu

Submitted on July 10th
Around 10 days under review, still normal at this time
Reviewed on August 3rd, status changed to RRC, still normal at this time, but it's been half a month in RRC, then it started getting ridiculous
On August 17th, it changed back to under review, I'm really frustrated, the editor didn't give any comments and just sent it for review again, I've submitted so many articles, first time encountering this situation, be cautious, friends, if it weren't for my articles being rejected many times, I wouldn't have submitted to this journal.

(0) 讚！ | ;longlu

The review process was very fast, and the editorial handling was also very timely. I submitted in early July and the paper was accepted in September.

(0) 讚！ | junction27

Please see the timeline: submitted on December 4, 2024.
On January 6, 2025, the reviewers provided minor revisions, while the editor requested major revisions.
Revised manuscript was submitted on January 21, 2025.
Then the editor found new reviewers, the previous three were not involved.
As of September 11, 2025, the manuscript is still under review.
During this period, several reminders were sent, but they were completely ignored. Please be cautious about submitting. It is not recommended to submit at all, as my article was rejected by other journals and directly transferred here. I thought it would be faster... The rest is up to you.

(0) 讚！ | yuran

In July, the manuscript was resubmitted, with the decision to only include the comments of one reviewer, who recommended acceptance. The editor transferred it to a different section with a score of four, and submitted it to another section themselves.

(0) 讚！ | 阿拉斯加

RRC has been under maintenance for over half a month, what's going on with the editors? What are they doing?

(0) 讚！ | 黄小笨

It has been two months, and currently it is RRC.

(0) 讚！ | 11

I have been at RRC for half a month, what should I do?

(0) 讚！ | 空叶

The editor is RKN.

(0) 讚！ | 空叶

It has been half a month since R1 Required Reviews Completed, I don't know what the situation is...

(0) 讚！ | 空叶

Know by looking at the email.

(0) 讚！ | linlion

Hello brother, which editor do you think it is?

(0) 讚！ | GGBond117

Any results yet? It's been almost a month on my end, and it has been sitting there without any progress since it was sent back for rework. The deadline has been postponed once, and I'm really frustrated.

(0) 讚！ | xiudesandaoliu

There were only two reviewers for the returned review comments. After responding back, the editor rejected it, claiming that the opinion of the third reviewer was not replied to. However, we did receive the review comments from the third person.

(0) 讚！ | K丶2

Thank you Xiaoyan Zheng for editing, with high efficiency. The comments from the reviewers are appropriate. Wishing you smooth work.

(0) 讚！ | linlion

I agree, I didn't read the comments carefully before submitting to this journal. This journal is really tough, either accept it or reject it directly. After reading many comments, a research friend said it well, submitting to this journal is like opening a blind box. They accept papers for unknown reasons, but the rejections are all over the place. If they reject us, we just submit to another journal. The key point is that it's such a waste of time, they either don't process our papers or send them to dozens of experts. I find it ridiculous, what level are they at? It's in the third tier, what level is that? Research friends, I sincerely recommend not submitting, be cautious!

(0) 讚！ | xiudesandaoliu

6.4 Submission
6.7 Under review
Currently, there are three reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | xielin

Now with a new batch of editors, the review speed has significantly increased, and they are also very friendly. The speed of handling submissions in the corrosion and interface area by Luo, and in the catalysis field by Gao, Zheng, is very fast. Looking forward to the journal getting better and better!

(0) 讚！ | bobosgabc

请问您需要什么帮助吗？

(0) 讚！ | xiudesandaoliu

请问你能说英语吗？

(0) 讚！ | xiudesandaoliu

@KongYe, no need for confirmation and no need for the homework ID.

(0) 讚！ | 躺平XXX

Indeed, the paper submitted at the end of August last year still has not received a result. It is strange that we cannot find any experts to review it for the second round of review!

(0) 讚！ | lsx20131120a

Submitted last year, just accepted, let's talk about the experience first, super not recommended!!!
In summary, based on the experiences of my research friends, you must be very cautious when submitting articles! Especially for papers in the field of applied materials biology, you must be extra cautious!
For those who still want to submit, be prepared for a long battle!!!
The whole submission process took nearly 10 months, with a lot of editorial comments and tricky operations from this journal, experience it yourself!

(0) 讚！ | keyanxiaolaji#

6.4 Submitted for second revision, 6.11 was already in RRC. 6.13 Editor found reviewers again, still under review.
If you think my submission is not suitable, please return it to me directly and respect the time of the reviewers and authors.

(0) 讚！ | 阿拉斯加