After receiving a reviewer's suggestion in November, there has been no news since, almost a year has passed.

(0) 讚！ | 黎嘉进

It took a total of 4 months, the overall speed was quite fast (mainly depending on the editor).
First round of revisions (comments from 2 reviewers)
Second round of revisions (editor only gave me comments from one reviewer, didn't send me the other)
Third round of acceptance (revised based on previous reviewers' comments, accepted the next day)

(0) 讚！ | Beacon666

I submitted my article in May 2025 and now I have received one review. I have sent a few emails inquiring about it, but it hasn't been helpful. It has been stuck for a year.

(0) 讚！ | PandaQ

You can report the unethical editor Natalie Pafiti to Springer Nature by emailing ethics.reporting@springernature.com.

(0) 讚！ | 暗光之子

You can send an email to Springer Nature journal to report the unethical editor Natalie Pafiti. The specific email address is: ethics.reporting@springernature.com.

(0) 讚！ | 暗光之子

Natalie Pafitis is a rubbish editor who invited six reviewers back and forth, all of whom agreed to publish. As a result, this stupid Natalie Pafitis editor delayed for six months and rejected the article.

(0) 讚！ | 暗光之子

Trash edited by Natalie Pafitis.

(0) 讚！ | 暗光之子

It was to be avoided. Several reviewers agreed, but then it was delayed for half a year. The editor rejected it under the pretext of similar published papers. The whole process took 1 year and 3 months. XXD, couldn't you have said it earlier? What a waste of time.

(0) 讚！ | bosy

It's the renowned editor Natalie Pafitis!

(0) 讚！ | sairs

Trash journal, the entire submission process lasted over 2 years, with 3 rounds of major and minor revisions, only to be rejected in the end by the same editor for lack of innovation. This journal will be blacklisted, never to be submitted to or cited again.

(0) 讚！ | sairs

I submitted the manuscript on September 2025 and received feedback from one reviewer, but there has been no further communication since. I am not sure about the current situation.

(0) 讚！ | wwei0125

This magazine is terrible to the extreme, especially the editor Natalie Pafitis, who is just fooling around. She is the editor-in-chief, purely talking nonsense, especially when it comes to Chinese articles, she will always suppress and try to avoid them.

(0) 讚！ | 暗光之子

I was lucky. I submitted it at the end of 25 years, and it was accepted and published in early March of 26 years. It was sent back for revision once, and I fixed it as required. Then it was accepted for publication.

(1) 讚！ | 粥饼咸

The initial review is indeed quite fast, but it's all up to luck whether my paper will be returned for revisions after 7 months of submission. Graduation is becoming a concern~

(0) 讚！ | Dan Liang

In the days when everyone is anxious to graduate, it is like animals quickly completing the great harmony of life at a critical moment of life and death, and not delaying the time of the contributors is the minimum professional ethics of every journal. This journal reviews quickly and respects everyone's time. As for the follow-up process, it is not very clear, and there is no in-depth communication.

(1) 讚！ | 上灯台的小老鼠

Submission received April 30, 2025
Submission is under technical check April 30, 2025
Submission passed technical check May 1, 2025
Ready for editorial assignment May 1, 2025
Editor assigned May 1, 2025
First reviewer(s) invited May 28, 2025
Reviewer(s) accepted June 3, 2025
Reviewer report(s) received June 9, 2025
Then it got stuck, it has been almost a year, I have sent several emails all saying as soon as possible, but it's not effective.

(0) 讚！ | 张安

Oh, both reviewers gave very positive feedback. One suggested revising the references, while the other recommended adding analysis and improving the descriptions. However, after making the revisions, the editor rejected it, saying "cross-sectional studies cannot be intermediaries." According to the rules on XHS, assistant editors or associate editors send out the reviews in batches, escalating to higher levels, and the final decision is made by the editor after revisions. It's better to be safe than sorry, as there have been similar cases on XHS.

(1) 讚！ | xx冲鸭

Is it new to find experts again after rework and send it for external review? The status of my rework from last November has not changed, and I have been urged for submission in between. Today, it has turned into a peer review again, and 4 experts have been invited. I don't know if this is a new external review? It's really strange, does it take a whole year for an article to be completed?

(0) 讚！ | yanyizhong

Has it been sent for external review after rework? My status has remained unchanged since the rework in November last year. Today it shows that it has been sent for external review again. Are they looking for a new expert reviewer? Do I have to wait another three or four months? I submitted it in June last year. Does it really take a year? And there may be a tragedy? I am really fed up with this journal.

(0) 讚！ | yanyizhong

In the same situation, may I ask which journal did you later submit to?

(0) 讚！ | zhaomm

Similar to you, my submission has been over 1 year, during which it has been revised three times. The last minor revision was requested by one of the reviewers to add a date, and then the editor requested another round of external review. I suspect the reviewers were not happy to review it again, as they had already accepted it by default. As a result, the submission has been stagnant for six months without any further updates.

(0) 讚！ | bosy

May I ask what is the email address for submitting urgent requests?

(0) 讚！ | liubopku

After submitting the manuscript, it took three months to receive the first round of feedback. The manuscript was ultimately rejected after review, but the feedback provided was very detailed.

(0) 讚！ | zhuangxiao

It has been a year since the submission, waited for one month for the review, received all the external review comments in 2 weeks, and then delayed for 7 months before being asked for revisions. It took 3 months to make the revisions and it's still in the hands of the editor. Every time I urge for a response, I always receive a template reply.

(0) 讚！ | Mature

The speed is slow, submitted in October last year, still under peer review.

(0) 讚！ | hgn