Received the first galley proofs email on April 13, 2026, and submitted the revised manuscript proof on the same evening. Received the article flyer on April 14, 2026.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

On April 10, 2026, the status changed to "In Composing," which should mean in the process of composing.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

On April 9, 2026, I received an email stating that the status, which had been ongoing for over two months, has been updated from Final Verification of Content to In Copy Editing.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

April 9, 2026, status updated to "In copy editing"

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Hey friend, I've been stuck in the final verification of content for two months now. I wanted to ask you what steps come after this stage? I searched online and some people mentioned something about QC and composing. How long did it take you to go through these stages?

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

On March 5th, 2026, received the first round of revisions email.
On April 1st, 2026, received the second round of revisions email, with two reminder emails sent in between.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Please send an email to remind them if there is no update yet, as the editor of this journal is still relatively slow.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Sending it for external review should be fine.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

On January 21, 2026, another revision was required, which was a minor one. After a few days, the status changed to Final Verification of Content. 
On February 2, 2026, the payment was made on the same day after acceptance.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

I would like to ask, is there a high chance of rejection after submitting for external review? It has been a month since my submission with no response, and the editor has not provided any feedback. Has anyone experienced this before?

(0) 讚！ | 毕不了业

Okay, thank you. I am currently in the revision stage and hope everything goes smoothly.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Reply to [Zzino]: It should be the same, in the early online stage, it seems to be in a state called early view, you can download the PDF to view.

(1) 讚！ | D7

Okay, when you hire, are there options similar to pre-online screening? Or are they all the same?

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Reply to [Zzino]: The publication or online release speed is relatively fast, and after acceptance, we will conduct a proofreading with you. Once the proofreading is completed, it will be published online, which usually takes about half a month to one month. If it is for indexing, it will be faster. My article was accepted at the end of April or early May, and it was online in mid to late May. However, it was not officially published and assigned volume and issue numbers until December, and it could be searched and found on WOS.

(0) 讚！ | D7

Ok, thank you for your reply. How long did it take for you to retrieve the payment? Because some people around me paid in August and still haven't been able to retrieve it. When will this journal be published? Will it be published sooner? Because our school requires publication or online first release for graduation, acceptance is not enough, so I would like to know if publication or online first release is faster.

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Reply to [Zzino]: When I submitted my article initially, I chose the non-OA option. It took me about half a month from payment to online publication. I feel like the option I chose didn't really matter because everything is OA now. My article can also be searched on WOS now.

(0) 讚！ | D7

Hey friend, may I ask how long it took from acceptance to publication or online release? Have you already had your work published online?

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

How long did it take from acceptance to publication or online first? Does it have anything to do with choosing OA or non-OA? Did you choose OA or non-OA?

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Record of my submission experience: 
October 29, 2025, submitted, status: Awaiting Editorial Approval

(0) 讚！ | Zzino

Reply [ricardohjskjdhf]: Now, even if you don't choose OA, you still need to pay APC, which is about $1390.

(0) 讚！ | D7

If you choose non-OA, you will also need to pay $1309.

(0) 讚！ | ricardohjskjdhf

Hello, may I ask how much is the price for this journal if we do not choose the OA option?

(0) 讚！ | ricardohjskjdhf

Hello, this journal is completely open access. You can check the friend request backstage and we would like to communicate with you.

(1) 讚！ | ChongWang117

Thank you for your reply, @D7.

(0) 讚！ | 拜托中了吧

Delaying the payment is not a problem, I delayed it for a month and a half at that time, PayPal.

(0) 讚！ | D7