2.26 with editor
3.4 revision (reduced weight)
3.25 with editor
3.27 under review (0-1-3)
4.2 (1-1-3)
4.7 (1-1-5)
4.8 (1-2-5)
4.16 required review complete (2-2-5)
4.17 revision
4.22 with editor
4.23 under review (1-2-2)
4.24 required review complete (2-2-2)
4.25 accept

(0) 讚！ | Edwardssss

The submission was made on April 17th and is currently still in the "With Editor" status.

(0) 讚！ | jsdfasb

4.19 submitted + with editor, 5 days later on 4.24 with editor. Wasn't the official website supposed to show the initial review within 1 day? It's been 5 days and there's still no response.

(1) 讚！ | nxl

One year? That's such a long time.

(0) 讚！ | 读博/投文章好难啊

I came to send my blessings. I made the investment in February 2025 and accepted it in March 2026.

(1) 讚！ | 王

After six months of peer review, the paper was accepted without revision. My three reviewers were quite conscientious, pointing out some issues in the paper that I had overlooked. I hope the journal can maintain high quality standards and not let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch, as teachers from foreign schools still hold this journal in high regard.

(0) 讚！ | sci.666

In the field of marine science, this journal is still very authoritative, but there are always some malicious people who like to watch the excitement. When the journal is gone, a group of people take pleasure in others' misfortune, but then they find out that other environmental journals that are not as good as the previous one do not accept their articles anymore, making it even harder for them to graduate.

(1) 讚！ | 科研探索者

Your prediction has a high likelihood.

(1) 讚！ | 讨厌dip

I hope to hold off for a year or two, and then drop out after graduation.

(0) 讚！ | 读博/投文章好难啊

I predict that I will go back to District Two. It's not at the same level as District One.

(0) 讚！ | interlegend

Hey, guys, can we still submit to this journal? It was just submitted for review a few days ago, and now it's been downgraded to either the second tier or flagged for warning again.

(2) 讚！ | 读博/投文章好难啊

Submitted at the end of April 2025.
In early July 2025, the first round of feedback came back, made changes and sent back.
In early August 2025, the second round of feedback came back, made changes and sent back.
In early October 2025, the third round of feedback came back, made changes and sent back.
At the end of November 2025, without the fourth round of review feedback, it was directly rejected.

The feedback from the second and third rounds of review was mostly about spelling errors, certain content in the graphics, and misuse of punctuation. I thought it was all good, but after a month of sending it back in the third round, they rejected it. What's going on? I immediately appealed to the editor, but didn't get a response for half a month. Later, I found their personal email and sent an email, but it didn't work. At the same time, the paper factory incident erupted. Isn't this a case of the innocent being affected by the guilty? Oh, I'm really at a loss.

(1) 讚！ | Michael___

May 10, 2025: Submission.
January 31, 2026: Two major revisions, editor rejection, encouraged to resubmit after addressing the issues. External review took 8 months.

(1) 讚！ | WGX1005

I have submitted two papers in February over the past 25 years, one of which has been accepted, while the other one is still pending review. I have reminded them twice but they only updated the submission date. Another one has not been reviewed yet.

(0) 讚！ | 王

The external audit has been going on for seven months, no matter how much we urge them, it's useless. I give up.

(0) 讚！ | WGX1005

I also received comments from the major revision that were not very sharp, but after the revisions were made, I was directly rejected. What a waste of time, they should have given a minor revision after the major one.

(0) 讚！ | 小池塘

Encountered an unfair reviewer. The new reviewer keeps insisting on rejecting the manuscript, and does not care about my responses at all. They are completely absorbed in their own research, claiming that many studies published in high-quality journals are wrong. Other reviewers can't stand it anymore, they continue to accept the article and support me, and provide solid evidence to refute this rejecting reviewer. I hope the editor can make a final decision, it's too torturous.

(0) 讚！ | 嘻-嘻

You can tell at a glance that you have been rejected, but I still have high hopes for the ecological indicators. Within 5 years, I will firmly occupy the Diaoyutai area.

(1) 讚！ | melo515

Please translate the following passage into English: "Trashy magazine"

(0) 讚！ | yijinsha

Brothers, let's not submit this one. It is even worse than the previous journal, with higher self-citation rates and more Chinese authors. In the past three or four years, it has jumped three levels in the Chinese Academy of Sciences rankings. Hurry up and run away. If the journal does not recharge, it is likely to follow in the footsteps of the previous one. Even if there are no rejections at the moment, the environmental issues have already left a lasting impression. In two words, run fast!

(0) 讚！ | 彦祖

It's been five months and still no results. I don't know if I should follow up or not.

(0) 讚！ | 生态giser

The external audit taking five months is unreasonable.

(0) 讚！ | WGX1005

2025.10.22 Under Review, send 2 receive 2.
2025.10.24 Under Review, completed 1.
I hope to receive directly, please don't torture me anymore.

(0) 讚！ | 嘻-嘻

I am in the same situation, and I was rejected for minor revisions in the second round, also citing that the topic did not fit (even though one of the reviewers accepted it). It's really frustrating. I hope this journal goes on hold soon.

(0) 讚！ | Liuliu

Accepting one and rejecting one, the editor gave a rejection, suggesting submitting elsewhere.

(0) 讚！ | 兰州KKK