It has been 14 days with the editor, and there hasn't even been an invitation to reviewers. Why is that?

(0) 讚！ | bei0245

The journal is being investigated for colluding with intermediaries and paper mills, resulting in the removal of editors and chief editors, leading to a slow process (although reviews are not as slow). It is recommended that everyone check the warning new list before submitting. WB requires full disclosure, and although it used to be very fast, submissions would be withdrawn due to the inability to find reviewers. Now, with the investigation, they have become stricter.

Submission status Date Submission received 14 Sep 2025

Submission is in publishing and rights 14 Jan 2026

(0) 讚！ | PMPM

Submitted for over 2 months, invited 5 reviewers, what is the likelihood of acceptance?

(0) 讚！ | 小孩和狗

This is a scam journal.

(0) 讚！ | 天医二院

6.27 submission
8.14 comments returned for major revision
8.22 resubmission
8.23 second review, feedback received from two reviewers, one reviewer has gone missing
10.28 reminder for submission, assistant editor replied that enough reports have been received and awaiting decision
12.12 no news at all! It's been almost four months since the second review!

(0) 讚！ | 葡萄月亮酥

Do you need the WB result repeated three times?

(0) 讚！ | whitehorse1

Received on October 17th, took nearly 4 months.

(0) 讚！ | 相见库里

Like you, the review comments were returned after nearly two months of waiting, prompting me to follow up with the editor, only to have them withdrawn.

(0) 讚！ | 牙牙

Submitted in April, was under external review in August for nearly 2 months. After a reminder, it was directly withdrawn by the editor. Not rejected, but withdrawn. Speechless.

(0) 讚！ | 牙牙

Submitted in early July, reviewed within three days, major and minor revisions completed in August. However, the final decision was not made after the last round of revisions, waiting for almost a month. Finally accepted for publication in mid-September.

(1) 讚！ | valar1221

Submission process: Submitted on June 19th, the manuscript passed the technical review on the same day. Requested to make changes to the format on June 22nd, mainly involving ethical content and WB's raw data. Asked to resubmit the untrimmed WB bands on July 4th (Note: The research group had to resubmit three times before it was finally accepted because all bands were trimmed), and it has been in the "with editor" stage since then. On August 19th, it showed that the manuscript was in the peer review stage, and the overall efficiency was quite fast. The reason for the delay of two months before submission was mainly due to the bands not being fully trimmed, which delayed the data processing. Therefore, it is recommended for everyone to prepare the raw, untrimmed bands in advance, and the results will continue to be updated in the future...

(1) 讚！ | 相见库里

I am also someone who didn't reply and didn't dare to push, but eventually received it.

(0) 讚！ | 统子

Two months for review, two months for revisions.

(0) 讚！ | 统子

May I ask if your status is "with editor"?

(0) 讚！ | 祝先生

I may be lucky. It took 76 days from submission to acceptance, during which I had to make revisions due to some issues and submitted them right before the deadline (about two weeks later).

(0) 讚！ | 总之就是非常阔耐

I am in the same situation, it has been two weeks already. May I ask how you are doing now? How long did it take for your condition to start improving?

(0) 讚！ | lmy

After waiting for half a year, they directly said they couldn't find a reviewer and had to withdraw the submission. I am truly speechless.

(0) 讚！ | passenger+

The review process is extremely slow, and it is necessary to provide the full uncut film.

(0) 讚！ | 小旭vip

Translation: Need

(0) 讚！ | HH2025

请问你能帮我查一下这个单词的意思吗？

(0) 讚！ | 周彤

I would like to ask if your editorial suggestions are accepted immediately after being returned by the reviewer. My review comments have been returned but are still in the peer review stage. Have you encountered this situation before? Thank you.

(0) 讚！ | 李铁人儿

Every step is very slow, many rounds of review, it takes a long time to give feedback after each reviewer's comments come back. The last time, only one reviewer replied after a week and did not give feedback. I urged them, but was rejected instantly, and it was without any reason, and they didn't even reply to emails afterwards. After checking, all the editors are Indians, so it's better to be cautious about submitting to this kind of journal. After more than half a year of revisions, it all went down the drain.

(0) 讚！ | wwgggg

Does WB need full coverage film?

(0) 讚！ | haihuangboston

Articles are currently taking between 2-6 months to be accepted, with technical reviews typically taking around 10 days. If you are in a hurry, please proceed with caution.

(0) 讚！ | hasuhasu

I also saw in the system that the reviewers were invited on the same day, and received the reports from the reviewers in just one day, but I don't know the results. What happened next?

(0) 讚！ | passenger+