Yes, such a good journal has been downgraded to level 3. It really makes it difficult for people working in the field of marine science.

(0) 讚！ | Jackty

It's so miserable to drop to Zone Three...

(0) 讚！ | 金典喵

The first review took 10 months and presented many extremely difficult questions to reply to, one of which seemed to be a canned response from an AI. I wrote over twenty pages in response, only to be dismissed with the final sentence "lack of innovation". During this time, I also helped review a paper, which was ultimately rejected in the second review. The submission system is very rudimentary, with no submission confirmation email and progress updates only visible through correspondence. I suggest submitting to a different journal.

(0) 讚！ | qimg@

Waiting for Potential Reviewer Assignment has been ongoing for three months, just updated Potential Reviewers Decline, it's really torture.

(0) 讚！ | mangm9

Does anyone know how long it takes for In final production stage with IEEE Publishing Operations? The DOI has been assigned after acceptance, but it has been over a month and there has been no progress in this status. Is there a missing step in the process?

(4) 讚！ | Humble_

Does anyone know why the journal was renamed as IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)?

(0) 讚！ | kingZY

The assigned reviewer probably took about 10 months.

(0) 讚！ | yyci_

This is a well-established journal with high quality, but it's a bit slow. Just be patient and wait a little longer.

(0) 讚！ | yyci_

Can anyone tell me what is the status of the external audit? I have been stuck in the "Potential Reviewers Assigned" status for over 30 days.

(0) 讚！ | wxfy

Can you please tell me what the status of the external review is? I have been stuck in the "Potential Reviewers Assigned" status for over 30 days.

(0) 讚！ | wxfy

It has been 35 days, still in initial QC, not sure if it can be submitted for review. Can we rush the editor?

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

There are some formatting issues in the middle. Currently, it is in "Waiting for Potential Reviewer Assignment", but the process is moving slowly.

(0) 讚！ | miku

Is there any feedback in the middle, or is it being dragged on indefinitely?

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

It has been 75 days and still stuck in initial check.

(0) 讚！ | miku

I submitted it on July 28th, it's been ten days already, but there has been no response. I don't know when the editor will be able to process it.

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

This journal is a well-established journal in the field, but the review process is quite slow. The first review usually takes about eight months, and the second review feedback takes about four months. The revisions also take around four months. I submitted twice, the first time was accepted after one round of revisions, and the second time was accepted after two rounds of revisions. It took me a year to get accepted the first time, and a year and a half the second time. However, the journal is highly regarded in the industry, with extremely diligent reviewers. I once had a reviewer who printed out the manuscript, annotated it page by page, then scanned and provided feedback.

(0) 讚！ | 易先洲

Submitted on April 17, 24, it then entered QC and the status has been maintained for over 20 days. Today (May 13), there is no record of submission on the system. I do not know if it has been rejected or if there is a system problem

(0) 讚！ | HYQ

Submission Experience:
20230118: Submitted.
20230508: Received reviewers' comments, major revisions required. Three reviewers provided nearly 50 comments and suggestions.
20230622: Resubmitted after revisions, response was over 50 pages long.
20230801: Monitoring Editor Decision Completed, minor revisions required. Two reviewers provided a few suggestions, totaling over a dozen.
20230823: Resubmitted after revisions, response was close to 20 pages long.
20231027: Acceptance with minor revisions required.
20231029: Resubmitted after revisions.
20231031: Status changed to Manuscript Sent to Production, including one or two rounds of proofreading.
20240202: Paper published on Early Access.
20240417: Paper formally published.
The journal has a high standard for paper quality and is very strict. Apart from three rounds of detailed review by professional reviewers, the associate editor and editor-in-chief also review and comment on the paper. It can be painful to make revisions and respond to these professional comments, as it requires a lot of time and effort, but it greatly improves the quality of the paper

(0) 讚！ | 皖山青

I have accepted all of that, and the status is sent to the editorial department. It has been three months, but I haven't received the proofreading yet

(0) 讚！ | ZHTNB

The process is very slow. The initial review took nearly 8 months, and after that I was asked for a major revision. It took about three months for the revision to be accepted. It's really slow, so if you are in a hurry, please don't submit

(2) 讚！ | ZHTNB

I have been looking for reviewers for two months and still no response

(0) 讚！ | emmm

Oh, how come it's been a month and it's still in QC?

(0) 讚！ | 竹前家庆

Hello, may I ask what is the status in the system before the external audit? Currently it is at Initial QC, how much longer do you think it will take to go through the external audit?

(0) 讚！ | 匿名666

2022.2.27 Submission;
2022.10.05 First review comments returned, with 3 reviewers, all suggesting revisions before acceptance;
2022.10.12 Revised manuscript returned.

(2) 讚！ | wangjiaoshou1990

Optimize for one month, on January 25, 2022, submit the final published manuscript.

(1) 讚！ | UWA