Submission on March 5, 2025
First rejection and resubmission on May 22, 2025 (reviewed by four reviewers)
Revised on October 14, 2025
Second major revision on January 23, 2026 (reviewers remain the same)
Revised on February 10, 2026
Third major revision on March 27, 2026 (two additional reviewers added)
Revised on April 30, 2026
Fourth major revision on June 14, 2026 (reviewers remain the same)
Revised on July 20, 2026
Accepted on September 16, 2026 (one more reviewer added)
The EIC is Wen, Changyun, and there are a total of 7 reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | 昵！称！懒！得！想！

Boss, how long have you been in this state? I've been assigned to AE for almost 13 days.

(0) 讚！ | 鼓捣叫唤

Originally submitted through the author portal, the status quickly changed to "under review" and has remained unchanged. Today, upon logging into ScholarOne, I found that the manuscript has been transferred to this system. EIC: Chen, Xinkai; ADM: Sharma, Anand; Assigned to AE.

(0) 讚！ | Kevin

My friend also liked him, but was rejected.

(0) 讚！ | 付筱

2026.1.29 Submitted (EIC: Wen, Changyun)
2026.2.19 Under Review
2026.3.30 Awaiting AE Recommendation
2026.4.6 Major Revisions
2026.5.16 A revision has been submitted
2026.5.20 Assigned to AE
2026.5.22 Under Review
2026.6.18 Awaiting AE Recommendation
2026.6.21 Major Revisions
2026.7.29 A revision has been submitted
2026.7.29 Assigned to AE
2026.7.31 Under Review
2026.9.7 Submission Status Update
2026.9.8 Awaiting AE Recommendation
2026.9.9 Awaiting EIC Decision
2026.9.10 Accepted

(0) 讚！ | Life_IEEEFellow

Submitted on September 6th, under review on September 7th, it seems like the stage of assigning Associate Editor and finding reviewers has not started. May I ask, is this normal?

(0) 讚！ | Kevin

8.11 submit/ In EIC Office EIC: Chen, Xinkai
9.3 Assigned to AE
This EIC is terribly slow.

(0) 讚！ | 拒绝拖延症啊

What is the process for sharing? It's up to you. Thank you.

(0) 讚！ | 开始

Do you have any experience in submitting contributions? Is it difficult to submit in the latter half of the year?

(0) 讚！ | 开始

The problem should not be big. Just be patient and wait. It could be that the volume of submissions is large in the second half of the year, or it could simply be that the editing process is slow.

(0) 讚！ | sanmaoooo

请稍等一下，我需要确认一下订单的信息。

(0) 讚！ | sanmaoooo

After submitting my manuscript, it has been in EIC status for over 20 days. What's going on? Does this mean it's going to be rejected?

(0) 讚！ | 开始

2025.11.14 Submission
2025.11.17 Editor's evaluation
2025.11.24 Under review
2026.1.13 Editor's recommendation
2026.1.14 Revision required
None of the four reviewers had no comments, two requested major revisions, and one had a single comment; it can only be resubmitted after a three-month interval.
5.18 in Editor-in-Chief's office
5.31 Under review
7.15 Rejection
Four new reviewers were assigned, two requested major revisions, one requested minor revisions, and one clearly rejected, criticizing every chapter of my paper.
Appealed to the Editor-in-Chief, but it was unsuccessful.
Submitted to a different journal, Tim.
The review process was actually quite fast, as it was a top-tier journal, but I curse that reviewer.

(0) 讚！ | 111

Submitted on April 13, 2026;
First revision on June 16, 2026. Four reviewers, with 9, 7, 7, and 7 comments respectively, totaling 30 comments;
Revised after first revision on July 3, 2026;
Second revision on July 30, 2026. Reviewers of the first and second revisions had no comments, while reviewer three had comments on terminology consistency and reviewer four had 6 comments;
Revised after second revision on August 6, 2026;
Third revision on August 21, 2026. Reviewers of the first, second, and third revisions had no comments, while reviewer four had 4 comments;
Revised after third revision on August 26, 2026;
Accepted on August 28, 2026.

(0) 讚！ | 高磊峰

Hey guys, how long have you all been EIC? It's been 20 days for me, and there hasn't been any changes. Does anyone know what's going on? Should I reset?

(0) 讚！ | 开始

If the direction is not right, is the rejection at EIC or at AE where it is assigned? I am also Chen, Xinkai.

(0) 讚！ | zhy3221

A few days ago, I didn't check the status of something. It was submitted for review on a day between August 18th and August 24th, and now it is Under Review.

(0) 讚！ | xueli zhang

Hey brothers, after one month of major revisions, the first review suddenly changed to "assigned to AE" under review. What's going on? Has anyone else experienced this before?

(0) 讚！ | 月月有成绩年年有发表

Has the status changed?

(0) 讚！ | 开始

Could you please confirm if the first author is an IEEE member, but the corresponding author is not a member, can we still apply a discount on the overpage charges in this situation?

(0) 讚！ | liu

Oops, I was in charge of creating multiple robot formations, and I have physical videos as evidence. However, they have been assigned to this person named chenxinkai in the EIC office for 10 days now.

(0) 讚！ | xueli zhang

How long did you wait for your EIC in the end?

(0) 讚！ | Tobleroue

Bro, can you add a few reviewers before submitting the manuscript?

(0) 讚！ | Big Gun

He looked quite serious, my paper has been accepted by AE and then sent for review by the editor again, with additional reviewers added.

(0) 讚！ | hengheng123

20260811- Submitted
20260812- In EIC office

(0) 讚！ | Tobleroue