I submitted it last December, but didn't receive the first round of revisions until May 1st this year. Why is the review process so slow?

(0) 讚！ | jun

Submission on January 18, 2026
Revision on April 10, 2026
Revised on April 27, 2026
Accepted on May 1, 2026
The editor-in-chief is very strict, with two reviewers in the first round of review. One of them used "fail" in the comments, so the editor found a third reviewer and eventually recommended major revisions. Especially many comments were made on the experimental aspect. After the revision, I was very nervous, worrying that the second reviewer would think the modifications were not sufficient and reject the paper. However, it was accepted in just 5 days.
Currently, the journal has a low impact factor, located in the third quartile of emerging thermodynamics journals.

(0) 讚！ | carton83

21 months after being hired, I have already forgotten about this paper.

(0) 讚！ | ztt2008

The submission for number 3 is still "Submitted" now.

(0) 讚！ | Austins

Extremely slow.

(0) 讚！ | delin lyu

May I ask what the current outcome is?

(0) 讚！ | Haibo11

I am like this now, what is your current state?

(0) 讚！ | Haibo11

May I ask, what is the status now? I just submitted my article too, so our status is the same.

(0) 讚！ | Haibo11

2025.3.2 Awaiting Admin Processing
2025.3.5 Submitted

(0) 讚！ | lan

2024.11.08 submitted
2025.02.07 major revision
2025.03.03 a revision has been submitted
2025.03.05 accept

(0) 讚！ | Triplesiiix

Has anyone submitted to this journal recently? After "Awaiting AE Assignment" it changed to "submitted", and it has been 40 days without any updates. Is this the usual process for recent submissions?

(0) 讚！ | LLTOGE

2024.08.21 Submitted
2024.11.20 Major Revision (Reviewed by 3 reviewers, all provided professional comments)
2024.12.14 Revision Submission
2024.12.15 Revision
2025.01.02 Accept

(0) 讚！ | 科研小白944

2024.08.22 Submitted
2024.08.24 Awaiting AE Assignment
2024.10.22 Awaiting Reviewer Assignment
2024.11.12 Awaiting AE Recommendation
2024.11.20 Minor Revision
2024.12.10 Revision Submission
2024.12.10 Awaiting Admin Processing
2024.12.11 Revision
2025.01.02 Accept

(0) 讚！ | Joah Song

2024.07.29 submitted
2024.09.17 major revision
2024.09.21 a revision has been submitted
2024.09.24 accept

(1) 讚！ | Triplesiiix

Is no one submitting to this journal? Why are there no comments?

(0) 讚！ | Joah Song

The review process mainly depends on the reviewer. The paper was submitted on February 20th, and there was a rejection due to image issues during the review process. The comments were returned on March 6th, and luckily it was fast review process. There were a total of 20 comments, which required major revisions and the deadline was set for 40 days. The revised manuscript was uploaded on March 19th and accepted on March 26th. Overall, it can be considered as the fastest acceptance process for an article

(0) 讚！ | carton83

Please recommend a reviewer who works faster

(0) 讚！ | molly li

Posted in June 2021,
Midway through, there were two repairs.
Until now, October 2022,
It has been a year and a half, and I still haven't been reviewed. I am truly speechless.

(1) 讚！ | YangBB

The journal does not have an impact factor, so it cannot be kicked out of SCI, right? It has been one month since the review, and there is still no news.

(4) 讚！ | zwj111

Posted on Jan/07/2021
Two reviewers provided many constructive revision suggestions during the first review.
After undergoing a major revision, it was accepted for publication on Apr/22/2021.

(0) 讚！ | rzn123

The journal editor is very responsible. They found many reviewers, and the reviewers' opinions were also very fair.

(0) 讚！ | Lyu

It is very slow for the publication of manuscript in this journal. According to the current speed, I estimate that it will take at least one and a half to two years to be published! Please pay attention, everyone!

(1) 讚！ | 吃草

Seeing that there are no comments in the journal, let me post one. This is my first time submitting to this journal. Overall, I feel that the reviewers of this journal are still very professional, who can give some very helpful suggestions, and even can point out the possible research directions in the future for you. The detailed submission process as follow: 29-Feb-2020, submitted; 05-Apr-2020, decision with major revision; 18-Apr-2020, a revision has been submitted; 07-May-2020, accepted; 08-May-2020, forms completion submitted; 05-Jun-2020, paper proof. Currently, I don’t know when it will be online. For your information only! Thank you! This journal fell from Q3 to Q4; I am indeed a bit sad!

(3) 讚！ | 吃草

Requires close match to journal scope.

(0) 讚！ | xiaoang314@163.com

Journal Homepage URL: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202032

(0) 讚！ | 匿名