This time it's unusually slow. The submission was made on December 6th, 2026, and today is May 29th, 2026. There are only two reviewers for the second review, and one reviewer has not completed the review. It seems like they are looking for another reviewer. After the review is completed, they will find another reviewer. The review comments are much more than the previous ones, all related to testing details and experimental procedures. The response to the review comments is forty pages long. It seems like a major revision, with two minor revisions. I am unsure if the paper will be rejected, feeling anxious. I can't afford to wait any longer. It has been over half a year since the submission, the longest submission period.

(0) 讚！ | ddlianyi

Is it slow lately, or are you just looking at different editors? Have you been considering this journal recently?

(0) 讚！ | ZHIxiong

Teacher, how are you feeling now? I invested in early April, but it is still in STJ status and I have not received any response to my emails.

(0) 讚！ | 有何不可678

The review process is too slow, and one of the reviewers accepted it without even reviewing it.

(0) 讚！ | 杨豪

Why invite new reviewers after the first revision?

(0) 讚！ | D

Received at Editorial Office
9 Nov 2025
Article revised
23 Jan 2026
Article accepted for publication
7 Mar 2026

(0) 讚！ | 投不投

Submitted on June 24, reviewed in the same month, major revisions in early August, accepted on August 16.

The editorial department processes manuscripts very quickly. The time for the review process is mainly influenced by the reviewers. I have been submitting to this journal since 2021 and have had articles accepted every year. Compared to other journals, the efficiency of the Food Engineering Journal is still relatively fast.

(0) 讚！ | 死天

Can I ask how long it will take for the submission? It has been a long time without submission, is the possibility of rejection high?

(0) 讚！ | 快毕业

Hello, does this journal require figures in the main text to be placed at the end of the document?

(0) 讚！ | ivy。。

Hello, I want to ask if this journal requires all figures in the body of the text to be placed at the end of the document.

(0) 讚！ | ivy。。

4.24 With Editor

(0) 讚！ | 阿拉索

Yes, the accepted paper may need additional content as requested by the reviewers, as the journal's word limit is too low.

(0) 讚！ | 阿拉索

Is he asking for a change in the title character count (70 characters) and the number of introductory paragraphs (1-2)? I don't see any of the papers he has posted requiring such high requirements.

(0) 讚！ | 再发一篇TOP

2025.4.18 Submitted to Journal
2025.4.22 Returned for formatting revision and resubmission.

(0) 讚！ | 阿拉索

Could you please tell me the status of your article? I submitted it over ten days ago and haven't heard anything back.

(0) 讚！ | yy1123****

The Journal of Food Engineering offers the Interactive Plot Viewer, which can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/interactiveplots. Interactive Plots allow easy access to the data used in the plots. If you wish to include one in your article, please prepare a .csv file containing your plot data and test it online at http://authortools.elsevier.com/interactiveplots/verification before submitting it as supplementary material. Is it necessary to upload a .csv file?

(0) 讚！ | Xiuxu Zheng

2025.1.21 STJ

(0) 讚！ | 肖恩

2024.7.5 submitted to journal
2024.7.7 with editor
2024.7.14 under review
2024.10.3 under review
2024.10.17 required reviews completed
2024.10.19 minor revision for acceptance
2024.10.25 revision submitted
2024.10.27 accept

After submission, tracking from the WeChat public account of Elsevier found that a total of 23 reviewers were sent in three months, only the last two reviewers accepted the review. It took half a month to review and one month to accept. If reviewers were found at the beginning, it would probably be faster. During my PhD, a total of six papers were submitted from the lab and all were rejected. Finally, I published one after graduation. Unfortunately, it is now in the second tier of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, hoping to return to the top tier next year.

(0) 讚！ | 酒酒无憾

I hope to return to district one this year.

(1) 讚！ | JY

Oh no, it's out of the ranking, squeezed out by domestic journals

(0) 讚！ | ExpQin

After going online, it took a little over a month to receive the WOS number

(0) 讚！ | 可乐ii

2023-12-09 Submit to the journal
2023-12-12 With Editor
2023-12-13 Reject

(2) 讚！ | theshy人品好

I would like to ask, how long until I can search for the WOS?

(0) 讚！ | theshy人品好

2023/7/6 submit to the journal
2023/7/11 under review
2023/8/31 major revision
2023/9/17 revise
2023/9/27 under review
2023/10/16 accept
Overall, the process was quite fast, but it took a long time to find reviewers during the first review

(0) 讚！ | 可乐ii

Submitted on May 14th
Revised on June 18th
Accepted on July 4th
Very fast process, very nice

(0) 讚！ | Ke