On May 24th, the JACS editor is too biased now. The research on inorganic excited states was assigned to a deputy editor, and she is really stupid. The manuscript has been under editorial review for 10 days, and on the last day, they casually found an excuse to reject it in a pretentious manner. According to the past practice, it would have been better to send it for review early or reject it to avoid wasting time.

(1) 讚！ | CQDs

The current speed is really slow and very amateurish. It has been 10 days since submission and there has been no response from the associate editor, neither acceptance nor rejection. It's a waste of time.

(0) 讚！ | CQDs

Excuse me, who is the deputy editor?

(0) 讚！ | 鲨鱼辣椒油

This operation made me dumbfounded, it's so disgusting.

(0) 讚！ | 澄月诗下逸影

Similarly, I sent five appeal emails within one month, but did not receive any response.

(0) 讚！ | Anyways

Unbelievable!!!
In the first round of review, with three reviewers and three minor revisions, all in the top 5%.
But the associate editor played tricks and actually rejected the paper.
After a month of appeal, sending five appeal emails, with no response at all, this operation is so amateur!
Now the appeal emails have been sent to the editor-in-chief's office.
I never expected that some associate editors of JACS still have such unprofessional behavior, always looking down on us authors with a superior attitude, it's truly disgusting!

(0) 讚！ | Anyways

26.01.17 Submission
26.01.20 Assigned to editor
26.03.02 Two reviewers, one major and one minor, editor requested major revisions within a month, due to the need for additional experiments and tests, and requested an extension for revisions by one week
26.04.04 Revised manuscript returned R1
26.04.28 Awaiting Decision
26.05.05 Provisionally accepted, formatting and figures to be revised
26.05.12 Revised manuscript returned R2
26.05.14 Awaiting Decision
26.05.18 Officially accepted

(0) 讚！ | cxzgo

5.8 Submission
5.11 Assigned to Associate Editor Linda Nazar
Good luck!

(0) 讚！ | cathrynfeng

3.15 Submission
3.18 Initial system review found minor issues and returned for resubmission
3.19 Resubmission
3.20 Assigned associate editor and sent for review immediately
4.1 First review comments returned, all four reviewers suggested minor revisions, editor allowed half a month for revisions
4.11 Submitted revised manuscript
4.16 Second review comments returned, conditional acceptance, editor requested formatting changes
4.17 Submitted revised manuscript
4.23 Official acceptance
Efficiency is very high.

(0) 讚！ | 克里斯尤尼沃斯

Is it assigned to E. W. Bert Meijer?

(0) 讚！ | lhsci

It's been submitted for so long and still hasn't been assigned to an editor, why is it taking so long?

(0) 讚！ | macronanosmall

Can I change my submission to open access in the future if I did not choose it when submitting to jacs?

(0) 讚！ | bolly

25.12.20 Submission
25.12.24 Assigned associate editor (Netherlands)
25.12.24 Found reviewers on Christmas Eve
26.1.27 Four reviewers, 2 minor revisions, 2 major revisions. One month given by editor for major revisions
Frantically conducted experiments before the new year, wrote response during Chinese New Year holiday
26.2.22 Submitted revised manuscript 1
26.3.17 Three reviewers agreed to accept, one minor revision on images
26.3.18 Submitted revised manuscript 2
26.3.20 Provisionally accepted, requested changes to article image format
26.3.21 Submitted revised manuscript 3
26.3.23 Formally accepted

(0) 讚！ | LeeXg

The appeal editors don't give a damn about me.

(0) 讚！ | qq572020211

Yes, I appealed at that time, and then the editor gave a reject and resubmit decision. Finally, it was accepted. Good luck!

(0) 讚！ | Rolen

2025.01.23 Submission
2025.03.24 Review comments, Major Revision, requested to supplement experiments
2025.05.06 Return for revisions
2025.06.06 Second round of review comments, add discussion
2025.06.08 Return for revisions
2025.06.11 Acceptance

(0) 讚！ | fjll

OP, may I ask what the current result is? I have also been assigned to edit this.

(0) 讚！ | CCCNNNCCC

OP, may I ask what the current result is now? I also want to be included in this edit.

(0) 讚！ | CCCNNNCCC

Hello, is it true that editors who haven't been assigned for a long time will not submit for review?

(0) 讚！ | 2032JJZ

Hello, how have you been? It seems like it's been a long time since editors have been assigned, so submissions are not being reviewed.

(0) 讚！ | 2032JJZ

How is Zhang Tao's handling speed of manuscripts? Is he friendly to the Chinese people?

(1) 讚！ | 杨若林

This work has been in progress for 3 years, with a year of submission. It was initially rejected by a new prestigious journal, but ultimately accepted by JACS. Although there is some regret, it can still be considered a good outcome.

Sharing the timeline of the latest submission, the editor is the crystallography expert Prof. Panče Naumov. Thanks to the editor and reviewers for their recognition, and wishing everyone success with their articles.

2025.10.30 Submitted
2025.11.04 Editorial review
2025.11.08 In peer review
2025.12.03 Awaiting decision
2025.12.05 Needing Revision
2025.12.15 Revised submission
2025.12.15 Editorial review
2025.12.15 In peer review
2025.12.18 Awaiting decision
2025.12.23 Needing Revision (pre-acceptance, formatting changes)
2025.12.23 Revised submission
2025.12.23 Editorial review
2025.12.24 Awaiting decision
2025.12.26 Manuscript accepted

(0) 讚！ | murmure

What progress has been made in the end?

(0) 讚！ | 善而为

How long did it take to process in the end?

(0) 讚！ | 善而为

I have appealed several times, but without success. It is very difficult to appeal to JACS.

(0) 讚！ | 薛定谔猫