After being hired, I will share the submission process. Overall, the early stages were slow, but the later stages were fast. The reviewers' opinions were fair and professional.

1.15 STJ
1.25 WE
2.15 UR
3.4 RCC (6 3 2)
3.15 MR (5+4)
4.4 WE
4.5 Accept

POLYMER is a top-tier journal recognized by our college. I appreciate Dr. Benny Dean Freeman, the editor-in-chief, for recognizing my work. I also hope that POLYMER can soon break into the 1st quartile!

(1) 讚！ | Jamin · Xu

Yes, all email addresses in the manuscript and recommendation letters must also be valid.

(0) 讚！ | 小怪兽

Yes, all authors must have an official email address.

(0) 讚！ | 小怪兽

2026/01/30 STJ
2026/02/01 WE
2026/02/21 under review (3 3 0)
2026/02/26 under review (3 3 1)

(0) 讚！ | 小白JJJ

2026.2.25 STJ

Please translate the above sentence into English: 2026.2.25 STJ

(0) 讚！ | Lxt-

2.5 我们
2.6 你们

(0) 讚！ | 皮神

Could you please advise if it is normal to be in "With Editor" status for several days after my major revision submission? Do you have the "under review" status when you submit a revision? Thank you so much.

(0) 讚！ | power

4. And you?

(0) 讚！ | Joe-s

How many reviewers have been invited?

(0) 讚！ | 皮神

How many reviewers have been invited?

(0) 讚！ | 皮神

2.8 UR

(0) 讚！ | Joe-s

Hello, any progress on the paper?

(0) 讚！ | shudai7ye

Hello, is it required for all authors to have a school email for this journal? Also, do all authors need to confirm before submitting for review?

(0) 讚！ | shudai7ye

2025.10.30 Submitted to Journal
2025.11.15 Returned for revision with campus email
2025.12.1 Returned for revision, submission system also requires registration with campus email (both submission system and paper authors need to have campus email!)
2025.12.1-2025.12.16 Submitted to Journal (the submission period here is 15 days, I guess all authors need to confirm, never encountered this before)
2025.12.16 with editor (editor Toshifumi Satoh, Ph.D., handles manuscripts very quickly, almost processes them as soon as they start work)
2025.12.16 under review
2026.1.7 major review (two reviewers, 12 comments)
2026.1.19 with editor
2026.1.20 under review
2026.1.30 Accept
A very good submission experience, although STJ took a month and a half, the editor and reviewers were very efficient.

(0) 讚！ | luckilylad

0129/2026 stj

(0) 讚！ | CaCa鸭

Still the same, so slow.

(0) 讚！ | 皮神

1.26 is the abbreviation for "January 26th".

(0) 讚！ | Joe-s

2026.1.14 STJ

(0) 讚！ | 皮神

12.11 我们
12.23 我们

(0) 讚！ | csl发文章

11.26 STJ
12.8 STJ

(0) 讚！ | csl发文章

Which editor is it? How come they are so fast?

(0) 讚！ | 诶哟

Wow, brother, how are you so fast? I have been investing for over ten days and still in STJ status.

(0) 讚！ | power

11-12 STJ
11-15 WE
11-21 UR 0-2-12

11-12 STJ
11-15 WE
11-21 UR 0-2-12

(0) 讚！ | die die

11.10 STJ
11.20 STJ
Very slow, dare not rush.

(0) 讚！ | 诶哟

10.25 Submitted to Journal
11.12 Submitted to Journal

(0) 讚！ | cactuses