Please urge them to speed up the review process, this journal is really slow this year.

(0) 讚！ | Anthonysix

8.28 stj
10.2 we until now
Before, the submission and rejection were very quick. Does anyone know what's going on with this journal?!?!

(0) 讚！ | YYD957225

This editor is terrible, it took him two months to reject my article.

(0) 讚！ | 张晗

The submission made on August 8th was only desk rejected today by the Chinese editor Wuli Ming, probably only looking at the cover letter.

(0) 讚！ | 张晗

2026.8.5 Submitted
2026.8.14 Still under review by STJ
2026.9.7 Reminder for submission
2026.9.23 Major revisions to the article
2026.10.14 First round of revisions
2026.10.15 with editor
2026.10.20 Still with editor. Previous submissions to this journal were very quick, but this year's submission process is very slow...

(0) 讚！ | Anthonysix

Submission on August 5, 2026
STJ on August 14, 2026
Reminder on September 7, 2026
Major revision on September 23, 2026
First round of revisions on October 14, 2026
With editor on October 15, 2026
Still with editor on October 20, 2026. It wasn't this slow to submit to this journal before, what's going on now??

(0) 讚！ | Anthonysix

I am also in WE, it's so slow...

(0) 讚！ | 安逸尘

Still WE.

(0) 讚！ | 小河工

Hello, has there been any changes in your article?

(0) 讚！ | 安逸尘

How to withdraw a submission? I also want to withdraw my submission.

(0) 讚！ | double双1

I submitted my article on September 7th, and after 10 days, I contacted customer service to withdraw it. It was successfully withdrawn one month ago.

(0) 讚！ | Kistagoogle

I contacted Elsevier customer service to withdraw the submission long ago, and it was withdrawn a month ago.

(0) 讚！ | Kistagoogle

On October 5th, finally with editor, it feels like a unified change, and the editorial department has started to push forward the backlog of manuscripts.

(0) 讚！ | HJ liang

Sep 02, 2026 STJ
Oct 05, 2026 With Editor

(0) 讚！ | 小河工

Submitted on 08.24
On 09.28, still STJ, contacted online customer service to withdraw.
The process is really slow, so be careful if you are in a hurry.

(0) 讚！ | 叶落枫亦逝

I don't understand, is it everyone who has a backlog of manuscripts like this, or is it just us? Is there something wrong with this journal?

(0) 讚！ | 泼水

I am also in the 2400s, but writing two letters has not made any difference. It's ridiculous.

(0) 讚！ | 工大周公子

Submitted on August 31st, with submission number 2400+, and still pending at STJ. Followed up on September 18th, but there has been no progress at all. This journal is really outrageous!

(0) 讚！ | HJ liang

It's too slow, I submitted it on August 27th and still haven't received with edit.

(0) 讚！ | gg0

The STJ has already been contacted and urged to submit the article by contacting Elsevier's customer service, but there has been no change. Has anyone seen any changes?

(0) 讚！ | 泼水