Submission of the manuscript on 21st December 2025.
Editing feedback received on 24th December 2025, requesting modifications with the article word count not exceeding 5000, and submission of an abstract figure.
Resubmission of the manuscript on 26th December 2025.
Major revision feedback received on 18th February 2026, with feedback from two reviewers providing a total of 13 suggestions, all of which were constructive and included requirements for more experiments. The deadline for major revision was set for 19th March 2026.
Return of major revision feedback on 17th March 2026.
Reviewer 1 completed the review on 20th March 2026, but Reviewer 2 had not started the review for a long time.
Editor sent a reminder to Reviewer 2 on 1st April 2026, but the review was still pending.
Second reminder sent on 10th April 2026.
Reviewer 2 started and completed the review on the same day, entering the RRC status on 12th April 2026.
Acceptance on 15th April 2026.
The editorial efficiency was satisfactory, with delays due to the Christmas and Easter holidays. There was also a delay in one instance, which required contacting the Elsevier customer service for assistance. The journal in the field of sensors is stable and influential in Zone 1, but if in a hurry to graduate, the timeline needs to be considered.

(0) 讚！ | 狄更斯

2025
12.22 Submitted to Journal (format check)
12.23 Editor Invited
12.28 with Editor
12.29 Submitted to Journal (content review)
2026
1.20 with Editor (editorial review)
1.23 under review (external review)
2.3 Review Complete (external review completed)
2.4 with Editor (editorial review)
2.5 Reviewer comments received
3.2 Revision
3.3 with editor
3.6 under review
3.12 Required Review Completed
3.16 accept (some minor comments received)
3.28 Acceptance notification

(2) 讚！ | 努力科研的音睡姬

4.10 UR

(1) 讚！ | 李白白的白

Good luck, I hope I can we soon, it's been almost a month.

(0) 讚！ | sciyiqu

3.07 submitted
3.10 editor invited
3.12 STJ
4.09 With editor
Despite being slow, I hope for good luck~!

(1) 讚！ | 李白白的白

Submitted on 3.16, and still in STJ, so slow.

(0) 讚！ | sciyiqu

Slow, too slow. And it was already marked as complete on the official account, how come it can be changed to "with editor" again after a while?

(0) 讚！ | FANTEXI

Is it still with the editor?

(0) 讚！ | 小小科研打工人

The first application was rejected, and I applied again on February 27th. On March 4th, it showed "WE". It has been showing "WE" all along, why is that? (Related to gas sensor direction)

(0) 讚！ | 小小科研打工人

Could you please let me know if there are any results? How many reviewers have accepted the review? Does the editor need to wait for all reviewers' feedback?

(0) 讚！ | 天天发论文

Have you submitted it for review? It was submitted to STJ on February 25th, then there was a change in WE, and just a few days later it was submitted to STJ again. It's been almost a month now, it's really too slow.

(0) 讚！ | 玻璃是透明的

How long is the interval between submission and external review? Is it major revision or minor revision?

(0) 讚！ | 天天发论文

After sending it for external review, it will be faster, probably 2 weeks from UR to RRC.

(0) 讚！ | nameisname

2.10 STJ
2.21 Modify Highlight
2.24 STJ
2.25 WE
3.4 UR
3.17 RRC
No results have been given so far.

(0) 讚！ | nameisname

The first submission was rejected after three days, and the editor provided feedback for revisions and resubmission. 
2.22 Second submission submitted.
2.25 With editor.
3.20 Still with editor.
Is it normal for it to take this long?

(0) 讚！ | 天天发论文

I am probably the same. I submitted on February 26th, and there was one editor invited in between. It became STJ on March 2nd, and then there was no more activity.

(0) 讚！ | 不悔

After submitting, it shows "submission received via ingest", but I have not received a submission email. It has been half a month already, what is the situation?

(0) 讚！ | LUCKY_HUANG

May I ask when it was sent for review later? I also resubmitted after rejection, it has been almost a month and I am still "with editor", while the first submission had results in three days.

(0) 讚！ | 天天发论文

May I ask when the next update will be and if it has been submitted for review?

(0) 讚！ | 天天发论文

Please search online for the writing rules, download the PDF file, and find the corresponding formulas. Just follow the formatting requirements.

(0) 讚！ | EllieWu

I want to ask if the chief editor of Qing Shui has provided a formula to be written according to IUPAC rules. I don't quite understand what this rule is. Is there a specific format? If so, can I refer to it? Thank you very much.

(0) 讚！ | 崔毓芳

I would like to ask, does the chief editor of Qing Shui provide a formula to be written according to IUPAC rules? I don't quite understand what this rule is, is there a specific format? If so, can I refer to it? Thank you very much.

(0) 讚！ | 崔毓芳

Hello, I also had my submission rejected and resubmitted. I just wanted to ask how your results were.

(0) 讚！ | Ronbing Ye

The structure is still very good, wish you all the best.

(0) 讚！ | 抱团出奇迹

A minor revision, with an unclear attitude, was rejected by the editor, but the revised version can be resubmitted. Update: 1.31 with editor.

(0) 讚！ | 一篇也没投出去