The manuscript was submitted on February 24, 2025, and received reviewer comments on March 12, with one major and one minor revision required. Both reviewers acknowledged the novelty of the paper. After carefully revising the manuscript, conducting additional DFT calculations, and performing extra experiments, the revised version was submitted on April 18 and accepted on April 27, with online publication on April 29. This was the author's second communication as corresponding author, with the previous communication selected as a highly cited paper in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) and one of the most popular catalysis papers. The author greatly appreciates the publication style of the journal CS, which is diamond open access, does not require any page charges, and allows readers open access worldwide. Such journals are rare, and CS provides an excellent platform for academic exchange.

(0) 讚！ | 诗意栖居-2

Hello, may I ask which deputy editor you have selected?

(0) 讚！ | 科研是个啥

In the field of organic synthesis, Chemical Science is indeed more difficult than ACS Catalysis, possibly because Chemical Science is one of the top three comprehensive chemistry journals and also the flagship journal of the RSC. Recently, an article that was submitted to Chemical Science without revision was eventually accepted after major revisions in ACS Catalysis.

(0) 讚！ | 薛定谔猫

Submitted once in 23 years, with two reviewers, one of whom finished in one day... The last one gave a score of 9, while the other gave a score of 6. The 6 was probably from the one who finished quickly, without even finding a third reviewer. The deputy editor of a certain journal in Beijing directly rejected me, which made me furious. I originally wanted to appeal and scold the reviewers, but then I thought it would be a waste of time. I directly submitted to ACS Catalysis and was accepted in just over a month. I am impressed by the high standards of Chem Sci, where they can finish reviewing in just one day (finding reviewers on the first day and returning comments on the second day), clearly indicating negligence. Now looking at the impact factor of Chemical Science, I can hardly bear to look at it, as it has dropped from 1st quartile to 2nd quartile in the past 3 years. I am now hesitant to submit to Chemical Science, as I might end up crying in the bathroom if my promotion evaluation changes from 1st quartile to 2nd quartile.

(0) 讚！ | songheng

This journal is going downhill fast, it's getting worse than ACS Catalysis.

(0) 讚！ | songheng

I submitted my work at the end of January, it has been two full months and I still haven't heard anything...

(1) 讚！ | 很难呀

I don't know if it's metaphysics or not. The day after posting, I received the review comments. There were two reviewers, one recommending minor revisions and the other recommending major revisions. The editor provided guidance on the changes.

(0) 讚！ | Reborn

Submitted in November 24th, it is still in the first round of review. We have urged once because several reviewers we previously found have gone missing. The review process is estimated to break the record in terms of duration.

(0) 讚！ | Reborn

No wonder it's getting worse and worse, it feels like the reviewers didn't even read the article carefully and just randomly rejected it with some comments, the editors no longer seek arbitrators, it's better to just reject it directly without sending it for review, a waste of time.

(0) 讚！ | 小皮爱科研

May I ask how many days after receiving the proof can I make changes?

(0) 讚！ | 科研小白@@

Submitted on September 20th, received feedback on November 13th. Returned revised manuscript in mid-December, accepted in mid to late January. Relatively slow, but fortunately accepted.

(0) 讚！ | QhY

No fees are charged after acceptance. This is one of the few journals that both develop and do not charge for access. In addition to Chemical Science, ACS journal ACS Central Science is also like this.

(0) 讚！ | 薛定谔猫

Is this journal really free of charge?

(0) 讚！ | outlier11

The AD assigned to me on January 15th is still with the editor, so all I can do is wait.

(0) 讚！ | 违章110

Wish Chemical Science to close down soon. I advise against submitting to this journal. Regretted once submitted, better go for Cell, Nature, or Matter.

(0) 讚！ | heilaohu

The reviewer is Professor Luis M. Campos, who is very kind and professional. He will analyze the reviewer's comments based on the article. Therefore, even though the first reviewer emphasized language requirements, the paper was still accepted. Thank you to the professional CS editor. Happy.

(0) 讚！ | 大王叫我来巡山

How long does it take to accept? Still waiting.

(0) 讚！ | 张永辉008

5.15 submitted
6.16 major revision, both reviewers may be suitable for Chemical Science after revisions
6.21 revised
8.11 accept (7 weeks)

(0) 讚！ | jkl2003

According to the official website, the first review process is expected to take around a week. However, it has been nearly three weeks since the editor was assigned and there has been no progress. What's going on?

(0) 讚！ | songyong

Very good.

(0) 讚！ | 张永辉008

Submitted half a month ago, with editor, waited another half a month and still not sent for review. After urging, it was directly rejected. What a waste of a month. Speechless, this journal is really difficult.

(0) 讚！ | 兔子兔子兔子

The organic synthesis method article was initially submitted to JACS but was rejected after review. It was then submitted to Chem. Sci., where the review process was very fast. The article was submitted on August 28, 2024, and the review comments were received on September 14, 2024. Both were minor revisions, and the associate editor from Canada, Andrei Yudin, was very friendly. He suggested acceptance after minor revisions and recommended submitting the revised manuscript as soon as possible. After making the simple revisions, the manuscript was submitted and accepted just 2 days later! In the future, articles that are not accepted by JACS/Angew will continue to be submitted to Chem. Sci.

(0) 讚！ | 薛定谔猫

Submitted on August 2nd, with editor on the 12th, in peer review on the 19th, major revision on September 12th (one with a score of 9 and one with a score of 8, both accepted after revisions), resubmitted on the 29th, and accepted on October 2nd.

The pure molecular dynamics simulation work took a lot of effort. It was previously submitted to JACS, ACS Nano, and CCS Chemistry, but was not sent out for review. Thank you Chemical Science, and best wishes for continued success.

(2) 讚！ | Zilingo

Submitted for review on 2024-0802, there have been several changes in the reviewers assigned to the manuscript. Still waiting for updates as it is a review article and may be challenging to find suitable reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | 大王叫我来巡山

Can't we see the status of the submission in the new system?

(0) 讚！ | undefined