The top journal in the field of medical AI took 4 months to review and accept the submission.

(0) 讚！ | GATTACA

July 23, 2025 With Editor

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

7.10 major revision

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Jul 02, 2025
审核已完成

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

We submitted our article in July 2024 and received a rejection in December 2024 along with two reasonable reviews. The Editor encouraged us to revise and resubmit, which we did on January 24, 2025. The status changed to "With Editor" on February 10 and remained as such until May 20, when it suddenly changed to “DIP” and was rejected with a vague one-line reason. The process lacked transparency and professionalism, and we no longer view this journal as a viable option.

(0) 讚！ | 我被编辑邀请困住了，从3月14日开始。

I am also seven months old, it's been a struggle.

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

Submitted in October of the 24th year, it wasn't reviewed until January of the 25th year, and was rejected in May. There weren't any major issues with the reviews from the two reviewers, but the editor rejected it directly. I won't be submitting to this journal again in the future.

(0) 讚！ | 科研菜狗w

Please record the timeline:
2.25 Submission
2.27 WE
4.22 WE timeline change
5.21 under review

(0) 讚！ | 美食探险家

It's really slow. Submitted on January 15th, we received a request for revisions on January 27th. Around April 5th, we reminded the journal twice but only received apologies. The status was still "we" on April 23rd, and then on April 28th, the first author sent a withdrawal letter (which was unsuccessful) before inviting reviewers. However, we could only contact the responsible person at Elsevier directly, causing delays in communication with the specific editor. This resulted in the withdrawal letter from the corresponding author only being seen by the editor when it was time for submission, leading to the withdrawal of the manuscript.

(0) 讚！ | 吃一碗营养泡面

It is really slow.

(0) 讚！ | linpangpang

Mar 21, 2025	Under Review

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

The RRC is done, and one reviewer finished reviewing it in just one day, which feels like a tragedy.

(0) 讚！ | ai 在西元前

How did it turn out?

(0) 讚！ | 是梦雨呀

I invested in December, more than 3,300, it looks like it's still early.

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I submitted the manuscript in November of my 24th year, with the reference number being over 2800.

(0) 讚！ | 汤醋里脊

You are pretty fast. What is your identification number?

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

Already under review, with 3 reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | 汤醋里脊

Jan 16, 2025	With Editor

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

It took 22 months from submission to rejection, because the editor could not find enough reviewers and ended up reviewing the manuscript themselves. The reviewer raised some issues with the content and authorship in the first two rounds, and then rejected the manuscript in the final round citing lack of innovation. Moreover, the feedback provided in the last round seemed like the reviewer did not read the paper carefully. Each round of review took almost six months to start, and only yielded results after reminders. Several requests to retract the submission from Elsevier were denied. It is really frustrating why they dragged the process for so long and rejected the manuscript with insufficient reasons.

(0) 讚！ | 三郎郎

The submission was made on October 20th, but as of November 23rd, the status has not changed. The editing efficiency is disappointing.

(0) 讚！ | 科研菜狗w

Don't worry, nothing has progressed so far. It has been six months and there has been no movement. Submitted for a month, waiting for editor for a month, even if it is changed to "under review" status, it is still in the editor's hands. Under review for over a month, I received an email, thinking that the first review result was out. But the editor told me that they are still looking for reviewers. (ಥ_ಥ)

(0) 讚！ | 汲

Too slow, it took a month to be with the editor.
Now it's been with the editor for a month, and there's no movement at all.
Submitting two or three thousand articles is not a lot, if you want to reject, just reject quickly, it's really a waste of time.

(0) 讚！ | 汤醋里脊

Dec 20, 2024 Submitted to Journal

(0) 讚！ | 是吧哈哈哈

Encouraged to withdraw, given the low overall submission volume (compared to other major medical journals, a submission volume of one or two thousand is considered quite small), submitted to the journal starting from one month, but no one responded to the reminders or emails inquiring about the status. Have already applied for withdrawal.

(0) 讚！ | Augus

Too slow, submitted for a month and still no response. Withdrawn the submission, be cautious when submitting to this journal recently.

(0) 讚！ | 科研守望者