After just submitting, it shows as "Awaiting" for about a week before changing to "Submitted", then it is a long wait for "Under 1st Review". During this process, there is no information about the reviewers, which seems less intelligent compared to other major publishing houses. Starting in 2026, the article page numbers are no longer in sequential order, but rather have individual article numbers (actually the year of submission + manuscript number). It is obvious that the difficulty of submitting articles has increased in the past two years, as emails explicitly state that less than 20% of submissions will ultimately be accepted for publication, making the review process more challenging.

(0) 讚！ | 世界第一等2

May I ask how long it took for the submission to be reviewed after the initial review?

(0) 讚！ | Y. Wang

Hello, classmate, I wanted to ask how your submitted article is doing now.

(0) 讚！ | 嗳咪

As of 7.11, it is still in the submitted status.

(0) 讚！ | 骑鱼过海的猫

It takes a few days from submission to awaiting, and from awaiting to under 1st review can vary from one week to a month or even longer. The rest of the process depends on luck.

(0) 讚！ | 世界第一等2

Hello, may I ask if there have been any changes to your article?

(0) 讚！ | 嗳咪

The speed is really slow, I submitted it on 6.24, and the status is still showing as "submitted" today...

(0) 讚！ | 骑鱼过海的猫

The response speed is still fast, but it has been almost a month since receiving the Manuscript Editing, and I don't know what the situation is.

(0) 讚！ | 大好人

After receiving the manuscript at the end of August, there has been no proofreading yet. I emailed the editor and provided a preprint with a DOI number that can be searched online, but it has not been indexed by Web of Science yet, so I cannot conduct a literature search.

(0) 讚！ | amanea

How long does it take to revise the manuscript after acceptance?

(0) 讚！ | 777hzh

Mine is showing "under 1st review" at the beginning of this month, how about yours?

(0) 讚！ | 康巴汉子

Have you made any changes? Mine submitted in November.

(0) 讚！ | 牧野想吃肉

This journal is really slow, I submitted my article on December 6th and it's still in the "Submitted" status. I'm not very happy with it.

(0) 讚！ | 康巴汉子

Hello, is your article still in the submitted status? How long has it been in this status? Mine is also in the same status.

(0) 讚！ | xiaoxiao小小

Under review, it'll be soon, probably less than half a month.

(0) 讚！ | Y.Lee

Can I ask how long it takes for a submission to move from "Submitted" to "Under review" in the system after being submitted to this magazine? It has been almost a month since I submitted my article, but the system still shows it as "Submitted."

(0) 讚！ | 世界第一等2

May I ask how long it takes for a submission to transition from "submitted" to "under review" in the system after the magazine has been submitted? It has been almost a month since my submission, and the system still shows it as "submitted."

(0) 讚！ | 世界第一等2

In 2024
5.09 [Submission]
5.16 [Formal submission]
7.11 [Minor revisions] One reviewer suggested major revisions, one minor revision, and the editor gave final minor revisions
7.20 [Revisions made]
8.8 [Second round of minor revisions] One reviewer felt that one point under discussion was not well-written and requested further discussion
8.12 [Second round of revisions] Delayed a bit, should have been able to revise within a day normally
8.28 [Acceptance]
There will be further English editing and proofreading, overall it feels good, worth submitting.

(0) 讚！ | amanea

Submitted on July 14, 23, the manuscript went through two major revisions and one minor revision before being accepted on September 12, 23. However, it was not until November that we were notified to proceed with Proofreading. The proofreading version was available online in mid-November (the downloaded file did not have a specific journal number). The official online publication was on December 26. The review process was fast, but the publication speed was really slow. It took almost half a year from submission to official publication

(12) 讚！ | Y.Lee

2020-05-11, complete submissions; 2020-07-30, major revision; 2020-08-13, revision completed; 2020-08-28, accept. It took more than three months from submission to acceptance. There were three review experts. I made major revision and supplemented the experiments; however, it went smoothly.

(0) 讚！ | 王球宝

The efficiency of the review process for this journal is quite high.

(4) 讚！ | 呵呵呵

Is OA open access? Now it is yes

(1) 讚！ | nongdalike