Call for Papers

We are organizing a Special Issue with a fair, fast, and efficient review process. We are now inviting scholars and students in this field to submit their papers. If you have a publication need in the near future, please consider submitting. Feel free to consult for submission, and please contact me if you are interested.

? SCI Special Issue Invitation
? Topic: Advances in Fault Diagnosis, Defect Detection and Predictive Maintenance of Railway Vehicle Systems
? Journal: *Electronics* (SCI indexed, IF: 2.6, JCR Q3)
⏰ Deadline: October 31, 2025

? Special Issue Highlights:
- Focus on cutting-edge technologies such as multimodal railway intelligent maintenance, condition monitoring, and track big data analysis
- Fast review process, efficient online publication after acceptance
- Suitable for research in railway transportation, structural monitoring, and AI applications

Original research/review papers related to the theme are welcome. For more details, please visit the journal's official website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/0LAD811XOD

(0) 讚！ | 折城

submitted(26-April-2025)
Pending major revisions(26-May-2025)
Resubmitted (31-May-2025)
Revised version review (1-June-2025)
Pending decision（10-June-2025）
Pending editor decision（10-June-2025）
Paper accepted（11-June-2025）

(0) 讚！ | 啦啦啦呀

How are things going now?

(0) 讚！ | lsjakk

Not very normal, you can write a letter to the editorial department.

(0) 讚！ | 剑霜寒

It has been a week for me too. I don't understand what this means.

(0) 讚！ | 听不懂的样子-

It has been six days since pending review, why hasn't the status changed yet?

(0) 讚！ | 听不懂的样子-

Almost, I received the feedback today, and it's also a major revision. I hope we can both be employed.

(0) 讚！ | Megatron81

Is it normal that my submission has been pending review for five days?

(0) 讚！ | 听不懂的样子-

Now the repairman has already gone back.

(0) 讚！ | 啦啦啦呀

May I ask how things are progressing? I have been with UR for a week now, and today I received an email confirming the open review.

(0) 讚！ | Megatron81

How to submit a paper that is applied science-based rather than applied science.

(0) 讚！ | 九牛一毛

When can I get the proof of acceptance?

(0) 讚！ | 听不懂的样子-

Submitted in the early morning of 5.22
Under Review as of 5.22 noon
Still waiting now

(0) 讚！ | 剑霜寒

The result of the submission is unknown. The submission was made on April 26, 2025, and went under review the same day. It is currently still under review.

(0) 讚！ | 啦啦啦呀

My request has been pending for a week with no progress.

(0) 讚！ | 穿云de少侠

No need to upload, just send an email to the communication department if necessary.

(0) 讚！ | 灰木系舟

Does this journal require submission of datasets and code?

(0) 讚！ | cange

The required articles for the project were written in a hurry, but were successfully accepted after revisions. The whole process from submission to acceptance took less than 9 weeks. The direction was relatively niche, so it took some time to find suitable reviewers. The reviewers' comments were professional and helpful for both the article and myself. Special thanks to assistant editor Katesirint Boontan for her diligent work attitude. Here is the complete timeline: 
2.28 Submitted, 3.1 WE, 3.3 UR, 4.9 Pending Major Revision, 4.17 Resubmitted, 4.18 Pending Minor Revision, 4.21 Resubmitted, 4.22 Pending Editor Decision, 4.23 Paper accepted, 4.24 Author proofreading - resubmitted. 
Wishing everyone smooth research progress and good health!

(0) 讚！ | Tempo

The complete timeline is as follows:

March 2024: Submitted to SR
September 2024: Returned with first review comments, rejected (after half a year, reminded three times in between, but still directly rejected, editor did not even give the chance to resubmit after rejection)

November 2024: Submitted to AA after major revisions
December 2024: Rejected, recommended to DSP
January 2025: Rejected

January 2025: Submitted to Sensors
February 2025: Rejected for not meeting the scope of the journal

Took a break for two months and didn't submit anything

Then submitted to Applied Sciences-Basel.

(0) 讚！ | pechiou

It took me a year and a month to submit this manuscript, but Applied Sciences-Basel only took 14 days from submission to acceptance!

Timeline:
Received Date 6 April 2025
Revised Date 20 April 2025 (minor revisions)
Accepted Date 21 April 2025
Submission to First Decision (Days): 14

Wishing everyone smooth research, smooth submission, and smooth publication!

(2) 讚！ | pechiou

The latest progress is that we have successfully hired on 4.18. It's amazing!

(0) 讚！ | 灰木系舟

3.17 submit
3.18 pending review
3.19 under review
4.10 pending major revisions
Two reviewers, one yes, 8 can, one must, major revisions requested by the editor
4.16 resubmitted
4.17 revised version review
Still waiting, but hopefully soon

(1) 讚！ | 灰木系舟

03.18 Pending Review
03.18 Under Review
04.04 Pending Major Revisions
Two reviewers, nine comments
04.10 Resubmitted
04.10 Revised Version Review
04.11 Pending Editor Decision
04.11 Accept
04.12 Website Online

(0) 讚！ | NaClO

Received on April 1st, thank you for the journal.

(0) 讚！ | Imdahua

2.21 submission
3.13 two major revisions, one minor revision
3.24 revised
3.25 awaiting editorial decision (two reviewers for major revisions have agreed to accept, one reviewer for minor revision has not yet submitted comments)

The waiting is so painful, do we really have to wait for all three reviewers to submit their comments before the journal makes a decision? I see in the comments section that results are usually available in about 3 days.

(0) 讚！ | Imdahua