The first SCI paper in my life, which is about the ecosystem service. It was submitted to the Science of the Total Environment on January 18, 2020 and was rejected in less than an hour. The editor suggested to transfer to the journal of chemical materials!!! On January 19, 2020, it was transferred to Ecosystem Services, and the editor-in-chief said that it lacked in innovation. So I transferred it to Ecological Indicators. On February 12, 2020, submitted to journal. On February 16, 2020, under review. I didn’t expect that it could be accepted, so I didn’t pay attention to how long it had been “with editor”. It was unexpectedly sent for review. On April 13, 2020, revise. Major revision (two reviewers with more than ten review comments in total); On May 19, 2020, revision submitted to journal. On June 30, 2020, revise. One reviewer accepted it, and another reviewer had a misunderstanding of the article, so he asked questions, but there was no need to revise. On August 3, 2020, revision submitted to journal. On September 10, 2020 revise. One reviewer accepted it, and the other reviewer was dissatisfied with the reply, so he continued to ask questions, and there was still no need to revise. On October 13, 2020, revision submitted to journal. On November 30, 2020, accept.

(24) Thank | 雨落凡尘

2019.07.25, submission; 2019.07.26, under review; 2019.07.29, under review; 2019.08.26, under editor evaluation; 2019.08.29, revised: Comments of two external experts, one major revision and one minor revision, 15 questions in total. Two months for revision was given by the editor. Because the problems were not big, which were easy to revise, so I was not in a hurry but did other things during the period. I start revising on October 10; 2019.10.26, revision submitted to journal; 2019.10.27, with editor; 2019.10.31, under review; 2019.11.20, required reviews completed; 2019.11.21, accept without revision. The external reviewers were very responsible and serious. The speed of external review was also very fast, and the external review result was given in a month. The impact factor increased to 4.49 in 2019, and I hope it will increase again in next year. I will submit to this journal in the future. I hope you goes well in scientific research. Come on!

(7) Thank | Zing0903

It took too long. The processing speed of the editor was fast, but the date of under review changed several times. The impact factor of this journal has risen so fast recently. First submission, Jan 15 2019; With editor, Jan 28 2019–Feb 12 2019. The date of under review changed 5 times, Mar 10 2019; Under editor evaluation, Mar 14 2019; Under review, May 5 2019. Revision, Jun 23 2019; Revision submitted to journal, Jul 30 2019; Revised, Sep 26 2019; Revision submitted to journal; Accepted, October 28 2019.

(2) Thank | 桶

3 months to first revision. Not very insightful reviewer comments.

(7) Thank | Anonymous

After the rework, the UR of 7.25, two reviewers accepted one on 7.26, but there has been no progress so far.

(0) Thank | 阿宽吖

July 25, 2025 Submitted to Journal

(0) Thank | Fortnight

Last year, my first submission was rejected after 1 hour. The second submission was delayed for 2 weeks and was still "with editor". After sending a reminder email, it was rejected again, with the reason being the editor's health issues and failure to handle it in a timely manner. Currently, the third submission has been "with editor" for a week.

(0) Thank | 三浪

The manuscript that was submitted four weeks ago is still with the editor after being revised.

(0) Thank | 阿宽吖

I want to ask if there is any news. I have been waiting for 2 weeks for a response.

(0) Thank | hypochron

Normal submission, not a special issue submission, why does the submission ID include S(ECOLIND-S-25-XXXXX)?

(0) Thank | huoh

Can you please send an email to remind them to review the manuscript if it has been more than two months since the external audit?

(0) Thank | WGX1005

After reading through this series of comments, do you think water resources are relatively better?

(0) Thank | DrXing

I haven't received a successful submission email yet, did they reject me directly?

(0) Thank | 臭屁懒猪猪

It seems like it, I am the same, not yet submitted for review.

(0) Thank | zhuduiyou

When I submitted to JH, I also encountered a reviewer who used AI all the time. I really want to know how the AI reviewer eventually got you through?

(0) Thank | 看云卷云舒

Good pitches, love to pitch, will continue to pitch. Applied on March 21, 2025 for the district exam, accepted on June 6th. Three rounds of review, some reviewers used AI continuously, which was very disgusting.

(0) Thank | 多发论文哦

I haven't encountered this kind of situation before either.

(0) Thank | Er_white

Bro, I am exactly like you.

(0) Thank | Z1Hui

Is there a step to recommend reviewers during the submission stage?

(0) Thank | zjmm

Do you have any friends who have recently applied? I wanted to ask how long does it usually take for the status to be updated? I saw on the official website that it only takes 1 day...

(0) Thank | hypochron

I submitted my application on April 28th, and it is still under review. Can you please explain what this means?

(0) Thank | zy

Dear future academicians, two days after submission, the status changed to "Decision in Process." Looks like it's going to be a rejection.

(0) Thank | 不想读了

Two reviewers, one with almost no comments, and the other saying it is not innovative enough (listed 8 comments, clearly a Chinese reviewer), let's fight again in the future.

(0) Thank | Manjusri

How did the appeal turn out? I have had similar experiences before.

(0) Thank | 科研小白369

I was rejected in 30 seconds, I received a rejection email while still in the process of submitting. It doesn't affect me at all, I will just move on to the next submission.

(0) Thank | zhangjiazhen