Acceptance notice received at 00:01 am 2021 Beijing time! Thumb up to the high efficiency of the journal! The following is the timeline of each stage. I hope to give you a reference. 2020.11.20 submitted; 2020.11.22 under consideration; 2020.12.22 minor revise. There was one reviewer, who required us to add literature, shorten the introduction and conclusion, but he did not mention any issues related to experimental content. 2020.12.24 revision submitted. The revision was completed in less than one day. It was much troublesome to re-number the references after adding some more literature. 2020.12.26 under consideration. The Christmas holiday did not delayed review 2020.12.31 accept. At this time, it is exactly 0:00 Beijing time. This article was rejected by some Chinese editors from other SCI journals for 5 or 6 times. The main point was that the number of experiments was not enough compared to other articles in the journal. Don’t be afraid of your submission being rejected. I hope everyone will get what you want, and I hope this journal will return to be the top journal of Q2 this year!

(11) Thank | Ich bin Hazel ~

2020.01.24 submitted; 2020.01.25 under consideration; 2020.03.22 major revision was required; there were two reviewers; 2020.04.22 revision submitted; 2020.04.23 under consideration; 2020.05.03 minor revision was required; another reviewer was found; 2020.05.06 under consideration; 2020.05.07 under consideration; 2020.05.08 accepted. Under consideration changed 9 times during the review period. It is estimated that they were looking for reviewers. It changed 4 times during minor revisions. The article was about a small phenomenon I found before, which was just interesting, but I didn't dare to expect it to be accepted. Thus, I am very grateful for the journal's approval. Editor Naiqin Zhao is very nice.

(10) Thank | 老学生了

8.23, submitted; 8.27, under consideration; 9.10 under consideration; 9.11, major revisions needed; 10.21, revision submitted; 10.22, revision submitted; 10.23, revision submitted; 10.24, under consideration; 10.26, under consideration; 10.30, under consideration; 11.6, under consideration; 11.7, minor revisions needed; 11.7, revision submitted; 11.8, under consideration; 11.11, under consideration; 11.15 accept.

(9) Thank | 允熙熙

2019.8.1 submitted, 2019.8.4 under consideration, 2019.8.4–8.20 status changed several times, under consideration, 2019.8.20 major revisions (three reviewers, each reviewer asked three to four questions) 2019.9.9 submitted, 2019.9.9–9.23 status changed several times again, under consideration. 2019.9.23 I received an accepted email. The submission experience of this article was rather bumpy. I submitted it to the CARBON. The editor required a major revision. One of the reviewers commented so intensely that it made me feel uncomfortable. This may be the case. Perhaps the modification was not detailed enough that it was finally rejected. It took more than three months. After all, it is my first article and I was in a hurry to acceptance. I directly submitted to Journal of Materials Science. I hope that the impact factor of JMS will continue to increase. After all, it is a classic journal. I hope that more good articles could be included, and articles could be of excellent quality. Come on!

(10) Thank | 企鹅号

Let me talk about this legendary experience. 7.1 submit. 7.2 under consideration. 7.14 under consideration. 7.19 under consideration. 7.26 under consideration. 8.2 under consideration. 8.3 major. There are three reviewers with three minor revisions. However, the editor required major revisions. 8.7 revision submit. 8.8 under consideration. 8.29 under consideration. 9.4 under consideration. I received the acceptance email at noon. It was weird that the email was never received from the beginning to the end. The teacher never received it, either. All were sent to the fourth author. Three minor revisions bothered me for a month.

(2) Thank | fyhgkj

I was on the 279th floor, reply to the 281st floor that it has been accepted now! Let’s talk about the detailed status (including the status of each change): 5.28, submitted; 5.30, under consideration; 7.15, under consideration; 7.22, under consideration; 8.6, major revisions; 8.19, revisions submitted (It was delayed for a week without revision); 8.21, under consideration; 8.23, the status of my senior apprentice’s article was “Accepted”. 6.4, submitted; 6.8, under consideration; 7.18, under consideration; 7.22, minor revision; 7.26, revisions submission; 8.1, under consideration; 8.22, under consideration. The status of my senior apprentice’s article changed; it has not been accepted.

(7) Thank | 享受简单

I am very honored to have had two articles published in this journal.  The first article was accepted three months after submission with one round of review and revision. The second article was accepted a month after I submitted major revisions.

(73) Thank | hefchina@126.com

Three reviewers, this journal may only require one person to complete the review, and it will show "completed review". It kept waiting until April 20, when the date status changed, and the next day received an editorial reply.

(0) Thank | lark1532

4.22 minor revision Three reviewers, one accepted directly, the second with 10 comments, and the third with 6 comments, requesting resubmission by May 1st
4.29 Revision Submitted

(0) Thank | lark1532

4.17 submitted, 4.19 Editor assigned, 4.20 Editor invited, still Editor invited as of now (4.27)

(0) Thank | 一分没花赵德汉-56

Submission progress.

(0) Thank | 一分没花赵德汉-56

4.22 Minor revision
4.23 Revision
4.25 Acceptance

(0) Thank | H

4.25 Reviewer Assigned

Reviewer has been assigned.

(0) Thank | Hhhhhhua25

Did the editor give you the final feedback? How long did it take?

(0) Thank | cs11

On March 9th, the reviews were completed. Today is March 21st, is it still the same status? Is this normal? How long does it usually take for your return?

(0) Thank | cs11

I have been rejected, the review process is too slow, delaying me for a month.

(0) Thank | 蛙蛙

4.17 The review is still not completed, it has been a week already, it's really slow.

(0) Thank | lark1532

Hello, I am not inviting submissions. I am a second-year graduate student.

(0) Thank | dsvsdgnwegjnoi

May I ask if you are inviting submissions?

(0) Thank | 喵喵喵

I want to ask if this review article is not by invitation only for submission?

(0) Thank | 喵喵喵

3.10 Reviews completed, but the editor did not notify the specific results.

(0) Thank | lark1532

3.11 Submitted
3.13 Editor Assigned
4.09 Reviewer Assigned
4.09 Under Review

(0) Thank | ChenHua25

Do we need to submit the copyright of the reference images for the review?

(0) Thank | dsvsdgnwegjnoi

The review has been accepted, do we need to submit a copyright application for the images? When should we submit it?

(0) Thank | dsvsdgnwegjnoi

2.24 Submitted, 2.26 Editor Invited, 3.23 Under Review, 3.30 Under Review

(0) Thank | lark1532