Looking at the few reviews, I would like to share my personal submission experience after the warning. Submitted on 21st September 2024, I was informed by EA on 23rd September that I needed to fill in the author's institutional email. So, after adding the corresponding author's email on 24th September, I submitted it. The status was "assigned EA" on 24th September, "awaiting reviewer selection" on 15th October, and "awaiting reviewer assignment" around January 20th, 2025. I am not quite sure about the difference between the "selection" and "assignment" stages. Around February 15th, it entered the "awaiting reviewer scores" stage. Just as I anxiously awaited the review comments, I was informed by a domestic authority on March 20th, 2025, that this journal had been warned for being a paper mill. According to the official website, this journal is a UN journal with an acceptance rate of only 13% in 2024, with 195 published papers and a self-citation rate never exceeding 10%. It is also a non-OA journal that can be chosen. Without saying much, I am preparing to withdraw my submission. Another paper I submitted to a different journal is currently on hold during the second review and has dropped to the 2nd quartile in 2025. Both papers can be said to have failed, so I need to start over. The academic road may not be smooth sailing, haha, I feel like laughing, it's like a dream. Finally, let's encourage each other, in life, everything is a small matter except for death.

(4) Thank | serene.

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(0) Thank | Anonymous