The over 100-page review article had finally got accepted! I saw many submission experiences that were quite tough when checking the posts, and I was also very nervous with my own submission~ I really forgot the specific time. The following is a rough process. I sent an email to the editorial office in early July, attaching an outline of the review, expanded abstract, and the author biography. An email was received in mid-July saying that the manuscript can be submitted. In early August (about 5th), the manuscript was submitted. A revision was required on October 8th. There were two reviewers, one required a minor revision and one required a major revision, the editor gave a template response requesting a self-examination of various contents and revise accordingly. On November 1st, it was resubmitted. On around November 10th, a revision was required. The original two reviewers accepted it, and the editor had 2 opinions. On November 26th, it was resubmitted. On around December 11th, it was accepted. In general, the submission is still very worrying and tough, especially after seeing the situation where many people said that the editor is very irresponsible for rejecting revised manuscript casually. I felt that the article is going to be rejected. Let's calm down and try hard to perfect my own manuscript, and there will always be rewarding. One more point: The review was submitted by myself. In addition, my supervisor is not that capable, with average strength and relationship. This review was done by me alone, and he didn't write a word or leave any comments. Therefore, you don't need to be discouraged if you are not in the authority’s group. In the end, I wish you all succeeding in publishing!

(146) Thank | 种瓜得豆

The website of the field of energy harvesting b where inexperienced people share information helps me a lot in (searching) the information. Overall, the speed is fast. The comments of the reviewers were pertinent. As an inexperienced person, I think they were helpful to the article. There were 2 reviewers, one of them raised 4 comments, and the evaluation was good. The other one suggested making major revision and raised 17 comments, which were quite targeted. However, the comments were replied. As an inexperienced person, I think the replies were very good. It was mainly the contribution of advisor. 01.06, submitted to journal; 01.09, with editor; 01.12, with associate editor; 01.24, under review; 02.12, under editor evaluation; 02.15, decision in process; 02.16, revision; 03.05, revision submitted to journal; 03.06, with editor; 03.07, under review; 03.09, under review; 03.11, required reviews completed; 03.11, accept.

(11) Thank | Lingspark

This year I submitted two articles to the journal. Let me share something with you, hoping it is helpful to everyone. At the beginning, I submitted an original research article to the journal. After more than a month, the reviewer's comments were given, one positive and one negative, and the editor rejected the manuscript. The reason was that I did not properly modify the article, and some of the content in the article was difficult to understand. Therefore, a reviewer directly rejected the manuscript without comments. The article was carefully revised and transferred to another journal with similar IF and it was accepted. After that, I submitted a review article to the journal, and reviewers were found over 2 months after submission. Fortunately, the review speed was relatively fast. After 2–3 weeks (a little over 3 months after submission), the reviewers gave comments, and both gave major revisions. The review comments were very pertinent and helpful to the improvement of the article. After one month of revision (note: the journal gives only 20 days for major revisions, I applied for an extension of the revision time), it was directly accepted. I had read some articles in this field in the journal, and the content quality was still good. Like the requirements of most journals, this journal focuses on the innovation and conformity of the articles. When energy journals are generally bullish, if you have a good article, you might as well try submission.

(10) Thank | long

Recently, I submitted a paper on solar energy to AE. In my opinion, this journal is highly efficient and helpful. The submission to acceptance timeline is about one month. In addition, the reviewers provide a lot of constructive feedback, raise excellent questions, modify the language of the paper and format the references. The editor even provided some feedback, which was very appreciated. The only negative aspect of this journal is that there are very high requirements; formatting must be perfect and every detail needs to be in line. In October, the number of submissions was more than 8,000, and AE published more than 1,000 articles throughout the year.

(18) Thank | wanggang

Have you all sent emails to the editor-in-chief when submitting a review for Applied Energy? Do we need an invitation to submit a manuscript? How long does the editor-in-chief usually take to reply to emails?

(1) Thank | JQ

June 17, 2025 (17/2/1)

(0) Thank | D7

This is not clear, there is no clear opinion in the review comments, but the more reviewers there are, the more dangerous it is.

(0) Thank | 说你犹豫

One night and it was rejected (by Li Hailong).
But they gave some advice and allowed resubmission, consider making some changes and resubmitting it.

(0) Thank | Allw

May I ask if all nine reviewers are major revisions or minor revisions?

(0) Thank | MuseIU

----------Submission Timeline----------

2024.12.31 Submitted Journal
2024.12.31 With Editor
2025.01.08 Under Review 12-9-0
2025.01.29 Required Reviews Completed 12-9-9 (review completed on the first day of the lunar new year)
2025.02.09 Decision in Process
2025.02.12 Revise
Due to too many review comments, requested extension for submission (revised more than 100 pages with 25,000 words)
2025.04.27 Revision Submitted to Journal
2025.04.28 With Editor
2025.04.30 Under Review 9-0-0 (under review during Labor Day holiday)
2025.05.12 Required Reviews Complete 9-8-7
2025.05.27 Decision in Process
2025.05.31 Accept
2025.06.11 Online

(0) Thank | 说你犹豫

Please record this for reference in your next submission:
February 4th WE
February 26th UR
RRC
March 24th Revision
April 26th WE→UR
RRC
May 16th Revision
May 27th WE→UR
June 9th RRC
June 14th Accept

(0) Thank | 羊mie

I have sent you a friend request, can you please accept it?

(0) Thank | 所谓爱隔山海

Oh, I am planning to send an email directly from the system to the editors in a couple of days.

(0) Thank | 所谓爱隔山海

No, still 9/1/1, it has been 25 days since the last invitation to reviewers, and I have also followed up with customer service during this period.

(0) Thank | D7

Bro, I'm also an editor for this. I'm currently stuck at 8/1/1. Did Nikos Hatziargyriou, the editor, invite any new reviewers for you?

(0) Thank | 所谓爱隔山海

Five hours later, Li Hailong refused.

(0) Thank | 一

Hello, may I ask if the rejection and resubmission advice given during your first review was provided by the editor, or if you resubmitted the manuscript on your own? Did you mention the original manuscript number when resubmitting?

(0) Thank | 夜莺

May I ask if you would like to resubmit the rejected manuscript for a second review, or if you prefer to have it sent back to the original reviewer?

(0) Thank | 夜莺

Finally won, it was too difficult.

(0) Thank | 星移

Yeah, it's just been stuck like this. I guess it will take another 1-2 weeks before receiving the invitation.

(0) Thank | D7

That's bad, we might have to wait in this situation.

(0) Thank | 所谓爱隔山海

I am currently stuck at 9/1/1. The invitation time has passed for two weeks and should have expired. I have not been invited any new reviewers.

(0) Thank | D7

I am also Nikos Hatziargyriou, the editor. Currently, the status is Under Review (8/1/0). In the first round, only one reviewer accepted the invitation, similar to your situation. I wanted to ask if the editor later invited new reviewers for you? When was the invitation sent?

(0) Thank | 所谓爱隔山海

Please search for the "elsevier-tracker" Edge plugin on Xiaohongshu. After installing it, you can click on the track link to display it, or follow Elsevier's official account for more information.

(0) Thank | D7

How can I see this 9/1/1?

(0) Thank | matcherNeo