There is one more thing to add. Many people say that the articles rejected by Nature Communications can be published in professional top journals, so Nature Communications is better than professional top journals. This logic cannot be established and it can be said with certainty that it is wrong. The operating mode of Nature Publishing Group is to ensure the impact factor. If what you do is not popular and lacking in the potential of citation, Nature Communications will rarely accept it even it is very novel. However, many professional top journals are relatively disciplined, such as PLoS Pathogens in virus. Although the impact factor of PLoS Pathogens is low, the quality of articles is much higher than that of Nature Communications. Because Nature Communications will give priority to the publication of viruses with high attention. Our next-door laboratory has published more than 7 or 8 valueless articles in Nature Communications in recent years. Each doctor graduated with 2 or 3 articles published on Nature Communications, but what they do were really valueless. The articles submitted by them to PLoS Pathogens were rarely sent for review by the editor. In addition, the citations of Nature Communications are mainly from two majors of materials science and new energy. It is easy to keep the impact factor.

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Several review procedures have been attached, for your information. The process was quite difficult. Come on, everyone. The first submission: Manuscript under consideration, 9th January 2019; Manuscript under consideration, 13th November 2018; Editor Assigned, 13th November 2018; Manuscript submitted, 9th November 2018. The first reply after revision: Manuscript under consideration, 26th April 2019; Manuscript under consideration, 18th March 2019; Editor assigned, 18th March 2019; Manuscript submitted, 18th March 2019.

(21) Thank | 一米阳光

The article was accepted after three rounds of revisions, and the status changes are attached for others' reference. The first round of review: Manuscript under consideration, 5th June 2019; Manuscript under consideration, 6th May 2019; Editor Assigned, 5th May 2019; Manuscript submitted, 5th May 2019. The second round of review: Manuscript under consideration 24th July 2019; Manuscript under consideration 1st July 2019; Editor Assigned, 29th June 2019; Manuscript submitted, 29th June 2019; The third round of review: Manuscript under consideration, 1st August 2019; Manuscript under consideration, 30th July 2019; Editor Assigned, 29th July 2019; Manuscript submitted, 29th July 2019.

(17) Thank | 大肠杆菌

We had two papers recently accepted by NC; very happy. It is definitely nonsense to say that NC accepts mediocre papers. Our first article has some very novel idea, so everyone is very interested. We tried Cell, Neuron, and Nature Neuroscience over six years, and they all sent the paper to external review  but eventually rejected it. We then sent to NC, and it was rejected again. Reviewers of all these journals suggested some particularly difficult experiments. First ee didn't want to do these experiments, but after the rejection by NC, we decided to perform the experiments. Took another year and a half, and after we appealed to the journal it was sent out for review again. The paper had  a total of 5 reviewers through the whole process, and it was finally accepted. The other paper is also on something very novel. NC initially had three reviewers. After two years of repeated reviews and revisions, two reviewers were satisfied, but the third one would not accept the paper.We appealed to the editor and gave our rationales, so the editor found two more reviewers, who asked a lot of questions. After we added new experiments accordingly, the paper was finally accepted it. These two both challenged traditional views in the field, and because the ideas are so new, it is not difficult for journals to send them for external review, but the reviewers are always strict and ask a lot of questions. The questions raised by NC's reviewers are very relevant to our study and useful, showing that they are truly experts in the field. I feel that NC's editor is fair relative to the editors of the other journals and NC does not discriminate against Chinese people. I want to say it again: whoever says that NC is a mediocre journal, I totally don’t agree.

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Is this journal only friendly to submissions recommended by higher-level publications? Are there any submissions directly sent for review? If so, what is the proportion?

(0) Thank | KSS

At this rate, we will soon reach over 20,000 articles in a year, with a revenue of ten billion.

(0) Thank | 逍瑶

May I ask if the review comments have been received?

(0) Thank | hctA1

Have the comments from the review come back yet?

(0) Thank | 小木余

No news on the second round.

(0) Thank | zhuangzx

The manuscript was initially submitted to Nat. Medicine and was rejected, with a link provided for transfer to NC. The first round of major revisions was given a three-month deadline.

(0) Thank | zhuangzx

Do you choose double-blind or single-blind when submitting a manuscript? Do we need to upload raw data for the first submission?

(0) Thank | 老猫123

So fast!

(0) Thank | guangyouyin

Second review. The major revisions were changed to minor revisions, with 4 weeks given for modifications. Reviewer 1 agreed directly, while Reviewer 2 asked me to incorporate some figures from the SI into the main text and add some discussion.

(0) Thank | Kartoffelren

There is no fixed template.

(0) Thank | 打假专业户

What template should be used when submitting contributions?

(0) Thank | klz

May I ask what template you used for your submission?

(0) Thank | klz

What template did you use when submitting your manuscript? The official Word template?

(0) Thank | klz

Why is it taking so long? Isn't it usually almost done after two weeks of receiving a preliminary acceptance? I also just received a preliminary acceptance, can I send an email to inquire about it?

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Acceptance of principle for rework on 2025-04-23  
Address format issues on 2025-04-25  
No updates to date         2025-06-06

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How long did you wait behind before coming back for the official reception?

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Hello, I would like to ask, do we need to submit all the original data after receiving it?

(0) Thank | 李龙飞

Please translate the following passage into English: 1 2 3

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Has it been submitted for review?

(0) Thank | 丽丽369

Has it been submitted for review?

(0) Thank | 丽丽369

How long has the rejection been?

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