It's strange that the 23-year Impact Factor (IF) is clearly ranked in the top ten percent, but categorized as a third-tier journal by the Chinese Academy of Sciences; while the 24-year IF is ranked at 21%, lower than other journals of the same type published by the same publisher, with a lower IF and h-index, and a higher self-citation rate, yet it is categorized as a second-tier journal by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but this journal is still in the third-tier. What's the reason behind this?

(0) Thank | 傻钱

Can you accept it without open sourcing?

(0) Thank | 刘家琛

12.30 Paper accepted.

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

12.28 Pending editor decision

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

12.13 under review.

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

The review comments have been received, with four reviewers raising many questions. The editor requests a response within one week.

(0) Thank | kyxb

12.08 under review.

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

Have you received the reviewer's comments? We submitted our papers around the same time.

(0) Thank | kyxb

11.29 Under review

If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact us.

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

11.25 Submission
11.27 Pending review

(0) Thank | 科研使人投入

2024-10-27 11:12:51 Submission
2024-11-12 21:54:51 Comments from 2 reviewers, Pending decision

(0) Thank | 等待

First submission on 2024/09/23.
Received initial review feedback on 2024/10/08, with a total of three reviewers - two minor revisions and one major revision. The reviewers were quite professional and raised many questions.
Revised the manuscript on 2024/10/17, and the revision review process lasted about a week.
Received feedback from the third reviewer on 2024/10/25, suggesting minor revisions.
Sent back for further revisions on 2024/10/27.
Accepted on 2024/10/28.
Thanks to the kind editors and reviewers, the process was really fast.

(0) Thank | 开心潇潇乐

The review process was faster, and I personally feel that my article was written well. I just wanted to graduate, so I submitted it to this journal. It was submitted on May 15, 2024, and accepted on June 10, 2024. Thanks to the reviewers, there was only minor revision in between

(0) Thank | Summerzzs

The submission was accepted, following the idea of benefiting future generations from the accomplishments of past ones. Here is the timeline of the submission process:

18 October 2023 submit
18 October 2023 with Edit
23 October 2023 Under review
01 November 2023 Major revisions
10 November 2023 Revision submission
23 November 2023 accept

Three reviewers were assigned, each providing valuable professional opinions and suggesting around 40 improvements for the article. Following their recommendations, the article underwent major revisions and overall quality greatly improved. There was a tight 10-day deadline for resubmission, but fortunately it was met on the last day. The journal was efficient and the reviewers were diligent and responsible

(2) Thank | luoxishangshang

20230625, Submit
20230710, Minor revisions, 2 reviewers, 17 days for comments, requested to be completed within 5 days, actually completed within half a day
20230718, Accept

(0) Thank | Rockyang

Submitted on May 30th, 23
Major revision on June 15th, with three reviewers providing over sixty comments. The quality and requirements of the external review were relatively high. Ten days were given for revisions.
Revised on June 24th.
Minor revision on June 29th, with one reviewer providing three minor comments. Three days were given for revisions.
Revised on July 2nd.
Accepted on July 4th.
The publication fee for me was a little over 16,000, but now it seems to have increased to around 20,000.
In terms of journals of the same level, the review process of Toxics is relatively rigorous and serious. However, it is also fast, mainly reflected in the efficiency of the editorial department. Anything that needs to be handled by the editorial department is basically completed on the same day. For example, the manuscript is processed two hours after submission, and reviewers are contacted on the same day. English editing and typesetting for proof are completed on the same day of acceptance.

(3) Thank | 拯救地球好累

I'd like to ask if the review process is strict.

(0) Thank | zhouyi98

2023-4-17 Submission
2023-4-26 Major revision, 3 reviewers, a total of 11 comments, 2 minor revisions, 1 major revision, to be returned within 7 days
2023-5-3 Revisions resubmitted
2023-5-5 Accepted
2023-5-7 Published
The publication fee is now 2000CHF, which can be considered as catching up with graduation. Thank you, editor.

(1) Thank | 蘑菇嘟嘟

How much does the layout fee cost?

(0) Thank | 生物质炭

2022-9-22 Submission
2022-10-10 Acceptance
2022-10-12 Publication

(2) Thank | zchenchen

Translation: 

Received: 31 August 2022
Revised: 21 September 2022
Accepted: 22 September 2022
Published: 26 September 2022

(1) Thank | LeoZY

The text is already in English. It states that the document was received on May 26, 2022, and it is currently under review as of May 26, 2022, at 13:18:37.

(0) Thank | 等待

12.21 receive

(0) Thank | kingwwz

11.20 Submission
11.21 External review
12.06 Major revision, given 7 working days to make changes. 2 reviewers.
12.13 Revised manuscript reviewed.
12.15 Became pending editor decision.
In summary, the process was fast and the feedback was quite reasonable.
Hoping for acceptance.

(66) Thank | kingwwz