This journal was really slow. I submitted for the reason that it was a time-honored journal. However, the editor was fast, it was under review directly in three days after submission. Maybe it was really difficult to find the reviewers for my article. One reviewer who had good evaluation on my article quitted during the period. Let’s briefly describe the process, hope it will be helpful to you! 2019.3.13, submission; 2019.3.15, under review; 2019.7.20, major revision; 2018.8.15, revision was submitted; 2020.1.8 major revision (the reviewer changed, I urged once per month and wanted to withdraw it, but the editor retained); 2020.1.31, revision was submitted; 2020.3.2, the comments of review were returned; 2020.3.3, under editor’s evaluation; 2020.3.4, accepted. It took nearly one year, which was really slow. However, the quality of the review was high, which improved the article a lot. Different opinions were raised, and enough arguments were found; they also thought very carefully.

(3) Thank | 番茄嘟嘟

25 Feb 2019 submitted; 06 Jul 2019 re-submit suggested; 26 Jul 2019 revised submission; 05 Sep 2019 re-submit suggested; 27 Oct 2019 revised submission; 26 Jan 2020 Minor revision required; 3 Feb 2020 revised submission; 14 Feb 2020 Minor revision required. The format needed to be modified; 19 Feb 2020 accepted. Cheers! It took a whole year before and after, the process was very long, but the result was very satisfactory. The editors and reviewers are very nice, and their suggestions have played an important role in improving the quality of the article. The fifth paper was successfully accepted by a SCI journal, and we look forward to the good news of the sixth one.

(4) Thank | 李之一同学

25 Feb 2019 submitted; 06 Jul 2019 re-submit suggested; 26 Jul 2019 revised submission; 05 Sep 2019 re-submit suggested; 27 Oct 2019 revised submission; 26 Jan 2020 Minor revision required; 3 Feb 2020 revised submission; 14 Feb 2020 Minor revision required. The format needed to be modified; 19 Feb 2020 accepted. Cheers! It took a whole year before and after, the process was very long, but the result was very satisfactory. The editors and reviewers are very nice, and their suggestions have played an important role in improving the quality of the article. The fifth paper was successfully accepted by a SCI journal, and we look forward to the good news of the sixth one.

(0) Thank | 李春季

This journal is the worst. SO SLOW. It took 7 months to receive the first round of reviews. The editor claimed that the department couldn’t find suitable reviewers for our manuscript. Despite this, we ended up going through three rounds of revision with the editor. Once our article was accepted, we heard nothing from the editor until 3.5 months later. What a process.

(5) Thank | swallow

It took about 3 months in total to write, with some mistakes.

(0) Thank | lixinnihao

Submitted on Nov 7, 2024
Accepted on Jan 21, 2025

After going through one major revision and one minor revision, it was accepted. The speed was not bad, it is my first SCI as first author, published in a private enterprise, I am happy!

(0) Thank | lixinnihao

A bit slow, but otherwise fine.

(0) Thank | Syk1085662324

Submission received
12 Apr 2024
Submission is in publishing and rights
21 Nov 2024
Public data mining, CRISPR related, pure bioinformatics. Prepare for review for half a year, urgent graduation candidates need not apply.

(0) Thank | Wellon

The journal editors are very professional. When I encountered some problems during the submission process due to my own reasons, the editors handled them promptly. Every subsequent step was also handled in a timely manner. The editors did not adopt some unreasonable suggestions from the reviewers (such as citing irrelevant papers, adding unreasonable experiments and discussions), and finally accepted the paper directly. The whole process took two months.

(0) Thank | 生信小博

How are things going now?

(0) Thank | Shirley Rose

Do you have sequencing data? Will it be required to be publicly available on GEO?

(0) Thank | 璃沙蔚然

Half a year is indeed quite long, with one reminder in the middle. It is especially important to pay attention to animal ethics, and it is recommended to have an ethics approval number.

(0) Thank | WATERWOOD

It has been 50 days since submission and it is still in the hands of the editor without being sent out.

(0) Thank | Werner Juliana

Oh, brother, just invested in the 9.9 today, hope to finish before Chinese New Year.

(0) Thank | 风从海边来

Submitted on June 15th, reviewed on the 22nd;
Minor revisions requested on July 21st;
Accepted on August 15th.

(0) Thank | MatthewCheng

Submitted on June 12, passed technical review on June 18, and entered peer review on June 28. Since then, there has been no news or progress updates. Today, there was suddenly news about the peer review process, showing that the editor has invited some reviewers. However, the submission history shows that invitations started on June 28. Who knows what the situation is? Is it a reevaluation or just starting to search for reviewers?

(1) Thank | 小菜鸟一枚1

Hello, will you be required to publicly release sequencing data after submitting for peer review?

(0) Thank | Accept688

May I ask what the current status is? I submitted a manuscript requesting the public release of sequencing data, but it has not yet undergone peer review.

(0) Thank | 璃沙蔚然

The editor has been asking for the raw data of GEO to be made public, but the article has not been accepted yet. Should it be made public?

(0) Thank | 璃沙蔚然

May I ask if there is any sequencing data available? The editor requests that it be made public before the review process (but also states that it should be made public before publication).

(0) Thank | 璃沙蔚然

Okay, thank you very much

(0) Thank | 科研初心

How did it go later?

(0) Thank | 小木余

The system is only showing the timestamp unchanged, but work is actually in progress. Usually, feedback on the draft will be received in about 2 months

(0) Thank | 捕风的马里奥

It has been 28 days since submission, but it has always been in the Initial technical check status. Does this mean it has not been sent for external review yet? How long does it usually take to send for external review and receive the reviewer's comments?

(1) Thank | 科研初心

Clinical or basic?

(0) Thank | Ansel MacMillan