The impact factor is rising year by year. This year, the impact factor directly exceeds 5, which is very attractive, so I submitted an article (to this journal). I feel that the speed was OK. The comments were returned in a month, and it was rejected but recommended to resubmit. I supplemented the experience and submitted it, and it took another month. It was rejected again and recommended to resubmit, and it was recommended to transfer to EM. I am a bit tangled. The impact of Microbial Biotechnology rises year by year, but the impact factor of EM continues to decrease. I don’t know how to choose.

(0) Thank | Toxins

It’s so slow. It took nearly three months to receive the news after the first time I submitted. It has been more than a month since the revision was submitted, without any news. I am so anxious. Anyone who are anxious to graduate are not recommended to submit to it.

(10) Thank | 低音符

Got rejected 40 days after submission. One of the reviewers gave a lot of critiques, saying that the English was not good, and also that I wrote two stories into one paper but the connection between them was not great.

(0) Thank | cech

May I ask what is the required repetition rate for this magazine?

(0) Thank | 梁学友

9.2 Submission
10.18 Request for revision (minor revision), over 20 minor issues, further research conducted, extensive discussion added
10.27 Revisions made
11.8 Accepted

(0) Thank | chinesehugh

"FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL" translates to "INVESTIGACIÓN DE ALIMENTOS INTERNACIONAL" in Spanish.

(0) Thank | jj01502

Which magazine did you finally receive in Zone 1?

(0) Thank | 骑兔子的蜗牛

An article about environmental microbiology and dairy products was rejected by Professor Kenneth Timmis after I submitted it to the journal EM. He advised me to submit it to Microbial Biotechnology, which he is the editor-in-chief of. Although I felt that my article was not a perfect fit for Microbial Biotechnology, I respected the editor's suggestion as he seemed interested in the article. After transferring the submission to Microbial Biotechnology, I recommended Kenneth Timmis as the handling editor in the cover letter, stating that he had suggested the transfer. However, the manuscript was ultimately handled by Editor Hui Wang, causing a delay of over a week. I thought it was being prepared for review, but it was directly rejected due to the mismatch between the theme and the journal. This process took about a month. I am not quite sure about the reasoning behind these actions and hope that others can learn from this experience. Currently, this article has been accepted by a journal in the first quartile with a score of over 6.

(5) Thank | jj01502

Translation: 
Submitted on November 19th,
Minor revision on January 6th, with 20 issues.
Completed response to reviewer's comments on February 2nd, and replied.
Received revised comments on February 25th, with only one remaining challenging issue.
Replied to the final reviewer's comment on March 25th.
Accepted on March 26th.

(0) Thank | HollenCAI