Submitted on August 19, minor revision made on November 22, revision submitted on December 20, and accepted on January 10. The process of finding a reviewer was a bit tortuous, which took more than two months. After finding the reviewer, the opinions were given in 2 weeks. One of the reviewers was very friendly, and the editor required a minor revision.

(8) Thank | 科研小白白

I submitted on October 27, 2018, the formal examination returned and I was requested to revise it. And then, comments were given on December 26, major revision. There were two reviewers, one of whom had many comments, he asked me to revise carefully, it was mainly that the pictures were not clear. Another comment was very positive. It was accepted on February 15, 2019 after two revisions.

(1) Thank | 陈醒

我想和你一起去旅行，探索世界的每一个角落。

(0) Thank | 科研型搬砖党

May I ask what is your current situation? Have you received the reminder or have you already accepted it?

(0) Thank | 曾梓涛

Could you please confirm if it is normal for the Editor Assigned status to last for a month after the external audit, and should I send a reminder email to follow up?

(0) Thank | Leeheart

Accepted on July 6th, revised on November 25th. After multiple rounds of revisions, a few days after submission, the editor requested additional ethical materials. The first review took about a month with three reviewers, 2 positive and 1 negative, and the editor requested major revisions. After completing the revisions and resubmitting, it took around 3 weeks for one reviewer to approve, one to have minor issues, and one to reject the manuscript. A lengthy explanation was written to the reviewers, and after the third round of submission, there were no more comments. The editor then requested additional experimental methods to be added before final acceptance. It was finally accepted for publication in a relatively well-known journal in the field of stem cell research.

(0) Thank | hsingyu

Suck up, boss Ouqi, the project I submitted is related to mesenchymal stem cell exosomes, I hope you can also accept it.

(1) Thank | 医者许愿纸

The article is about stem cell therapy, which is very relevant. There were two reviewers in total, one acceptance and one minor revision. The review process was very fast. The article was submitted on September 20th, and after three minor revisions (language issues, additional details on materials and methods), it was accepted in less than two months. The efficiency was truly impressive. The journal has a decent impact factor and classification, although the publication volume is not high. Personally, I feel that it offers great value for money.

(0) Thank | 没喝过甜啦啦

This journal is quite mediocre and demanding, haha.

(0) Thank | dfghjkla

Since October 26th, it has been in the "editor assigned" status. It has been over two months, but I dare not ask and can only wait silently.

(0) Thank | cas-ding

I would like to ask how long it took for you to start the external review process after submitting. It has been 46 days since mine entered the "editor assigned" stage and there has been no progress.

(0) Thank | cc果酱呀

I am in the same situation as you. After receiving it, the ethical review took one and a half months. Four ethical review reports were issued back and forth. It was a constant struggle. Then the data was reviewed, and it was also a struggle in various ways. In the end, it was rejected. You can download the MESS app to have a look. There are a lot of such problems in it. I do not recommend submitting.

(0) Thank | 米粥棉花糖

May I ask how long it will take for your revised assignment to be submitted for review?

(0) Thank | Malatang

Friend, may I ask if you have been searching for a proofreader for just one month?

(0) Thank | Malatang

This magazine has high requirements and requires sufficient innovation to dare to submit. It is not easy to get published, and the review process is quite lengthy.

(0) Thank | gren

5.6            Submitted
5.27          Editor Assigned
5.30-6.25  Reviewers Assigned
6.26-8.3    Under Review
8.4-9.5      Reviewers Assigned
9.11          Under Review
9.21          Reviews Completed
9.30          Rejected

This is my timeline for reference, oh no, this journal is too slow!!!! If they accept me after being so slow, I will forgive them!

(0) Thank | luckyjiao

Do you reject the manuscript even after final acceptance?

(0) Thank | heima168li

Very frustrating magazine! After submitting the manuscript, it was quickly reviewed and requested to supplement experiments. After completing the experiments, it took about a month to be accepted and paid the publication fee. Then the frustrating part began. The editor kept asking questions. Because we had sequencing data, they first requested it to be publicly available in a database, as we wanted to continue exploring the data. We uploaded it to GEO and selected to make it public after two years, but the editor disagreed and demanded immediate public access. We had no choice but to make it public. Afterwards, they raised issues with our Western blot (WB) images. Our WB was used to validate the overexpression and knockdown effects of a gene in different human samples, and then exposed on a single membrane. The editor claimed that the intensity difference between the control bands of the two groups was too large and did not accept the results. Human samples naturally have different expressions, and we were only verifying the performance of the vector. We also provided the raw data and detailed explanations, but it was still rejected because of this reason. Dealing with these issues took almost half a year after receiving the response, which was particularly frustrating. It is very unprofessional to accept and charge a publication fee before resolving the problems.

(3) Thank | 123qwju

Posted on February 14th, minor revisions on March 7th, resubmitted on April 3rd, and accepted on May 4th.
The reviewer was very friendly and gave very sensible suggestions. The editor provided minor revisions.

(2) Thank | 花开莫言