2020.2.18, major revision (2 minor revisions, one rejection); 2020.3.5, revision submitted to journal (revised for 15 days in total); 2020.3.6, awaiting reviewers scores (10 days of suffering); 2020.3.16, minor revision (two reviewers who required minor revision accepted it directly, one reviewer who rejected it suggested making minor revision); 2020.3.17, submitted to journal (it was with editor that night, and then sent for review); 2020.3.18; awaiting ED decision (the review comments were returned in the morning); 2020.3.18, accept. (it is not easy. It is the first article of my Ph.D., the fifth article of my research career. Thank you, the editor. I hope this journal will be better and better.)

(35) Thank | 迷失之城

2020.1.14 submitted; 2020.1.16 awaiting ED selection; 2020.1.21 awaiting reviewer scores; 2020.1.25 awaiting ED decision; 2020.1.27 awaiting reviewer scores; 2020.2.8 awaiting ED decision; 2020.2.9 awaiting reviewer scores. The result is unknown. Dear editor, please give us the opportunity to revise, thank you!

(8) Thank | 迷失之城

Another journal, aiming at a higher impact factor, accepts dozens of articles every year, 25% of which are reviews. It is too easy to increase the impact factor, and the current real-time impact factor has exceeded 12. I think that an authoritative organization is necessary to uniformly stipulate that for example, non-review journals should not exceed 10% of review articles and the publication circulation should not be less than 500 articles. In the chemistry category, Angew, JACS, NC, and CC have published more than 2,000 articles in recent years. Only such journal impact factors are trustworthy. For materials journals with high IF, AM and AFM’s publications have exceeded 1,000. Well, others, such as EES, AEM, and Materials Today, have a strict control of the publication circulation and increase the review ratio on purpose to improve IF. I sincerely despise this way to improve IF, and then take advantage of Q1 while accepting a few articles. On the contrary, it is becoming more difficult for the material articles to be published in Q1.

(616) Thank | penguin

It is a very good journal in China. The journal has a relatively high standard for the quality of the papers, so the impact factor should go up. It is in Q1 according to the new CAS ranking, so I think the journal would soon increase the number of papers published each year. There are so many submissions to this journal. Even though it only accepts less than 100 papers a year, based on my manuscript number I think the number of submissions would be more than 5,000 a year. I’m optimistic about this journal.

(2) Thank | hessiiiii

On March 19, I submitted my systematic review and meta-analysis paper to NML, and the status still shows as "Awaiting Editorial Officers." Does it usually take this long for the paper to reach the editors? Please consider that our article involves 10 authors from 4 different countries and includes capable research groups. I believe that for a prestigious publisher like Springer Nature, the editorial staff has the necessary expertise to assess any submitted article, right?

(0) Thank | honeymarhaeny@gmai.com

The cover letter should directly state, "I have three papers published in AEM, and this one was originally submitted to Nature. You can't refuse this."

(0) Thank | 科研小瓦罐

You should explain that this has been reviewed by AM and use AM as an endorsement so that domestic journals dare not reject you easily. The editorial standards of domestic journals are not good.

(0) Thank | zzzzz11

It has been 50 days since submission, and it is still awaiting reviewer scores.

(0) Thank | 奥德修斯

6.2 awaiting review's selection: Waiting for the selection of reviews.
6.3 awaiting reviews scores: Waiting for review scores.

Hope everything goes smoothly!

(0) Thank | 奥德修斯

5.28 Awaiting Editorial Office Processing

The editor invited my submission and I requested for prompt processing. It has been in this state for a while now. I am eagerly anticipating a quick resolution! The online reviews for this journal are not very positive, so I hope for a favorable outcome.

(0) Thank | 奥德修斯

What happened later, bro?

(0) Thank | pscutber

It has been a week since the submission, but it has not been assigned to an editor yet. Does it mean it's already a lost cause? Can you please give me a quick response! The vacation is approaching, I want to quickly change my journal submission. Any fellow comrades who have experienced the same situation, please come and vent with me.

(18) Thank | pscutber

What kind of group is it? Three articles about AEM? It's not that I don't believe the original poster, I also want to know. Can you provide a link to the article for me to study?

(0) Thank | 川大小刘文博

The quality of the magazine has improved now, and the difficulty has also increased. Last year, I submitted an article and felt that the review process was the most rigorous (last year, we submitted 4 articles and only one was accepted, but the other two were published in higher-level journals such as ACS and RSC). The reviewers' comments were not particularly professional, and it was easy to pass. It seems that as long as the editor is willing to review, there shouldn't be any problems.

Unfortunately, domestic journals are rarely noticed by foreign scholars, and the citations in the magazine are also rarely from overseas researchers' research groups. I hope the magazine will continue to improve.

In the early years, the impact factor of the magazine did not increase, so we privately sought citations from others, and there was a reward for each citation. Now that the impact factor of the magazine has increased, I hope this phenomenon will not occur again, as it has a negative impact.

(42) Thank | 小琪

I don't know how to evaluate it. It has been more than 10 days since submission, and no editor has been assigned. That's just how domestic journals are.

(45) Thank | ikown

Just asking, how many days does it take for the older brother to reject the manuscript?

(0) Thank | ikown

3 papers as first author in AEM? Small research group? Don't brag.

(0) Thank | companyYS

8.17 submitted
9.2 major revision
9.17 revision submitted
10.8 accepted
I am from a small research group, those sour and bragging comments in the comment section, please tone it down.

(427) Thank | companyYS

AM sent for review, encountered a peer in a small field, rejected. In the spirit of supporting domestic journals, I submitted to nano micro letters, waited for the editor's handling for 7 days, and then the editor directly rejected it, stating that they had too many submissions and could only select high-quality manuscripts that they believed would have a wide readership. Well, I guess I don't deserve it, even though I have been accepted in 3 AEM papers. This is the most innovative paper I think, otherwise, I wouldn't dare to submit to AM. Now it seems like they look down on domestic papers. With such a low submission rate, you promote yourself everywhere on social media asking everyone to pay attention, but when a small research group submits to you, you look down on it, and you publish whatever rubbish the big groups submit. It's truly ridiculous.

(74) Thank | 科研2狗

Which one did you finally submit to Wiley?

(0) Thank | AY

May I ask how long it takes to receive the results after submitting your contribution?

(0) Thank | Mokia-Lee

After reading the articles inside, I found them to be mediocre. Thinking of supporting domestic journals, I submitted my most promising work, but it was rejected without review. Then I submitted it to Wiley's material field journal, and it was accepted after minor revisions. I really hope that domestic journals can create a fair academic dissemination environment.

(78) Thank | 润成

The tragedy has already been submitted, but it hasn't been reviewed yet. The time for assigning the chief editor has exceeded 7 days, which is confusing. Is it really that slow? I won't comment on it since it hasn't been submitted for review after all. PS: Is worldsheeper an internal staff member of the journal?

(52) Thank | 双色球真刺激

The opinion upstairs is biased. NML, as an outstanding representative of domestic journals, has put in a great effort to manage the journal well. During the 2020 pandemic, the journal organized online forums with participation from thousands of international scholars. In addition to an international editorial team and a strict review system, its influence is built on the support of a large number of research teams. NML has been established for many years and has not implemented a charging system in open-access journals, striving to provide a platform for showcasing excellent works to researchers. It is not easy, and I hope NML can continue to improve, and more friends can support the development of NML journal.

(0) Thank | worldsheeper

Representatives in domestic journals, with editorial members who have a global perspective and a professional and stable review team. The review process is fast, and currently there are no charges, possessing the advantages of open-access journals. They will continue to receive strong support. Currently, domestic open-access journals have been diligently and earnestly working, and all papers are free. It is not easy, and we look forward to NML Journal providing more opportunities for excellent domestic submissions in the future.

(0) Thank | worldsheeper