Submission Record:
10/19/2023 Submission
11/27/2023 Revision feedback
12/9/2023 Revised submission
12/11/2023 Acceptance
(Not sure about the payment of publication fee during this time, waiting)
2/23/2024 Payment of publication fee
2/25/2024 Final acceptance
2/29/2024 Received the first round of proofreading
3/6/2024 Received the second round of proofreading
3/15/2024 Online

(0) 讚！ | wzc_0512

Is your second reviewer still the same as the original reviewer?

(0) 讚！ | SCICOMEON

It will take me about 20 days to make the revisions, the editor has not taken care of it, not sure what's going on

(0) 讚！ | SCICOMEON

I would like to ask which journal you mentioned that is faster

(0) 讚！ | 润泽沛然

Guessing blindly under the MDPI Group

(0) 讚！ | A-lok

Post to retrieve the entire record for everyone's reference. The journal is still good, with an increased impact factor this year. The overall speed is not slow. I wish the journal to continue improving and wish everyone's articles success.
1.10, 2023: Initial submission
2.9: Major revision
3.6: Submit revision version R1
4.14: Minor revision
4.14: Submit revision version R2
4.18: Email acceptance
4.20: System acceptance
4.21: Pay publishing fees by bank transfer
4.26: Successful payment
5.9: System completed acceptance
5.16: Making corrections to proof
5.17: Submit proof
5.24: Second round of making corrections to proof and submit
6.14: Published online
6.30: Search through Web of Science (WOS)

(0) 讚！ | Wei-tec

Does anyone have already submitted or preparing to submit to Open Geosciences?

(0) 讚！ | Hakertop

Hello classmate, I would like to ask you something. I submitted a paper to the journal OG, and it took one month for the first review. There were four reviewers who provided 80 comments. It took about a month to make revisions and submit it back. After another month, the editor and editorial department sent an email saying they just received the final comments from the reviewers. They mentioned minor revisions and asked me to submit the revised manuscript within ten days. However, I only saw comments from reviewer #3 for the revisions this time. I didn't see any comments from the other three reviewers in the email or the submission system. What could be the reason for this? I'm looking forward to your reply.

(0) 讚！ | Wei-tec

Hello, may I ask you a question? In the field of geosciences, I submitted to Open Geosciences. It took one month for the first round of review with four reviewers and 80 comments. It took about a month to make revisions and resubmit. After another month, the editor and the editorial office sent an email saying they just received the final comments from the reviewers, requesting minor revisions and asking me to return the revised manuscript within ten days. However, I only saw the revision comments from reviewer #3 this time, and I didn't see the comments from the other three reviewers. They were not in the email or the submission system. What is going on? I look forward to your reply. ?

(0) 讚！ | Wei-tec

Hello, I would like to ask if you received the emails from the editor and editorial department regarding our second revision, minor revisions. However, there were only comments from reviewer#3. I can't find any comments from the other three reviewers during the first revision, neither in the email nor in the submission system.

(0) 讚！ | Wei-tec

Finally, it was accepted. It took almost a whole year from beginning to end. The main issue was the slow review process. The journal seemed quite reputable, but just too slow, with a relatively low annual publication volume. It was fine as there were no time constraints.

(18) 讚！ | 润泽沛然

I invested in it for 20 years. I remember it wasn't very difficult, and after submitting it, I received it back for revisions. It seems like the whole process took about half a year.

(0) 讚！ | 小灰灰呀

May I ask how long is the deadline for paying the page fee for this journal? I have not received any related emails. Thank you, everyone!

(0) 讚！ | guosmile

Reply "Trouble-making machine"! How long does it take if there is no rejection or urgency, otherwise it really cannot be easily submitted.

(0) 讚！ | Hakertop

Posted on December 31st, Year 21.
Received external review comments in early February of Year 22, which required a major revision and a minor revision. It took one month to make the revisions.
Received major revision comments from the reviewer in mid-April. Continued with the major revision while the other reviewer had no objections. It took three weeks to make the revisions.
Waited for one month, but the first reviewer did not provide any further updates. Found a third and fourth reviewer to review the manuscript. It took one month for the reviews to come back in early July. One minor revision and one suggestion for acceptance were given (taking into consideration the previous two rounds of revisions, both the third and fourth reviewers provided positive feedback).
Took two days to make the revisions and on July 21st, the manuscript entered the decision process.
Waited for two months and sent a reminder during this period. Received an acceptance email on September 16th.
...
Overall, the process took nine months. The comments given by the reviewers were fair, but the cost-effectiveness was not high. The journal is an annual publication with over 100 accepted articles. If you are in a hurry to graduate, I do not recommend submitting the manuscript.

(0) 讚！ | 麻烦制造者

I applied on April 18th, and until now, I am still invited to edit and have not received any news. I have sent several emails to the official email address, but they all seem to have been ignored and I have not received any response.

(0) 讚！ | 润泽沛然

May I ask fellow students who have submitted their papers, is it true that after submitting to Open Geoscience, the status goes directly to "under review" without the step of "with editor"? After submitting, I am unable to see any information, only the corresponding author can view it.

(0) 讚！ | Hakertop

I do not recommend submitting to this journal. It is too slow, they do not reply to emails, and it takes two months to make a decision. This delays others from submitting to other journals, right?

(5) 讚！ | Mapviewer

Rearrange the timeline:
Submitted on August 3, 2021.
Received revision notice on January 17, 2022.
Uploaded revised manuscript on January 29, 2022.
Received second review comments on April 14, 2022: a conditional acceptance with "moderate revision".
Uploaded revised manuscript for second review on April 18, 2022.
Accepted on May 10, 2022, and paid 1230 Euros immediately.
Completed acceptance on May 12, 2022.
Currently waiting for the proof copy online...
Summary: The process is relatively slow.

(0) 讚！ | 咖

What was the result of your article in the end? Is there any news?

(0) 讚！ | Mapviewer

You are already very fast.
May I ask which journal your article, submitted in January and published in March, was submitted to?

(0) 讚！ | 咖

2022-02-08: Submission
2022-03-16: Revision, one expert was very serious but mostly pointed out formatting issues; another expert made a comment that made it impossible to respond.
2022-03-29: Revised.
2022-04-14: Second revision.
2022-04-28: Pending Decision, still no news.

If there is a way, I wouldn't recommend submitting to a journal in Zone 4. It's too slow. My other article was submitted on 2022-01-08 and published on 2022-03-31.

(0) 讚！ | Mapviewer

What was the result afterwards?

(0) 讚！ | Mapviewer

Excuse me, may I ask if the second review is also sent to the first reviewer or do we need to find a new reviewer? My paper has been under review since October last year after the first review.

(0) 讚！ | CookMai

Returned on April 14, 2022, for the second trial opinion;
Uploaded the revised second trial draft on April 18, 2022.

(0) 讚！ | 咖