About a week ago, the manuscript was assigned to an editor and then went Under Review. After a couple of days, the status changed to Reviewing Editor Assigned and the Editor changed to Not Assigned. What is going on? Has anyone else encountered the same issue?

(5) 讚！ | Rickey

The boss asked if "under review" in the hands of the editor is equivalent to external review. Will it be rejected?

(0) 讚！ | 言之命

1 week after submission, with editor for 2 months, no response from reviewers, received reply within a week after reminding, revised the manuscript based on editor and reviewers' comments (felt like peers, reviewers' comments were very targeted), took almost 1.5 months to supplement experimental results and resubmit, accepted a month later

(2) 讚！ | VBC主编

The overall process is fast, with the first external review taking 20 days, followed by revisions and resubmission, and the second external review taking 15 days

(4) 讚！ | 没有名字可以起了

Do you upload relevant omics data during the submission period?

(0) 讚！ | pollyQ

Submitted on September 27th, the next day UR (under review), received the first review comments on November 9th (minor revisions). Resubmitted on November 14th, and accepted on November 17th (delayed by 2 days due to formatting issues). The editing efficiency is truly high. It took about 50 days from submission to acceptance.

(34) 讚！ | pupupupupu

I envy you. I have been under review for 35 days with no progress.

(0) 讚！ | pupupupupu

2022.7.21 First submission; sent for review on 7.30; first round of review ended on 8.31, both reviewers provided very positive results, but the editor believed that some content still needed modification and concluded with a rejection and request for resubmission; revised and resubmitted on 9.6; reviewed by the editor on 9.12 (due to some minor issues on my part, the editor had to send it back twice which delayed the process); directly sent for review by the editor on 10.3; editor sent an email directly accepting the article. Article title: "The frequent occurrence and metabolic versatility of Marinifilaceae bacteria involved in organic matter mineralization as a key member in global deep sea".

(18) 讚！ | Oceanus

Friend, how did things turn out in the end?

(0) 讚！ | 一吃就胖小绮南

Friend, what happened in the end?

(0) 讚！ | 一吃就胖小绮南

2022-01-24 Manuscript Submission Incomplete
2022-01-24 Initial QC
2022-01-25 With Editor
2022-01-25 Reviewing Editor Assigned
2022-01-25 Under Review
2022-02-17 Reject: Allow Resubmission
2022-03-23 Manuscript Submission Incomplete
2022-03-23 With Editor
2022-03-24 Reviewing Editor Assigned
2022-03-24 Under Review
2022-04-09 Manuscript Accepted

The manuscript processing was very fast, with the first review result provided within 23 days. Both reviewers' comments were relatively positive, but the editor requested revisions and resubmission. After the revisions, the manuscript was reviewed for 17 days and accepted directly. It was a very smooth submission process. Moreover, today the journal's impact factor was just released, and it has reached 7.32. This journal is highly recognized, and it will continue to improve.

(6) 讚！ | tttttyyyyy

When describing your innovation, you should focus closely on the deficiencies of past research, and present a complete and clear description of your resolution strategy. To achieve creativity, you need to use introductory skills and write more content that is beneficial to yourself. In order to highlight the innovation of this study, it is necessary to select from numerous citations areas that can highlight the differences and characteristics of this study. For example: (1) time issues; (2) research methods issues; (3) research area issues; (4) uncertainty; (5) propose your own hypothesis for validation

(0) 讚！ | 维尔娜菲茨杰拉德

Introduction includes all or some of the following five items: introduction to the background, significance, current status (limitations) of the research field, the purpose of this study, and a brief summary of the research content

(0) 讚！ | 维尔娜菲茨杰拉德

How is the innovation of the article demonstrated in the introduction?

(1) 讚！ | 深渊兴业

What should an introduction include?

(0) 讚！ | 平原文波

Hello, may I ask if you received the results after three months of the first review? I have been waiting for over 70 days now, and I still haven't received any feedback on the manuscript review...

(0) 讚！ | bayue

Share the timeline for reference. mBio was rejected and transferred, with the first review taking 37 days and the second review taking 70 days.

Manuscript Transferred  2020-11-17
Initial QC  2020-11-17
With Editor  2020-11-18
Reviewing Editor Assigned  2020-11-19
Under Review  2020-11-19
Manuscript in Revision  2020-12-28
Revision Received  2021-02-21
With Editor  2021-02-21
Reviewing Editor Assigned  2021-02-23
Under Review  2021-02-23
Manuscript Accepted  2021-05-11
Manuscript Sent to Production  2021-05-13
Manuscript Published 2021-06-01

(102) 讚！ | Patrick Pei

Review Speed: 2.0 | Submission Acceptance Rate: 75.0 | Page Charge: 2730.0
Research Focus: MICROBIOLOGY
Experience Sharing: It takes around 40 days for review, the editorial attitude is also good and straightforward. Minor revisions are required. As long as the editor appreciates your article, if it is rejected by the reviewer, the editor will find a new reviewer for you, and the likelihood of re-submitting and being accepted is high

(0) 讚！ | 泄矢谷梦

How many months did it take in total?

(0) 讚！ | 仙灵若翠

Does this magazine give the opportunity to resubmit rejected submissions? I waited for 3 months for a rejection, which allows resubmission; I returned in less than a month; Good luck to me

(0) 讚！ | 仙灵若翠

Submitted on February 1st, reviewed on February 10th; rejected at the end of March, allowed to resubmit. Currently revising and preparing for resubmission; the feedback mainly focuses on writing and experimental details, with no major technical or experimental design issues. Good luck to us~

(0) 讚！ | 仙灵若翠

2020-12-01   Submit manuscript
2021-01-27   Minor revision
2021-02-20   Submit revised manuscript
2021-03-04   Accept
Overall, the speed is acceptable. Thank you, editor Nick Bouskill.

(43) 讚！ | De-Frank

Not recommended to submit to this magazine. It is advised to revise and resubmit for the first time, but the result was that eight reviewers were sought for the second time, and it took nearly three months for the reviews. The opinions of six reviewers were responded to. However, because one reviewer rejected the submission, it was rejected by the editor. It is very frustrating.

(11) 讚！ | 荔小枝

The research content was about plant microbiome interaction. The first review results were released in one month. The questions raised by the reviewers were very sharp. Fortunately, the editor said that there was no need to make up the experiment and he required a minor revision directly. The replies to the question were longer than the manuscript text. We received comments 20 days later, the reviewer was satisfied with the revision, and then it was accepted after some minor problems were solved. The current real-time impact factor checked on the Web of Science is just 4.5. I don’t know if it can be maintained as above six next year.

(2) 讚！ | 我就是爱做实验

1. The article on bioinformatics has been published; 2. It was soon under review after with editor, and the review was relatively slow. For the first review, it was rejected in 3 months. However, (the amount of) our data was big, so it can be resubmitted after revision of the editor. The editor left the channel of resubmission; 3. I then resubmitted the article after revision, and it took about 2 months for each review. There were 4 times of revision and resubmission. This was my first time of submission, and it took one year and more than 2 months from submission to publication. The cycle was a bit long; 4. There were 2 reviewers invited, one of them partial to technique, and the other one partial to scientific questions, and both of them were relatively professional; 5. Fortunately, the impact factor of this journal has been rising, and the reputation is also very good. Therefore, in general, the quality is OK. If you are in a hurry to have an article published, it is not recommended to submit to this journal.

(17) 讚！ | Mumu