2025.02.22 submit
2025.02.27 under review
2025.03.07 major review
2025.03.17 resubmit
2025.03.18 minor review
2025.03.20 resubmit
2025.03.21 pending editor decision
2025.03.22 accept

(0) 讚！ | 梦里花香

The research level is poor, which is not embarrassing, but the low quality is really a waste of so many years of study.

(0) 讚！ | xfsyzxy

Oh my, someone is really losing their temper, even using foul language, shocking.

(0) 讚！ | xfsyzxy

Are you feeling superior even after eating shit?

(0) 讚！ | cebdgf

Did you graduate with a Ph.D.?

(0) 讚！ | Doraemon-01

Submitted on October 24th
Major revision on November 23rd (4 reviewers, received comments from 3 reviewers initially, one external expert showed interest and provided comments two days after receiving the major revision notification); one reviewer raised many professional questions, some even self-answered, another reviewer said the analysis method was unreasonable and requested new figures; language was also criticized as inadequate and needed polishing, another reviewer pointed out several minor professional issues, one suggested to simplify the discussion section, with no other issues. This was my first submission to an MDPI journal, I am not sure if all submissions have two or more external experts, or if I just happened to encounter several; overall, the external experts were quite professional, at least in my field, and raised many strong professional questions.

Returned on December 6th
Minor revision on December 12th, just a few very minor issues
Returned on December 13th
Accepted on December 14th

Overall, the process was very fast, the external reviewers were experts with strong relevance, and some of their comments were very insightful.

On a side note, before graduation, some PhD students may look down on MDPI, but after graduation, it's actually quite good.

(0) 讚！ | 东北不知冬

Have you submitted it for review?

(0) 讚！ | 曾娟

Please submit on November 21st.

(0) 讚！ | 曾娟

The template was rejected, possibly still not meeting the journal's intentions.

(0) 讚！ | 代码君

11-08 Pending review

11-08 待审核

(0) 讚！ | 代码君

The majority of the low-rated reviews were actually rejected submissions. I thought the journal was mediocre, but it turns out I am even worse. Feeling ashamed and angry. Despite being average, this journal is not something that just anyone can submit to. It is indexed in the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, so apart from being a bit expensive, there is nothing wrong with it.

(0) 讚！ | xfsyzxy

The assistant editor responded quickly, the chief editor assigned promptly, and the suggestions from the reviewers were very professional, which greatly improved the quality of our paper. The overall impression is good!

(0) 讚！ | xfsyzxy

In the field of plant phenotype, I don't even dare to compete with you.

(0) 讚！ | SCI写手

Give me your ID, and I can take a look for you.

(0) 讚！ | 凡繁

The application I submitted on June 18th is still under review, and I haven't received any updates.

(0) 讚！ | ccc

Submitted on June 29th, under review as of July 5th, still no updates at the moment.

(0) 讚！ | PPPD

Which number did you vote for?

(0) 讚！ | PPPD

The review process was very fast, not necessarily very professional. It is a journal with a lot of non-academic content, and I only submitted to meet a deadline. If you are not in a rush to publish, I do not recommend submitting to this journal, as the publication fee is quite expensive.

(0) 讚！ | 科研豆子

It's been almost twenty days since I submitted it, and it has been in the review status all along

(0) 讚！ | 楞德

I was rejected directly by the template, and I also submitted to the corresponding special issue. Plants are really popular

(0) 讚！ | Fang

I applied for plant phenotype analysis using image processing deep learning and got rejected three days later with a rejection template without knowing the reason, I'm devastated

(0) 讚！ | 认真搞

Why is it so difficult? I submitted a paper on diversity in agriculture and it was rejected because it didn't fit the scope. I then submitted a paper on plants, and it was also rejected for not fitting the template. There were no specific reasons given. The journal accepts even lower quality papers in a particular special issue, yet my paper was rejected? Can't you at least tell me what's wrong and what needs to be improved? When my submissions to other journals were rejected, the editors always provided detailed feedback on what was wrong and what needed to be corrected! It's frustrating. If I wasn't in a hurry, I would never submit under my own name again!

(0) 讚！ | 灌水老先生

Research on the different ripening stages of mulberries was conducted, which clearly fits the direction of the journal, and even the direction of a special issue of the journal, but the editor rejected it directly, blacklisting the journal

(0) 讚！ | Fang

The notebook is on the desk

(0) 讚！ | 孙希辉

Pay to get into District 2?

(0) 讚！ | SCI-maker