(Mechanical engineering related article may be reviewed quickly)
Submitted to heliyon: 19 February 2024
Editor assigned: 25 February 2024
Under review: 26 February 2024
Major revision: 11 March 2024 (three reviewers and total 28 corrections)
Revision submitted to journal: 29 March 2024
Article accepted: 17 April 2024 (two reviewers agreed for publication, but one reviewer did not response the invitation)
Online available: 30 April 2024

My overall experience was very good.

(0) 讚！ | dipu

It has been a year since the manuscript was transferred from another journal, and after some minor revisions, it has been submitted. I'll just stick with this general journal for now, as I don't want to go through multiple rounds of revisions with other journals.

(0) 讚！ | luzh_cau

Submitted on February 28th, revised on October 26th, I don't want to revise it anymore... If the revision exceeds the deadline or is refused, does it mean the paper will be withdrawn/rejected?

(0) 讚！ | 接接接Accept

Already submitted, almost accepted, just withdraw the submission. What can I do in the past 6 months?

(0) 讚！ | AWM狙神

The boss upstairs doesn't understand you, but I do. I'm just a small fry too. After being accepted by ACCESS, the journal was put on alert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After being accepted by MPE, the journal was put on hold, then kicked, and the journal disappeared. Heliyon was indexed, but also put on hold.

(1) 讚！ | 中二也要做科研

How should I write a suitable withdrawal letter for this submission?

(0) 讚！ | 又被拒了

I think there's a 60% chance that it won't be rejected. If it needs revision, it can be modified, and anyway, there are options if no money has been paid. It's also difficult to submit to other journals.

(0) 讚！ | jiahua

Simply reject the revision. There is an option in the system to reject the revision.

(0) 讚！ | 卓越ing

Did you successfully withdraw the submission? I sent an email to withdraw it, but the editor said it cannot be withdrawn.

(1) 讚！ | Abilee

Dying of laughter shouldn't be a reason to celebrate, right? After recording this, it will be an academic stain.

(0) 讚！ | lzj5220

The useless ones have been searched and the SCI ones have been eliminated, because magazines that prioritize money over quality, whoever publishes on them in the future will have the title "for sale" written above.

(0) 讚！ | perfect

You have a unique way of thinking, and you are also fortunate that you have given money to prepare to eliminate the predatory journals that are trying to exclude SCI.

(0) 讚！ | perfect

What is there to be grateful for? In the future, it will become your black mark.

(0) 讚！ | perfect

Fortunately, this magazine was not published in January 2024. It only cares about money, has poor quality, and is controlled by intermediaries. I hope SCI will be removed sooner, and all previously published papers will be deleted. Do not let those who buy and sell papers enter the academic circle to mix performance.

(1) 讚！ | perfect

Luckily, the recording was fast, admitted on September 6th, indexed by WOS on September 10th, and notified on hold on September 28th. Lucky!!!

(3) 讚！ | 潘果果

Should we withdraw the article for minor revisions now?

(1) 讚！ | shengwumang

Submitted to Heliyon, the first review came back with revisions needed. What reasons should be given to withdraw the submission?

(0) 讚！ | 卖饼的丝纹人

It can be retrieved. I went to the library to open a retrieval report. I'm just worried that I'll be kicked out later and the article won't be recognized as SCI (Q1, Tier 3).

(0) 讚！ | VVstar

Submitted at the end of May, accepted at the end of August, but just heard it's on hold a few days ago. Rushed to the library to check and found out it had been included, narrowly escaping a disaster.

(0) 讚！ | smile123

Does the withdrawal of the submission require a reply to be received?

(1) 讚！ | Jasmine

Do I need to receive a reply in order to withdraw my submission?

(1) 讚！ | Jasmine

Do not pay, withdraw the submission. However, I am not sure if it is the magazine or the whole publishing house that has blacklisted you. If MDPI operates in this way, the entire publishing house will blacklist you, and all subsequent submissions will be rejected as templates. I am not very clear about this.

(1) 讚！ | 箜星

Just need the search report, luckily it should be retrieved in August.

(0) 讚！ | 箜星

Look at the school. If it is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, you could still bluff your way through. But if they check the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), then it's a different story.

(0) 讚！ | 大叮当

1. Very slow, with a number over 40,000, it has been a month since submission, with the editor for over a month, and still stuck at with editor. 
2. It was supposed to be from a reputable publishing house and journal, even upgraded to a higher level...so slow, giving a very formal feeling; 
   And then it's all an illusion, directly put on hold...others are also eyeing it, over 10,000 articles a year, easy money!
3. Most importantly, esteemed academicians, in the with editor status, should we proactively withdraw the submission? How to do it? Will it blacklist us from the journal, not standing with the journal in times of adversity...sigh.

(0) 讚！ | 大叮当