Can anyone tell me what is the status of the external audit? I have been stuck in the "Potential Reviewers Assigned" status for over 30 days.

(0) 讚！ | wxfy

Can you please tell me what the status of the external review is? I have been stuck in the "Potential Reviewers Assigned" status for over 30 days.

(0) 讚！ | wxfy

It has been 35 days, still in initial QC, not sure if it can be submitted for review. Can we rush the editor?

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

There are some formatting issues in the middle. Currently, it is in "Waiting for Potential Reviewer Assignment", but the process is moving slowly.

(0) 讚！ | miku

Is there any feedback in the middle, or is it being dragged on indefinitely?

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

It has been 75 days and still stuck in initial check.

(0) 讚！ | miku

I submitted it on July 28th, it's been ten days already, but there has been no response. I don't know when the editor will be able to process it.

(0) 讚！ | 经典牛肉粥

This journal is a well-established journal in the field, but the review process is quite slow. The first review usually takes about eight months, and the second review feedback takes about four months. The revisions also take around four months. I submitted twice, the first time was accepted after one round of revisions, and the second time was accepted after two rounds of revisions. It took me a year to get accepted the first time, and a year and a half the second time. However, the journal is highly regarded in the industry, with extremely diligent reviewers. I once had a reviewer who printed out the manuscript, annotated it page by page, then scanned and provided feedback.

(0) 讚！ | 易先洲

Submitted on April 17, 24, it then entered QC and the status has been maintained for over 20 days. Today (May 13), there is no record of submission on the system. I do not know if it has been rejected or if there is a system problem

(0) 讚！ | HYQ

Submission Experience:
20230118: Submitted.
20230508: Received reviewers' comments, major revisions required. Three reviewers provided nearly 50 comments and suggestions.
20230622: Resubmitted after revisions, response was over 50 pages long.
20230801: Monitoring Editor Decision Completed, minor revisions required. Two reviewers provided a few suggestions, totaling over a dozen.
20230823: Resubmitted after revisions, response was close to 20 pages long.
20231027: Acceptance with minor revisions required.
20231029: Resubmitted after revisions.
20231031: Status changed to Manuscript Sent to Production, including one or two rounds of proofreading.
20240202: Paper published on Early Access.
20240417: Paper formally published.
The journal has a high standard for paper quality and is very strict. Apart from three rounds of detailed review by professional reviewers, the associate editor and editor-in-chief also review and comment on the paper. It can be painful to make revisions and respond to these professional comments, as it requires a lot of time and effort, but it greatly improves the quality of the paper

(0) 讚！ | 皖山青

I have accepted all of that, and the status is sent to the editorial department. It has been three months, but I haven't received the proofreading yet

(0) 讚！ | ZHTNB

The process is very slow. The initial review took nearly 8 months, and after that I was asked for a major revision. It took about three months for the revision to be accepted. It's really slow, so if you are in a hurry, please don't submit

(2) 讚！ | ZHTNB

I have been looking for reviewers for two months and still no response

(0) 讚！ | emmm

Oh, how come it's been a month and it's still in QC?

(0) 讚！ | 竹前家庆

Hello, may I ask what is the status in the system before the external audit? Currently it is at Initial QC, how much longer do you think it will take to go through the external audit?

(0) 讚！ | 匿名666

2022.2.27 Submission;
2022.10.05 First review comments returned, with 3 reviewers, all suggesting revisions before acceptance;
2022.10.12 Revised manuscript returned.

(2) 讚！ | wangjiaoshou1990

Optimize for one month, on January 25, 2022, submit the final published manuscript.

(1) 讚！ | UWA

2020.10.26 Submission.
2021.5.7 Received first-round review comments (from 4 reviewers, with over 70 suggested revisions). 
2021.10.16 Revised manuscript returned (response consisting of 64 pages). 
2021.12.06 Received second-round review comments (from 4 reviewers, with 7 suggested revisions). 
2021.12.16 Revised manuscript returned (response consisting of 9 pages). 
2021.12.22 Accepted (Manuscript Accepted).

(10) 讚！ | UWA

2020.7.27 Submission;
2020.10.28 First review comments returned, 3 reviewers, all recommended revisions and acceptance;
2020.12.19 Revised manuscript returned;
2021.1.27 Accepted.
Top Journal of Ocean Engineering, very difficult, sharp review comments, wrote nearly 20 pages of response. For those who are limited in resources and have tight deadlines, it is advised to be cautious when submitting.

(13) 讚！ | UWA

2020.7.27 Submission;
2020.10.28 First review comments returned, 3 reviewers, all recommending revisions and acceptance;
2020.12.19 Revised version returned;
2021.1.27 Accepted.

(0) 讚！ | UWA

It is difficult to publish here. The journal is very professional and has a high requirement for the theoretical innovation and engineering verification. It is a top journal in the ocean engineering industry. My manuscript has undergone one major revision and two minor revisions within 10 months. The response to the first review exceeded 18 pages. The 3 reviewers were very professional, and 2 of them were small peers. The questions they raised were sharp, and of course it helped improving the article a lot. If the article has high innovation and integrity, you can try it. If it is not innovative enough, it is generally not recommended.

(14) 讚！ | billup@163.com

This is the top international journal in the field of marine electronics technology. In recent years, it mainly publishes articles related to AUV navigation control technology. The degree of difficulty to publish is quite high, which is similar to IEEE TCST. The quality of the published articles is not much different from the new trends of AUV in IEEE TIE or TMECH, or it may be even higher. My dream is to be able to publish on independently.

(12) 讚！ | zarathustr

It was really hard. The reviewers were very professional. 7 months after submission, the manuscript was revised for the first time. There were 4 reviewers, 42 comments, and we responded 15 pages to the review comments. And I thought that the reviewer was selected from the references, and were real small peers. It took 4 months for the second review. 3 reviewers’ comments were given, and 1 reviewer refused to give comments. I argued in my best, and replied 7 pages to the comments together with replying to the deputy editor. It was accepted after 1 month. It was really terrible. I suggest that those who are in a hurry to graduate and only on your own should think twice about it. It took actually a long time to review. Another paper of mine was accepted by OE, but the review comments were just returned in this journal.

(11) 讚！ | 勇战村不屈之心

This journal is very strict, the review is very difficult, and the recruitment rate is very low, and the published results have a high level.Compared with IEEE similar journals such as IEEE Sensors Journal, it is much more difficult, and the first trial is more than half a year.

(0) 讚！ | zarathustr

This journal has high language requirements.

(1) 讚！ | sitanjj@126.com