Update follow-up
Received rejection and resubmission decision on 19th March 2024 (minimum wait of 3 months), with 5 reviewers and 31 very critical comments.
Resubmitted on 3rd July 2024.
Major revisions requested on 9th August 2024, with 3 reviewers agreeing to accept and a total of 13 comments.
Submitted on 14th September 2024.
Major revisions requested again on 30th September 2024, with 4 reviewers agreeing to accept. One reviewer who had no comments previously suddenly raised questions based on the previous round of reviews (the questions seemed unprofessional and troublesome, and were of a much lower standard compared to the previous reviews).
Submitted on 27th October 2024.
Accepted on 16th November 2024.
Overall, the reviewers were very professional and their comments were very helpful for the paper.

(0) 讚！ | DRV8701

I am constantly changing my mind on this issue, do any experts have experience?

(0) 讚！ | sss

How long has your buddy been working in the EIC office? Any changes?

(0) 讚！ | LANIAKEA

What is the situation with changing the EIC?

(0) 讚！ | yyyyy

I am also like this, EIC decided to return AE's recommendation, I don't know what the situation is, I hope there will be a good result.

(0) 讚！ | pczzz

My revised manuscript was under review for a week before being assigned to AE. Two days later, it became awaiting AE recommendation. It then went through a sudden change between AE recommendation and EIC decision, and now it is awaiting EIC decision.

(0) 讚！ | Mr.E

10.26 修订稿提交
10.27 分配给编辑
11.10 审核中
11.11 分配给编辑

Have you ever encountered this situation, where "under review" suddenly changes to "assigned to ae"? It doesn't seem possible that the review process could be completed in such a short time.

(0) 讚！ | drZL

Can I ask what your current situation is? I have encountered the same issue. After submitting a major revision, it changed to "under review" for half a month. Then, the next day, it changed to "assigned to AE."

(0) 讚！ | drZL

Now it is still assigned to AE, which is absurd. Isn't it usually faster after being repaired?

(0) 讚！ | drZL

I hope for a good outcome.

(0) 讚！ | pczzz

I hope it is as you said! Congratulations by the way.

(0) 讚！ | Mr.E

My status changed from "awaiting AE recommendation" to "awaiting EIC decision" the morning before yesterday. This morning it changed back to "awaiting AE recommendation". However, this afternoon it changed back to "EIC decision". It feels like the two editors are negotiating something.

(0) 讚！ | Mr.E

In the past few days, it went from "awaiting AE recommendation" to "awaiting EIC decision," and then changed back to "awaiting AE recommendation." Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

(0) 讚！ | pczzz

10.4-10.14 under review and awaiting EIC decision
10.14 minor revision (two accepts + one minor formatting revision)
10.17 submitted revised paper
10.17-10.20 assigned to AE
10.20-10.31 under review
11.1-11.2 assigned to AE
11.2-11.8 awaiting EIC decision
11.8 accept

(0) 讚！ | 菜博

This status was given a minor revision (two accepts + one minor formatting revision).
Minor revision submitted (2024.10.17)
10.17-10.20 assigned to AE
10.20-10.31 under review
11.1-11.2 assigned to AE
11.2-11.8 awaiting EIC decision
11.8 accept

(0) 讚！ | 菜博

Reviewer comments should be favorable. For example, if three out of four reviewers find no issues, then it is good news for the editor and the chief editor.

(0) 讚！ | 菜博

I also submitted the revised draft on October 30th, and it is still in the "Assigned to AE" status.

(0) 讚！ | yingsun8557

11.02提交
11.05在编辑办公室

(0) 讚！ | yyyyy

The return is scheduled for October 30th, and it is still assigned to AE. Is this normal?

(0) 讚！ | wang-cqu

There are several reasons for this, it could be that some reviewers accepted the review but did not provide their comments on time, or it could be that the opinions were not consistent, so editors had to invite more reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | LibreLee

This is my first submission and the status "Awaiting AE Recommendation" has been ongoing for half a month. How long does this status typically last for everyone?

(0) 讚！ | D.Luffy

Has anyone encountered the situation where the senior has been assigned to AE and is awaiting AE recommendation, but the status keeps changing back and forth?

(0) 讚！ | Mr.E

Don't worry, last time it took me over 10 days to receive the decision letter. Let's wait until Monday, usually the results are out on Monday (I feel).

(0) 讚！ | 菜博

It has been several days in the EIC office. Welcome everyone to private message and discuss the progress of submission.

(0) 讚！ | jjj111221

Hello everyone, it's been around 10 days in the EIC office, what's going on? Why is it taking so long?

(0) 讚！ | HangL