I waited for four months without any progress, and even sent a reminder email midway but got no response. Then yesterday, I received feedback from only one reviewer, just two short sentences with no substantive comments, and my paper was rejected. Four months wasted like this, what a joke!

(0) 讚！ | Mr行则将至

From proofreading to the publication of the article, it usually takes about a week.

(0) 讚！ | Adelaide Lawson

What happened later? Has it been submitted for review? And about how long did it take to be submitted for review?

(0) 讚！ | 邻家青枫

How long?

(0) 讚！ | 天山馨香

I would like to ask, I submitted my manuscript using the account of Da Tongxun, and also selected her as the corresponding author. The order of other authors is correct, but when I received the email, Da Tongxun was placed in the first author position. I want to ask if this is the case on your end, or if I really made a mistake.

(0) 讚！ | 田ttttt

Like me.

(0) 讚！ | 书容公子

How soon after proof can we expect to see the publication?

(0) 讚！ | Josephine Sherwood

How long?

(0) 讚！ | Adela Marion

This journal must be perfect, it's a matter of life and death for me. The major revisions were accepted in just two months, although there was a requirement for a 10% similarity check and proofreading. I only managed to reduce it to 14%, but after explaining the reasons to the editor, it was understandable. I found the cheapest proofreading service that could provide an international proofreading certificate, even though the proofreading quality was only average.

(1) 讚！ | JWonderce

Review speed: 3.0 | Submission hit rate: 25.0 Experience sharing: The editor first returned the submission for polishing, then checked for plagiarism, and after resubmission, found two reviewers, both of whom provided some irrelevant comments. One of them raised a sharp issue, stating that the statistical method was problematic. I responded to the questions point by point, added several references supporting this method and my research, and eventually passed the revision. Although it was successful, the process of submission, review, and revision was very exhausting.

(0) 讚！ | Troy Wilde

Did you find a new reviewer only after the rejection and resubmission? However, I also invited 5 reviewers after major revisions, and I am not sure if the original reviewer will be invited again.

(0) 讚！ | lulobule

Review speed: 1.0 | Submission hit rate: 25.0 
Research direction with emphasis: animal experiments; lipid metabolism 
Sharing of experience: rejected twice, hard to say, submitted on 23 April 2024, sent for review on the same day, received feedback in 2 weeks. One reviewer raised many experimental and article-related questions, over a dozen in total, but none were fatal. It was feasible to make improvements by conducting additional experiments and revising the discussion. The feedback was for major revisions. The second reviewer mainly pointed out formatting and language issues, but surprisingly, the feedback was a rejection, requesting revisions and image changes. 
On 2 May 2024, the final decision from the editor was to reject the submission for resubmission with revisions, reduced content, improvements in language, submission of plagiarism and revision certificates, and point-to-point responses to the issues raised. After much hesitation, it took a month to conduct additional experiments, revise, and check for plagiarism. The effort and money spent need not be mentioned. On 8 June 2024, the revised submission was made, and on 9 June 2024, the editor requested the upload of the original, untrimmed WB images. These were uploaded on 11 June 2024, passed the technical review on 12 June 2024, and sent for review on 13 June 2024, with five new reviewers being assigned. 
On 9 July 2024, all feedback was received, with opinions from four reviewers - one positive, two neutral, and one negative. Over 50 points were raised in total. The editor directly rejected the submission. If you are going to reject it, do it decisively. After being dragged through this process for two months and spending money, being rejected at the end, I will definitely not submit again next time. The feedback was not even returned to the original reviewers, making me wonder about the purpose of resubmission and revisions.

(0) 讚！ | 凌霄春磊

I invited 15 reviewers on August 5th, and now it's August 22nd with no changes.

(0) 讚！ | 艾去西西

Hello, may I ask if the editor has polished your language? Do you have to use their own language editing, or can I just find a company to do the polishing?

(0) 讚！ | 八荒沛白

Just submitted my work, feeling lucky.

(0) 讚！ | 红云小公主

On June 23rd, invitations were sent to 40 reviewers, but the status has remained unchanged since then. Have reviewers not been found yet?

(0) 讚！ | Mr行则将至

May I ask how long it takes for you to receive the feedback for the second review? I have also re-invited three reviewers.

(0) 讚！ | zaker

Are you also required to reduce weight after major repairs?

(0) 讚！ | 魔都玉航

This has no practical significance, it is just a formality check.

(0) 讚！ | 是志丹吖

Polishing alone does not guarantee acceptance. In general, it is best to first revise the submission for quality before polishing, as this can address language issues and improve the overall quality. Otherwise, just polishing without revising the content may lead to grammar issues when making changes later.

(0) 讚！ | 是志丹吖

I spent money to polish it, but the result was rejected again.

(0) 讚！ | 稻妻宏帅

Does the similarity check have to be within 10%? I have revised it three times, checked for similarity three times, and it is still at 18%

(0) 讚！ | 波小慧

Review speed: 6.0 | Submission success rate: 50.0 Experience sharing: Submitted in August of Year 23, received first revision in March of Year 24, with three reviewers during the process. The first and second reviewers requested one revision, while the third reviewer requested four revisions. The editor requested one revision. Accepted in June of Year 24. A total of 10 months.

(0) 讚！ | 书容公子

During the technical review, I requested to submit untrimmed full films into the support material.

(0) 讚！ | 凌霄春磊

BMC should require all of its subsidiaries to do so.

(0) 讚！ | 凌霄春磊