I also submitted for almost 2 months without any results, so I applied for withdrawal and am currently waiting. I will not consider this journal in the future.

(0) 讚！ | yuzhan

It's too slow. It's been over two months and it's still in the hands of the editors. I've sent four reminders but haven't received any response. I have already applied for withdrawal. I will never submit to this journal again.

(0) 讚！ | sukiyaki123

Submission needs to be cautious. It has been two months since submission, and it is still in the hands of the editor. After sending three reminder emails without a reply, contacting the Elsevier customer service for follow-up also had no effect. According to the official website, the average processing time for an article is 6 months, making it the slowest journal I have encountered so far.

(0) 讚！ | sukiyaki123

It has been three months since the review process started, and the manuscript was only submitted after numerous reminders. The journal used to be quite efficient, but now it has taken seven months to complete the second round of review. It is frustrating to wait for a month after each reviewer completes their review before receiving feedback from the editor.

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(0) 讚！ | L123

The review speed is incredibly slow, waiting in the hands of the editor for a month before any feedback

(1) 讚！ | stokeszz

The manuscript was submitted on March 26; the comments of the first review were returned on June 11, and the two reviewers and editors gave very good evaluations, requiring a minor revision; The revision was returned on June 17; the editor and the first reviewer had no comments. The second reviewer gave some further comments; July 27, the second review comments returned, and again a minor revision was required; August 12, revision submitted; August 14, the third review comments returned and it was accepted. This is the fifth SCI paper of mine. I major in radiochemistry and have a preference for journals in the nuclear field. Because of the COVID epidemic, the reviewers gave very meticulous comments. The level of reviewers is very high, and the editors are strict. The overall feeling is that this journal is relatively classic, with an impact factor of 1.1–1.3 all the time, and the research field is relatively unpopular.

(0) 讚！ | Aknight Chong

I thought the manuscript was sent for review within 2 months of submission on June 8th, but I found that it wasn’t. After I reminded the manuscript, it was sent for review. After the manuscript had been reviewed for 2 months, I asked how it was going but I was not given a reply. For 3 months, my inquiry about review progress was not replied to either. I applied for customer service help. However, the manuscript was rejected immediately the next day. I received comments from two reviewers, one recommending acceptance and the other asking some questions. The editor said that he was waiting for comments from reviewers, so he didn't reply to me. Then he made a judgment based on the reviewers’ comments he had received, and focused on the second person. In short, it was very sad.

(9) 讚！ | nature121

do not give the opportunity to answer corrections

(0) 讚！ | annonimus

is really slow to the extreme, and my other one is almost written, still under review.

(1) 讚！ | Anonymous