Editor-in-Chief: Not sure whether the submitted paper is hired or re-examined, which is equivalent to pending. According to the reviewer's review opinions, generally, good opinions will be accepted. If there is a refusal, it is estimated that it will have to be reiterated.

After the paper is successfully submitted, the first step will be technical review, and there are several possible results at this stage:

1. Unaudited rejection: This happens when the editor thinks that the paper does not meet the periodical category or submission requirements, so it is rejected without being submitted for review. Another possibility is that there are too many language errors in the paper, and the periodical editor will explain the reasons when returning it, so the author has the opportunity to improve the language before resubmitting or revising it. ?

2. Suggest switching to other journals: When the journal editor thinks that the paper is not suitable for the original submission journal, he may suggest switching to other journals. If it is a journal owned by the same publishing house, the transfer of the contribution is carried out within the journal with the consent of the author, and the author does not need to operate it separately. But if it is a periodical recommended by different publishers, it depends entirely on whether the author himself is willing to switch to other periodicals. ?

3. Send it to peer review: In the initial review, the editor will confirm whether the paper meets the scope of the journal and comply with the requirements for submission of the journal. Once there are no problems, the editor will send them to peer review, and generally two or three reviewers will be invited to review. ?

After the technical review, the paper will be submitted for external review and peer review. Possible decisions made by peer review documents include:

1. accept directly: accept the original paper for publication without any modification, but few papers can receive this decision. ?

2. Accept after minor repairs: This decision is also called conditional acceptance, which means that the paper can be accepted by journals after some minor modifications. Papers accepted after minor repairs may not need peer review, and the journal editor will make a decision after personally checking. But the author should remember that "tinkering" does not guarantee that it will be accepted, but let the editor be satisfied with your revision. ?

3. Acceptance after overhaul: When the editor thinks that the paper needs to be greatly revised, he will make this decision. When returning the revised manuscript, the author needs to attach a point-by-point reply to the reviewer's comments. The revised papers can also be sent to external reviewers, usually the first round of reviewers. However, editors certainly have the right to choose different reviewers. In the second round of peer review, some journals are called "re-peer review", and the results are based on the author's revision and editorial opinions. ?

4. Re-submission after revision: Sometimes the editor refuses to submit, but is willing to accept re-submission on the premise of revision by the author. At this point, resubmitting is considered as a new submission. If the author accepts it, he must first revise the paper according to the opinions of reviewers and editors, and then attach a letter when submitting again, which contains the number and revision instructions of the previous submission. After checking the revised paper and related information, the editor decides whether to send the paper to peer review. ?

5. Reject: Reject directly. In most cases, even if the paper is greatly revised, journal editors will not consider publishing the paper. ?