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too slow

I want to write a rev article to this magazine. I don't know if I can submit it. How difficult is it?

Slowly will be beaten back to the prototype. . . .

Materials today are open-access materials review journals, which are basically cutting-edge reviews invited by editors. The quality of the reviews is beyond doubt. Although if has dropped a lot in the past two years, according to current estimates, if will slowly rise to a level above 10 starting next year.

In early May, I received an email from my boss for an invitation to review, asking for the manuscript to be submitted before August 1. The editor will write a letter every month to ask if it can be completed on time. The manuscript was written and submitted to the boss in mid-July, and submitted immediately. After three weeks, the review comments were received. Both reviewers were minor revisions. They returned two days later and received the proof in early November. The speed is good, and it takes a long time to wait for the proof after repairing. The length of the article is limited to 3,500 words, and the summary is basically short and concise.