RARE METALS

The comments section may be too aggressive.
I submitted a review article on August 23, 2021, and received the review results on September 14 of the same year. The review process took only three weeks and twenty days, which is actually quite good in terms of review speed.
There was a delay in the publication materials because I didn't have time to check the editing emails. The editor sent me a second email as a reminder, which shows their responsibility and enthusiasm.
There were also some issues during the submission process, but they did not affect the submission results. The problem occurred during the proofreading stage when I had already submitted the proof, but later received an email reminding me to submit it again. After I emailed the editor, they explained the possible system issue of the foreign publishing company and assured me that the reminder email can be ignored as it will not affect the submission results.
Overall, I think the comments section may indeed be too aggressive. In my submission process, I did cause some trouble for the editor due to incomplete materials, but they patiently and seriously replied to my emails.

Five years ago, there were not many domestically produced journals with impact factors. However, after 2020, domestic journals experienced an explosion. Many journals received top-down support, and their impact factors started to skyrocket to 10 or above. Some influential figures even provided support in the background, pushing the impact factors to over 20. Raremetals has also experienced an increase in its impact factor during these past two years, taking advantage of this trend. There is a great hope that the journal's impact factor will surpass 10 in the coming years. We hope that the journal can be managed well.