In view of the criticisms of the reviewer(s), I must decline the manuscript for publication at this time.  However, a new manuscript may be submitted which takes into consideration these comments.

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I look forward to a resubmission.

这是主编给我的回复，之下是审稿人的意见：
The authors' effort at addressing some of the issues the reviewers raised is appreciated. However, the key criticism that the submission rather shallow TEM work is not satisfactorily addressed.

In my opinion the paper deals with an interesting topic related to microalloyed steels, whether in scientific or technological terms. However, I think that TEM was utilized in a very limited way and it did not contribute to support microstructural models developed in the manuscript. Because of this, only a qualitative discussion could be presented. The authors should conduct a more comprehensive and in-depth study of the microstructure using TEM. In their response, the authors wrote that they were working on more details in the mechanism of precipitation and its interaction with austenite grain size using TEM.

I suggest that the authors wait until they complete the above ongoing work to publish their results. Without a more in-depth and rigorous experimental work, the submission shall not have much value. I recommend a reject with an option to resubmit a new version that includes a much more in-depth TEM analysis of the precipitation behavior.

Should you decide to submit a new version, you must highlight all changes you make to your submission in response to the above comments. Additionally, you must provide a letter explaining in depth how you addressed the comments. Your response and revision will be re-evaluated.

Thank you!


之前一审的结果是 Major revision，这次是不是就没有什么希望了，是杯具一枚啊。
我第一次发文章，经验不足，希望大虾们多多指点啊。 返回小木虫查看更多