Journal review time guides
Journal review time and first-decision guides
Journal-specific guides for first decision, review duration, revision timing, and interpreting how long peer review should realistically take.
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- ACM Computing Surveys Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Review Time: Review and Revision Planning
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Review Time: Time to First Decision and Publication
- ACS Applied Nano Materials Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- ACS Catalysis Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- ACS Nano Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- ACS Omega Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Acta Materialia Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Advanced Energy Materials Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Advanced Functional Materials Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Advanced Materials Review Time 2026: Time to First Decision and Publication
- Advanced Science Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Ageing Research Reviews Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- American Journal of Human Genetics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Analytical Chemistry Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Angewandte Chemie Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Annals of Oncology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Catalysis A General Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Applied Catalysis B Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Energy Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Physics Letters Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Sciences Basel Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Surface Science Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Applied Thermal Engineering Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Astrophysical Journal Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Average Review Times Across 100 Journals in 2026: What the Tracked Data Shows
- Bioinformatics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Biological Conservation Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Biomaterials Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Bioresource Technology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Blood Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- BMC Medicine Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- BMC Medicine Time to First Decision: 8-14 Weeks Median
- BMJ Open Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- BMJ Open Time to First Decision: 8-16 Weeks From Submission
- BMJ Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Brain Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Building and Environment Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Cancer Research Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Carbohydrate Polymers Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Cell Host Microbe Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Cell Metabolism Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Cell Reports Review Time: What to Expect Before and After Peer Review
- Cell Stem Cell Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Ceramics International Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Chemical Communications Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Chemical Engineering Journal Review Time: How Long Does It Take?
- Chemical Engineering Science Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Chemical Reviews Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Chemical Society Reviews Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Chemistry of Materials Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Circulation Research Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Circulation Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Clinical Cancer Research Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Construction and Building Materials Review Time: What to Expect
- Current Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Developmental Cell Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Diabetes Care Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Ecological Indicators Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- eLife Review Time: What to Expect Under the New Model
- EMBO Journal Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Endoscopy Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Energy Conversion and Management Review Time: Decision Timing and Revision Planning
- Environment International Review Time: First Decision and Peer Review Planning
- Environmental Research Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Environmental Science & Technology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- European Heart Journal Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Expert Systems with Applications Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Food Chemistry Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Frontiers in Immunology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Frontiers in Microbiology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Frontiers in Plant Science Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Fuel Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Gastroenterology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Genes & Development Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Genome Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Genome Research Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Gut Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Hepatology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- IEEE Access Review Time: Time to First Decision and Publication
- IEEE TPAMI Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Immunity Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review Time 2026: Time to First Decision and Publication
- International Journal of Oral Science Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- International Journal of Production Research Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- JACC Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- JACS Review Time 2026: Time to First Decision and Full Timeline
- JAMA Cardiology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- JAMA Oncology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- JAMA Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- JCI Insight Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- JCI Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Applied Physics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Biological Chemistry Review Time: What to Expect
- Journal of Cell Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Chemical Physics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Cleaner Production Review Time: Time to First Decision and Publication
- Journal of Clinical Oncology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Economic Theory Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Energy Storage Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Environmental Management Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Experimental Medicine Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Hazardous Materials Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Hydrology Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Immunology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Management Studies Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Medical Internet Research Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Membrane Science Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Journal of Power Sources Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Kidney International Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Lancet Infectious Diseases Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Lancet Neurology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Lancet Oncology Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Lancet Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Materials Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Microbiome Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Microchemical Journal Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- MNRAS Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Molecular Cell Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Molecular Systems Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Molecular Therapy Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Molecules Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nano Letters Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Biotechnology Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Nature Cell Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Chemical Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Communications Review Time: What to Expect at Every Stage
- Nature Communications Review Timeline: Desk Decision to Final Decision
- Nature Genetics Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Immunology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Medicine Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Nature Metabolism Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Methods Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Microbiology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Protocols Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Reviews Cancer Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nature Structural Molecular Biology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- NEJM Review Time: What to Expect From Submission to Decision
- Neuron Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Nucleic Acids Research Review Time 2026: How Long to First Decision?
- Nutrients Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Physical Review B Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Physical Review D Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- PLOS Medicine Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- PLOS ONE Review Time: What to Expect in 2026
- PNAS Nexus Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Polymers Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Remote Sensing Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Research Policy Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Resources Conservation and Recycling Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- RNA Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Science Advances First Decision Time: What to Expect in 2026
- Science Advances Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Science Immunology Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Science Journal Review Time 2026: Time to First Decision and Full Timeline
- Science of The Total Environment Review Time 2026: Time to First Decision and Publication
- Science of the Total Environment Time to First Decision
- Science Translational Medicine Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Small Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Sustainability Review Time 2026: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Tourism Management Review Time: Decision and Revision Planning
- Trends in Molecular Medicine Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
- Waste Management Review Time: First Decision and Revision Planning
- Water Research Review Time: What Authors Can Actually Expect
Related publishing collections
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These collection links connect submission, selection, review-time, rejection-risk, and manuscript-preparation pages without relying on the interactive blog index.
- Journal submission guidesBroad journal-specific submission readiness and upload guidance.
- Pre-submission review guidesReadiness, novelty, scope-fit, and manuscript-review decisions.
- Journal selection guidesChoosing a realistic target journal before submission.
- Desk rejection guidesEditor-screen and early rejection risk by journal or field.
- Journal status guidesUnder review, with editor, under consideration, and related statuses.
- Journal policy and metricsAI policies, formatting, APCs, acceptance rates, and journal metrics.
- Comparison guidesService, tool, and journal-vs-journal decision pages.
- Manuscript preparation guidesCover letters, abstracts, highlights, figures, and submission packages.