Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals by time to acceptance (2025)
44 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peptides | 65 (47–88) | 60 | 1 | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | 67 (48–91) | 238 | 20 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.9 |
| Journal of Molecular Neuroscience | 68 (47–102) | 159 | 17 | ≈$4,990 | — | 1.5 |
| Journal of Neural Transmission | 72 (46–121) | 205 | 19 | ≈$4,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Neural Circuits | 79 (63–141) | 57 | 19 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Molecular Brain | 80 (55–118) | 95 | 16 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System | 84 (50–117) | 84 | — | ≈$4,550 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurochemical Research | 85 (62–129) | 314 | 16 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.73 |
| Neurochemistry International | 87 (64–120) | 134 | 1 | ≈$4,170 | — | 0.0 |
| Life Sciences | 89 (67–117) | 585 | 3 | ≈$3,810 | Hybrid | 6.52 |
| Neuroscience Letters | 89 (58–120) | 219 | 1 | ≈$3,430 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neuroscience Research | 90 (59–125) | 95 | 2 | $3,250 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior | 92 (61–160) | 105 | 3 | ≈$3,650 | — | 0.0 |
| Trends in Neurosciences | 92 (16–117) | 99 | 24 | ≈$7,030 | — | 0.0 |
| Pharmacological Reports | 93 (66–129) | 121 | 11 | ≈$3,290 | — | 1.72 |
| Neuropharmacology | 94 (69–132) | 363 | 2 | ≈$4,300 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroscience Methods | 95 (69–133) | 217 | 2 | ≈$3,900 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Experimental Neurology | 101 (77–133) | 362 | 2 | ≈$4,110 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Research Bulletin | 105 (76–149) | 467 | 2 | $3,610 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.58 |
| Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | 107 (75–153) | 223 | 7 | ≈$3,750 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Fluids and Barriers of the CNS | 108 (79–144) | 131 | 20 | $3,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychopharmacology | 109 (81–143) | 247 | 16 | ≈$5,290 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | 111 (79–163) | 127 | 22 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Cell and Tissue Research | 112 (80–160) | 82 | 18 | ≈$5,290 | — | 1.55 |
| The Journal of Physiology | 113 (50–170) | 613 | 24 | ≈$5,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Research | 115 (79–164) | 465 | 2 | ≈$3,360 | — | 2.19 |
| Neuroscience | 118 (83–164) | 671 | 2 | ≈$3,500 | Hybrid | 0.43 |
| European Journal of Pharmacology | 122 (90–162) | 1,009 | 1 | ≈$3,230 | — | 0.0 |
| Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 127 (92–173) | 135 | 27 | ≈$4,320 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| eNeuro | 131 (82–200) | 263 | 38 | $3,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neurochemistry | 133 (82–183) | 307 | — | ≈$5,330 | — | 0.0 |
| Addiction Biology | 139 (72–196) | 100 | — | $3,460 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Psychopharmacology | 140 (84–198) | 247 | 19 | ≈$4,390 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Progress in Neurobiology | 160 (123–209) | 85 | 2 | ≈$5,190 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Neuroscience | 162 (118–230) | 368 | — | ≈$3,560 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Glia | 173 (124–230) | 130 | 15 | ≈$5,450 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroscience | 175 (125–251) | 654 | 59 | — | Hybrid | 0.61 |
| The Journal of Comparative Neurology | 178 (121–226) | 91 | — | ≈$5,450 | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Neuroscience | 179 (131–258) | 63 | 14 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The Journal of General Physiology | 179 (103–293) | 53 | 27 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroscience Research | 182 (132–263) | 84 | — | ≈$4,840 | — | 0.0 |
| Hippocampus | 189 (97–259) | 58 | — | ≈$4,780 | — | 0.0 |
| Neuron | 211 (84–298) | 350 | 29 | ≈$10,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nature Neuroscience | 451 (350–614) | 208 | 53 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuropeptides | 63 (49–97) | 54 | 2 | ≈$3,530 | — | 3.97 |
| Frontiers in Neuroanatomy | 66 (53–81) | 67 | 19 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Reviews in the Neurosciences | 73 (55–104) | 50 | 24 | ≈$2,712 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Learning & Memory | 125 (90–167) | 53 | 56 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy | 85 (53–104) | 100 | 2 | ≈$3,230 | — | 35.03 |
| Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 96 (72–132) | 64 | 5 | ≈$3,450 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience | 58 (37–79) | 66 | 27 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Neurotoxicity Research | 88 (57–121) | 156 | 14 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2020
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developmental Neurobiology | 140 (84–188) | 59 | 25 | ≈$4,550 | — | — |
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Which Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 44 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 65 days (Peptides). The middle journal's median was 111 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.