Ecology journals by time to acceptance (2025)
17 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 86 (58–111) | 128 | 2 | ≈$3,380 | — | 1.48 |
| Microbial Ecology | 94 (75–115) | 200 | 19 | ≈$4,590 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Systematic Parasitology | 104 (66–152) | 54 | 25 | ≈$3,690 | — | 0.0 |
| The ISME Journal | 122 (83–167) | 288 | — | ≈$4,241 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ecology and Evolution | 133 (89–182) | 1,999 | 18 | $2,700 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.28 |
| Environmental Microbiology | 140 (101–175) | 188 | — | ≈$4,640 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Experimental Biology | 141 (94–194) | 365 | 43 | — | — | 0.52 |
| Conservation Physiology | 143 (90–231) | 88 | 22 | ≈$2,587 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 145 (102–193) | 125 | — | ≈$3,371 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Integrative Zoology | 148 (106–195) | 142 | 58 | ≈$3,760 | — | 0.0 |
| ISME Communications | 149 (84–209) | 245 | 3 | ≈$2,539 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Environmental Microbiome | 153 (115–195) | 183 | 19 | $2,590 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.15 |
| Environmental Microbiology Reports | 161 (116–200) | 197 | — | ≈$3,300 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Movement Ecology | 179 (122–243) | 90 | 27 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 198 (127–315) | 212 | 34 | ≈$3,610 | — | 0.0 |
| Ecological Applications | 218 (127–295) | 182 | — | ≈$3,970 | — | 0.0 |
| Conservation Biology | 250 (172–330) | 232 | 88 | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Ecology (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Comparative Physiology B | 148 (94–217) | 65 | 29 | ≈$3,890 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMC Zoology | 175 (119–251) | 53 | 20 | $1,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
Latest available year: 2020
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremophiles | 93 (59–137) | 59 | 15 | ≈$2,590 | — | — |
| BMC Ecology | 195 (152–270) | 63 | 11 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
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Which Ecology journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 17 Ecology journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 86 days (Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology). The middle journal's median was 145 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.