Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism journals by time to acceptance (2025)
63 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolism Open | 40 (28–59) | 87 | 1 | $2,230 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetes & Metabolism | 42 (23–61) | 70 | 8 | ≈$4,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Pituitary | 49 (34–65) | 52 | 23 | ≈$4,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Therapy | 58 (40–86) | 131 | 24 | $7,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society | 61 (36–90) | 205 | 208 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Endokrynologia Polska | 62 (39–88) | 88 | — | ≈$808 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Diabetology | 65 (47–88) | 474 | 21 | $4,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Endocrinología Diabetes y Nutrición (English ed ) | 67 (41–99) | 92 | — | ≈$2,750 | — | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism | 68 (48–89) | 739 | 15 | ≈$5,380 | — | 0.0 |
| Endocrine Practice | 69 (49–99) | 216 | 6 | ≈$3,480 | — | 0.0 |
| AACE Endocrinology and Diabetes | 74 (52–94) | 150 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism | 79 (50–106) | 86 | 70 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 80 (50–123) | 508 | 3 | ≈$4,410 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare | 87 (64–126) | 88 | 23 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets | 88 (67–112) | 215 | 132 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism | 91 (58–133) | 124 | — | $3,440 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| JCEM Case Reports | 91 (65–113) | 106 | 43 | $930 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Endocrinology | 92 (61–140) | 2,547 | 21 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.61 |
| Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism | 92 (68–138) | 175 | 18 | ≈$2,712 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Endocrine | 94 (70–131) | 368 | 17 | ≈$3,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders | 94 (60–133) | 281 | 19 | ≈$3,990 | — | 1.67 |
| Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome | 95 (63–153) | 490 | 17 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.17 |
| Diabetes Care | 96 (75–116) | 247 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism | 97 (73–129) | 160 | — | ≈$3,750 | Hybrid | 0.3 |
| Journal of Diabetes Investigation | 98 (62–144) | 208 | 18 | $3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Endocrine Connections | 98 (65–136) | 187 | 16 | ≈$2,360 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetology International | 99 (73–148) | 78 | 24 | ≈$3,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Acta Diabetologica | 100 (64–158) | 175 | 26 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Hormone Research in Paediatrics | 100 (66–152) | 106 | 15 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Endocrinological Investigation | 102 (65–144) | 257 | 17 | ≈$4,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Primary care diabetes | 102 (66–144) | 95 | 7 | ≈$3,150 | — | 0.0 |
| Current Diabetes Reviews | 102 (79–124) | 55 | — | — | — | 2.17 |
| Diabetologia | 104 (77–141) | 244 | 70 | ≈$3,490 | Hybrid | 0.97 |
| World Journal of Diabetes | 105 (83–139) | 248 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Endocrine Society | 105 (70–149) | 75 | 9 | $3,100 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Endocrinology | 106 (69–141) | 192 | — | ≈$4,292 | Hybrid | 1.07 |
| Clinical Endocrinology | 106 (80–149) | 179 | 11 | ≈$4,250 | — | 1.25 |
| Journal of Diabetes and its Complications | 107 (64–167) | 152 | 3 | ≈$3,760 | — | 1.36 |
| Thyroid Research | 109 (78–142) | 56 | 41 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity | 111 (81–141) | 369 | 15 | $4,320 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.04 |
| Metabolism | 114 (86–163) | 155 | 3 | ≈$5,340 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Diabetes | 118 (71–214) | 98 | — | $3,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care | 122 (88–168) | 80 | 25 | ≈$4,827 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetic Medicine | 128 (89–187) | 202 | 19 | ≈$4,870 | — | 0.0 |
| Diabetes & Metabolism Journal | 128 (69–191) | 86 | 97 | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.45 |
| European Thyroid Journal | 132 (81–175) | 109 | 16 | ≈$2,308 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Maturitas | 136 (86–194) | 191 | 3 | ≈$4,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Endocrine Oncology | 136 (97–195) | 52 | 16 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Endocrinology | 141 (91–192) | 61 | 16 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| BMC Endocrine Disorders | 143 (95–236) | 319 | 20 | $3,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.39 |
| Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports | 144 (99–218) | 85 | 14 | ≈$673 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Canadian Journal of Diabetes | 145 (107–203) | 61 | 8 | ≈$3,300 | — | 0.0 |
| HORMONES | 147 (114–194) | 119 | 15 | ≈$2,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Diabetes | 155 (103–200) | 205 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism | 155 (118–202) | 78 | 66 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 166 (113–261) | 83 | — | ≈$4,780 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Case Reports in Endocrinology | 172 (119–222) | 59 | 26 | $960 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism | 183 (136–226) | 63 | 43 | $2,650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| JMIR Diabetes | 183 (127–246) | 57 | 56 | $1,985 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pediatric Diabetes | 183 (120–269) | 56 | 27 | ≈$2,740 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Diabetes Research | 200 (133–273) | 179 | 30 | $3,040 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews | 212 (117–330) | 78 | 1 | ≈$4,450 | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Endocrinology | 290 (191–385) | 113 | 24 | $3,110 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Problems of Endocrinology | 54 (25–97) | 51 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology | 73 (34–108) | 99 | 56 | ≈$7,280 | Hybrid | 1.9 |
| AACE Clinical Case Reports | 91 (64–126) | 85 | 5 | ≈$900 | Open access | 0.0 |
| Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism | 147 (104–205) | 69 | 132 | ≈$621 | Open access (DOAJ) | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuro-endocrinology letters | 81 (41–122) | 64 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism | 89 (66–133) | 52 | 177 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endocrinology | 84 (58–109) | 148 | — | ≈$3,750 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
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Which Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 63 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 40 days (Metabolism Open). The middle journal's median was 102 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.