Nephrology journals by time to acceptance (2025)
27 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Urology and Nephrology | 65 (39–101) | 460 | 11 | ≈$3,690 | — | 1.06 |
| Kidney International | 68 (28–188) | 293 | 38 | ≈$3,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Nephrology | 72 (57–108) | 75 | 27 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis | 91 (64–137) | 79 | 10 | ≈$3,350 | — | 0.0 |
| Kidney International Reports | 94 (58–134) | 394 | 8 | $3,100 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.56 |
| Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 95 (70–144) | 100 | — | ≈$3,926 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease | 99 (33–141) | 83 | 66 | $2,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pediatric Nephrology | 101 (73–133) | 354 | 29 | ≈$4,337 | Hybrid | 0.53 |
| Clinical Kidney Journal | 103 (64–153) | 118 | 22 | ≈$3,241 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Kidney Research and Clinical Practice | 105 (48–157) | 98 | 92 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | 107 (70–170) | 162 | 16 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| CEN Case Reports | 112 (77–174) | 118 | 32 | ≈$4,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nephrology | 115 (82–170) | 279 | 39 | ≈$4,337 | — | 0.0 |
| World Journal of Nephrology | 115 (91–134) | 68 | — | — | Open access | — |
| Nephrology | 116 (79–186) | 123 | — | ≈$4,110 | — | 0.0 |
| American Journal of Nephrology | 116 (83–150) | 99 | 17 | — | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Nephrology | 127 (92–184) | 776 | 15 | $3,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.41 |
| Brazilian Journal of Nephrology | 129 (99–190) | 79 | — | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Kidney360 | 130 (95–168) | 205 | 11 | $1,800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Blood Purification | 135 (95–195) | 91 | 20 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| The Nephron journals/Nephron journals | 136 (107–222) | 86 | 22 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Hemodialysis International | 141 (109–189) | 113 | 14 | ≈$3,700 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | 156 (134–192) | 145 | 6 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Kidney & Blood Pressure Research | 157 (132–217) | 68 | 22 | $3,040 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | 165 (140–194) | 138 | 5 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 168 (125–213) | 166 | 71 | ≈$3,900 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Renal Nutrition | 181 (127–246) | 83 | 15 | ≈$3,490 | — | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Nephrology (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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Journal of Nephrology | 40 (12–85) | 141 | 87 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Nefrología (English Edition) | 90 (52–136) | 52 | — | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.31 |
| Cardiorenal Medicine | 99 (58–135) | 57 | 16 | $3,040 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Advances in Kidney Disease and Health | 171 (106–215) | 59 | — | ≈$3,200 | — | — |
Latest available year: 2023
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars in Dialysis | 154 (83–208) | 53 | 19 | ≈$3,730 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease | 118 (77–173) | 69 | — | ≈$2,900 | — | — |
| Néphrologie & Thérapeutique | 140 (78–225) | 60 | 85 | ≈$1,780 | — | 0.0 |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney Diseases | 86 (53–125) | 53 | 68 | $2,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases | 107 (74–139) | 70 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
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Which Nephrology journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 27 Nephrology journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 65 days (International Urology and Nephrology). The middle journal's median was 115 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.