Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals by time to acceptance (2025)
72 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Medicine | 16 (8–196) | 228 | 42 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nutrients | 29 (23–38) | 3,822 | 3 | ≈$3,499 | Open access | 0.22 |
| Trends in Parasitology | 35 (22–51) | 146 | 24 | ≈$7,030 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | 46 (34–63) | 335 | 4 | ≈$3,300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.56 |
| Journal of Travel Medicine | 51 (25–79) | 122 | — | ≈$4,605 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Tropical Medicine and Health | 64 (51–90) | 199 | 21 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Acta Tropica | 70 (52–91) | 402 | 1 | ≈$3,160 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Medical Ethics | 72 (40–141) | 191 | 162 | — | Hybrid | 1.17 |
| Nutrition Research and Practice | 78 (45–100) | 72 | 20 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care | 88 (45–141) | 180 | 101 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | 88 (59–179) | 120 | 2 | $3,780 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| AEM Education and Training | 88 (59–132) | 107 | 33 | ≈$3,300 | — | 0.0 |
| Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | 89 (43–147) | 113 | 68 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | 96 (67–147) | 281 | 8 | ≈$4,760 | — | 0.0 |
| Medical Science Educator | 101 (84–124) | 125 | 18 | ≈$3,290 | — | 0.0 |
| Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning | 102 (72–140) | 180 | 14 | ≈$3,150 | — | 0.0 |
| Current Developments in Nutrition | 102 (74–137) | 170 | 10 | $5,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.37 |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 103 (63–173) | 405 | 73 | — | Hybrid | 0.4 |
| American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine | 103 (65–143) | 159 | 17 | ≈$4,150 | — | 0.0 |
| Advances in Nutrition | 103 (74–164) | 123 | 5 | ≈$5,200 | Hybrid | 1.62 |
| Infectious Diseases of Poverty | 108 (86–136) | 133 | 23 | $2,780 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| One Health Outlook | 109 (66–186) | 56 | 35 | $1,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Advances in Medical Education and Practice | 110 (90–133) | 219 | 14 | $3,565 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.17 |
| Journal of Addiction Medicine | 114 (82–159) | 186 | 32 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Dental Education | 115 (76–171) | 280 | 20 | ≈$3,570 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurology Education | 115 (82–165) | 59 | 49 | — | — | — |
| Medical Education | 123 (37–178) | 191 | 20 | ≈$5,250 | — | 0.0 |
| Contact Lens and Anterior Eye | 127 (77–169) | 115 | 8 | ≈$3,740 | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Palliative Care | 128 (87–203) | 320 | 18 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Tropical Medicine & International Health | 129 (79–180) | 68 | 16 | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
| Contraception | 131 (98–200) | 198 | 4 | ≈$3,500 | — | 0.0 |
| Malaria Journal | 132 (91–187) | 523 | 21 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Revista médica de Chile | 132 (95–195) | 124 | 133 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare | 134 (81–180) | 104 | 2 | $2,260 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics | 135 (95–198) | 174 | — | ≈$4,120 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 135 (88–208) | 142 | — | ≈$3,067 | — | 0.0 |
| Perspectives on Medical Education | 135 (67–176) | 94 | 40 | ≈$1,440 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The Ocular Surface | 135 (101–175) | 86 | 2 | ≈$5,330 | — | 0.0 |
| Contraception and Reproductive Medicine | 135 (81–220) | 82 | 20 | $2,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.94 |
| Reproduction Fertility and Development | 136 (96–164) | 59 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Vector Borne Diseases | 138 (101–197) | 86 | 153 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Nutrition Journal | 141 (103–193) | 199 | 21 | $3,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development | 141 (98–176) | 169 | 27 | $3,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología | 145 (94–203) | 74 | 44 | ≈$2,740 | — | 0.0 |
| Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | 146 (112–183) | 71 | 118 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Indian Journal of Palliative Care | 149 (112–191) | 65 | 52 | — | Open access | 3.07 |
| BMC Medical Education | 150 (103–226) | 1,888 | 20 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Appetite | 154 (113–226) | 404 | 2 | ≈$4,190 | Hybrid | 0.48 |
| BMC Medical Ethics | 158 (102–272) | 208 | 26 | $2,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 159 (110–205) | 152 | 25 | $3,285 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Palliative Care and Social Practice | 159 (119–197) | 110 | 40 | $2,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| MedEdPORTAL | 159 (130–185) | 73 | 51 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| PLoS neglected tropical diseases | 160 (116–231) | 793 | 21 | $2,670 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.5 |
| Journal of Clinical and Translational Science | 160 (114–223) | 238 | 14 | $2,925 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Injury Prevention | 168 (112–239) | 147 | 29 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Archives of Women s Mental Health | 170 (113–255) | 90 | 37 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| The Clinical Teacher | 179 (124–245) | 231 | — | ≈$3,620 | — | 0.0 |
| Pediatric Obesity | 186 (144–240) | 80 | 20 | ≈$4,880 | — | 0.0 |
| Academic Psychiatry | 189 (162–252) | 66 | 23 | ≈$3,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment | 190 (147–241) | 152 | 5 | ≈$3,440 | — | 0.0 |
| Advances in Health Sciences Education | 191 (158–252) | 76 | 12 | ≈$3,290 | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Nutrition | 199 (130–330) | 244 | 17 | $2,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Graduate Medical Education | 199 (145–229) | 60 | 80 | — | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Nutrition | 208 (155–307) | 289 | 23 | ≈$2,890 | Hybrid | 2.31 |
| Journal of Nutritional Science | 235 (167–305) | 85 | 34 | $3,655 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Women s Health Issues | 235 (176–275) | 69 | 40 | ≈$3,969 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities | 240 (168–362) | 161 | — | ≈$4,600 | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 241 (158–335) | 126 | 15 | ≈$3,590 | Hybrid | 1.28 |
| Biomédica | 254 (195–387) | 78 | 142 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Obesity Reviews | 263 (203–345) | 162 | 24 | ≈$5,450 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior | 294 (235–389) | 123 | 39 | ≈$2,840 | — | 0.0 |
| EcoHealth | 294 (139–413) | 69 | 33 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Bioethics Review | 102 (71–132) | 65 | 114 | ≈$3,490 | — | — |
| BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health | 109 (77–139) | 54 | 213 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Food & Nutrition Research | 181 (78–440) | 53 | 48 | ≈$2,596 | Open access (DOAJ) | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Pathology | 99 (44–172) | 81 | 51 | $2,360 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | 120 (73–158) | 50 | 3 | ≈$3,460 | — | — |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perspectives in Clinical Research | 45 (9–119) | 50 | 159 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
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Which Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 72 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 16 days (Academic Medicine). The middle journal's median was 135 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.