Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology: review time and acceptance speed

ISSN 2732-494X · Cambridge University Press · Medicine

Half of the articles Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology accepted in 2025 were accepted within 72 days of submission (n = 295); the middle half took 49–99 days.

Submission → acceptance (2025)
72 days median
middle half 49–99 · n = 295
Acceptance → online
46 days median
middle half 36–61 · n = 295
Change since 2023
No clear change since 2023 (median 64 → 72 days; 90% CI +2 to +15 days).
Open access · fees
Open access (DOAJ) · $2,640

Accepted articles only · dates deposited by the publisher in PubMed · data as of Sep 15, 2026

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How long does Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology take to accept a paper?

days03060901202021: middle half 26–106 days632021n=1012022: middle half 43–88 days642022n=1752023: middle half 50–87 days642023n=1862024: middle half 57–103 days762024n=2462025: middle half 49–99 days722025n=295
Line = median; shaded box = middle half of articles (25th–75th percentile). Year of acceptance.
Days from submission to acceptance, by year of acceptance
YearArticles (n)25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctAccepted <14 daysHave a revised date
20252954972991350.7%99%
202424657761031430.4%99%
20231865064873.8%94%
20221754364887.4%93%
2021101266310615.8%77%

Distribution in 2025

0–29 days: 4% (11 articles)030–59 days: 34% (100 articles)3060–89 days: 31% (90 articles)6090–119 days: 17% (50 articles)90120–149 days: 8% (25 articles)120150–179 days: 3% (9 articles)150180–209 days: 1% (4 articles)180210–239 days: 1% (4 articles)210240–269 days: 0% (1 articles)240270–299 days: 0% (0 articles)270300–329 days: 0% (1 articles)300330–359 days: 0% (0 articles)330360+ days: 0% (0 articles)360+days from submission to acceptance (30-day bins)
Show as a table
DaysArticlesShare
0–29113.7%
30–5910033.9%
60–899030.5%
90–1195016.9%
120–149258.5%
150–17993.1%
180–20941.4%
210–23941.4%
240–26910.3%
270–29900.0%
300–32910.3%
330–35900.0%
360+00.0%

From acceptance to online publication

After acceptance, half of the 2025 articles appeared online within 46 days (middle half 36–61 days, n = 295).

From submission to online publication, the median was 123 days (middle half 96–160 days, n = 295).

Read these numbers carefully

  • These times describe articles the journal accepted. Rejected manuscripts never appear in public data, so they cannot tell you how long a rejection takes.
  • Dates are the ones the publisher deposited with PubMed. Some publishers record the date a revised manuscript arrived as the submission date, which makes review look faster.
  • Invited articles and special issues can move faster than regular submissions.

Open access status and publishing fees

Open access (listed in DOAJ). Listed APC: $2,640 (DOAJ).

No institutional payments for this journal are recorded in OpenAPC.

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Integrity and indexing signals

Facts from public records, shown without judgement. See the methodology for why each can be worth a closer look.

Listed in DOAJYes (DOAJ record)
Articles indexed for MEDLINE in 2025None found (the journal may be in PubMed through PubMed Central instead)
Retractions0 retracted articles among 977 added to PubMed in 2021–2025 (0.00 per 1,000), per the Retraction Watch Database.
Accepted within 14 days of submission0.7% of 2025 articles
Publication volume332 articles added to PubMed in 2025 (+71% vs 2024).

Topics and scope

Medicine journals

Similar journals — faster or cheaper, side by side

Journals publishing on the most similar topics (OpenAlex), ordered by similarity. Only 2025 figures are compared with the 2025 median of Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 72 days.

Paid APC medianDOAJMEDLINE
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance91 (2025, n = 192)≈$2,539$2,818 (16 payments)YesNo
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control146 (2025, n = 173)$3,290$2,841 (9 payments)YesYes
Infection Prevention in Practice167 (2025, n = 51)$1,500YesNo
Open Forum Infectious Diseases102 (2025, n = 708)$3,859$4,105 (54 payments)YesNo
Journal of Hospital Infection94 (2025, n = 274)≈$4,000NoYes
Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection176 (2025, n = 116)$2,000YesYes
Antibiotics36 (2025, n = 1,295)≈$3,544$2,591 (71 payments)YesNo
Infectious Diseases Now98 (2025, n = 109)≈$1,640NoYes
American Journal of Infection Control101 (2025, n = 225)≈$3,360NoYes
Clinical Microbiology and Infection103 (2025, n = 280)≈$3,780NoYes

Frequently asked questions

How long does Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology take to accept a paper?

Half of the articles Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology accepted in 2025 were accepted within 72 days of submission (n = 295); the middle half took 49–99 days. Based on dates in PubMed for accepted articles only.

How long after acceptance are Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology articles published online?

Half of the articles accepted in 2025 appeared online within 46 days of acceptance (n = 295).

Does Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology charge an article processing charge (APC)?

Listed APC: $2,640 (DOAJ).

Sources and method

Journal identity: ISSN-L 2732-494X; NLM ID 9918266096106676; OpenAlex record. Speed figures use 295 articles accepted in 2025 with valid dates; excluded records for that year: none.

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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.