British Journal of Hospital Medicine: review time and acceptance speed

ISSN 0007-1064 · ISSN 1750-8460 · MA Healthcare · Medicine

Half of the articles British Journal of Hospital Medicine accepted in 2025 were accepted within 83 days of submission (n = 118); the middle half took 67–108 days.

Submission → acceptance (2025)
83 days median
middle half 67–108 · n = 118
Open access · fees
OA status not determined · no listed APC found

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

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How long does British Journal of Hospital Medicine take to accept a paper?

Days from submission to acceptance, by year of acceptance
YearArticles (n)25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctAccepted <14 daysHave a revised date
202511867831080.0%100%

Distribution in 2025

0–29 days: 0% (0 articles)030–59 days: 15% (18 articles)3060–89 days: 44% (52 articles)6090–119 days: 24% (28 articles)90120–149 days: 8% (9 articles)120150–179 days: 5% (6 articles)150180–209 days: 3% (3 articles)180210–239 days: 0% (0 articles)210240–269 days: 1% (1 articles)240270–299 days: 0% (0 articles)270300–329 days: 0% (0 articles)300330–359 days: 1% (1 articles)330360+ days: 0% (0 articles)360+days from submission to acceptance (30-day bins)
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DaysArticlesShare
0–2900.0%
30–591815.3%
60–895244.1%
90–1192823.7%
120–14997.6%
150–17965.1%
180–20932.5%
210–23900.0%
240–26910.8%
270–29900.0%
300–32900.0%
330–35910.8%
360+00.0%

From acceptance to online publication

Not enough articles with both an acceptance date and an online publication date to measure the time to online publication.

Read these numbers carefully

  • Only 0% of this journal's 2025 articles in PubMed carry both a submission and an acceptance date, so these figures may not represent all of its articles.
  • 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

Subscription or hybrid (not determined). No listed APC found in DOAJ or OpenAlex. That does not mean publishing is free — check the journal's author guidelines.

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 DOAJNo
Articles indexed for MEDLINE in 2025Yes
Retractions0 retracted articles among 1,037 added to PubMed in 2021–2025 (0.00 per 1,000), per the Retraction Watch Database.
Accepted within 14 days of submission0.0% of 2025 articles
Publication volume280 articles added to PubMed in 2025 (+33% 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 British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83 days.

Paid APC medianDOAJMEDLINE
Clinical Medicine101 (2025, n = 102)$2,500YesYes
Die Anaesthesiologie87 (2025, n = 56)≈$3,390NoYes
Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine82 (2025, n = 147)≈$3,050NoYes
Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition)79 (2025, n = 76)≈$2,700NoYes
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie176 (2025, n = 102)≈$4,390NoYes
British Journal of Anaesthesia115 (2025, n = 239)≈$4,450NoYes
European Journal of Anaesthesiology77 (2025, n = 208)NoYes
BJA Open105 (2025, n = 72)≈$2,022YesNo
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international167 (2025, n = 69)NoYes

Frequently asked questions

How long does British Journal of Hospital Medicine take to accept a paper?

Half of the articles British Journal of Hospital Medicine accepted in 2025 were accepted within 83 days of submission (n = 118); the middle half took 67–108 days. Based on dates in PubMed for accepted articles only.

Does British Journal of Hospital Medicine charge an article processing charge (APC)?

No listed APC found in DOAJ or OpenAlex. That does not mean publishing is free — check the journal's author guidelines.

Sources and method

Journal identity: ISSN-L 0007-1064; NLM ID 101257109; OpenAlex record. Speed figures use 118 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.