Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety: review time and acceptance speed

ISSN 1541-4337 · Wiley · Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Half of the articles Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety accepted in 2025 were accepted within 118 days of submission (n = 262); the middle half took 96–156 days.

Submission → acceptance (2025)
118 days median
middle half 96–156 · n = 262
Change since 2023
Faster than 2023: the median fell from 147 to 118 days (90% CI -41 to -17 days).
Open access · fees
OA status not determined · ≈$5,000

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

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How long does Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety take to accept a paper?

days0601201802402020: middle half 105–160 days1302020n=1632021: middle half 103–175 days1342021n=1962022: middle half 111–197 days1442022n=1632023: middle half 110–186 days1472023n=1702024: middle half 93–150 days1182024n=2272025: middle half 96–156 days1182025n=262
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
2025262961181562030.0%100%
2024227931181501860.4%99%
20231701101471860.0%100%
20221631111441970.0%100%
20211961031341750.0%100%
20201631051301600.0%100%

Distribution in 2025

0–29 days: 0% (0 articles)030–59 days: 1% (2 articles)3060–89 days: 19% (51 articles)6090–119 days: 32% (83 articles)90120–149 days: 20% (52 articles)120150–179 days: 14% (36 articles)150180–209 days: 6% (15 articles)180210–239 days: 3% (9 articles)210240–269 days: 1% (3 articles)240270–299 days: 2% (5 articles)270300–329 days: 1% (3 articles)300330–359 days: 0% (1 articles)330360+ days: 1% (2 articles)360+days from submission to acceptance (30-day bins)
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DaysArticlesShare
0–2900.0%
30–5920.8%
60–895119.5%
90–1198331.7%
120–1495219.8%
150–1793613.7%
180–209155.7%
210–23993.4%
240–26931.1%
270–29951.9%
300–32931.1%
330–35910.4%
360+20.8%

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

  • 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). Listed APC: about $5,000 (as reported by OpenAlex).

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 1,042 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 volume267 articles added to PubMed in 2025 (+9% vs 2024).

Topics and scope

Agricultural and Biological Sciences journalsFood Science 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 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 118 days.

Paid APC medianDOAJMEDLINE
Food Research International106 (2025, n = 2,339)≈$4,320$2,389 (5 payments)NoYes
Current Research in Food Science75 (2025, n = 321)$3,480$2,615 (8 payments)YesNo
Foods33 (2025, n = 4,333)≈$3,544$2,664 (132 payments)YesNo
Journal of Food Science105 (2025, n = 813)≈$4,550NoYes
Food Chemistry X95 (2025, n = 1,301)$2,350$2,285 (6 payments)YesNo
Food Chemistry121 (2025, n = 4,583)≈$4,930NoYes
International Journal of Food Science175 (2025, n = 116)$990YesNo
Food Science & Nutrition123 (2025, n = 1,365)≈$3,630NoNo
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture142 (2025, n = 752)≈$4,620NoYes
Food Technology and Biotechnology256 (2025, n = 54)No fee (DOAJ)YesNo

Frequently asked questions

How long does Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety take to accept a paper?

Half of the articles Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety accepted in 2025 were accepted within 118 days of submission (n = 262); the middle half took 96–156 days. Based on dates in PubMed for accepted articles only.

Does Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety charge an article processing charge (APC)?

Listed APC: about $5,000 (as reported by OpenAlex).

Sources and method

Journal identity: ISSN-L 1541-4337; NLM ID 101305205; OpenAlex record. Speed figures use 262 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.