Fastest Review Journals in Physics, Condensed Matter

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Quick answerAmong 28 journals in Physics, Condensed Matter that publish their review dates, Physics and Chemistry of Liquids has the shortest review time: a median of 59 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Physics and Chemistry of Liquids59 21–1151.71SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
2Journal of Surface Investigation X-ray Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques60 36–750.39ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
3physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters73 50–982.00SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
4Physics of the Solid State74 45–1082.23SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
5The European Physical Journal B80 54–1262.71SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
6Semiconductors82 54–1342.04SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
7Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics89 62–1292.93SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
8Advanced Functional Materials89 69–12615.7SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
9Advanced Energy Materials90 72–11819.8SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
10Advanced Physics Research90 63–1243.25ESCIOpen access · APC ~US$2,690
11Ionics91 61–1333.98SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
12physica status solidi (b)92 63–1232.10ScopusHybrid / subscription
13Small94 70–1329.13SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
14Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism95 56–1462.38SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15Journal of Low Temperature Physics98 70–1521.96SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16Radiation effects and defects in solids104 69–1511.96SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
17Advanced Materials106 76–15723.5SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
18Plasma Processes and Polymers106 69–1452.84SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19Phase Transitions114 72–1821.25SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Laser & Photonics Review121 90–1697.11SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
21Integrated ferroelectrics126 95–1681.06SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Ferroelectrics135 110–1391.47SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23Advances in Condensed Matter Physics140 101–1822.62SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$1,630
24npj Quantum Materials148 117–2087.05SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$2,890
25The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics150 100–2161.18SCIEHybrid / subscription
26Philosophical Magazine Letters150 104–1913.84SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
27npj Quantum Information211 164–2797.45SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$4,290
28Nature Materials276 204–36223.9SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription

The box shows the middle half of each journal's papers and the dark line its median. *Impact factor: 2-year citedness from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value.

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Source, method and date. Source: the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, the days from received to accepted for its research articles of the last 24 months (at least 10 articles), then the median; journals whose publisher does not deposit these dates are not listed. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Only accepted papers carry these dates, so rejections are not counted, and a journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with these journals.

Frequently asked questions

Which Physics, Condensed Matter journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Physics and Chemistry of Liquids (59 days); Journal of Surface Investigation X-ray Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques (60 days); physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters (73 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 29 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Physics, Condensed Matter a good choice?

Review time is one factor. Check the journal’s scope, indexing and impact factor too, and confirm it is not predatory: a very short review with no real reviewer comments is a warning sign. Journal pages on ScholarsColab show all of these together.

Where do these review times come from?

From the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit in Crossref, the scholarly publication registry. ScholarsColab takes the median for each journal over its research articles of the last 24 months. Updated 29 October 2026.

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