Fastest Review Journals in Social Sciences, Biomedical

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Check the full review time of any journalMedian days, your chances within 3 or 6 months, the dates if you submit today and faster journals in the same subjects.
Quick answerAmong 23 journals in Social Sciences, Biomedical that publish their review dates, Journal of Cancer Survivorship has the shortest review time: a median of 96 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Journal of Cancer Survivorship96 72–1473.23SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
2BMC Medical Ethics108 76–1794.37SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$2,290
3AIDS Care124 85–1781.34JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
4Journal of Bioethical Inquiry130 78–2331.84SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
5Discover Social Science and Health132 98–1781.71ESCI, ScopusOpen access · APC ~US$1,490
6International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being134 100–2183.00SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$1,790
7Critical Public Health140 107–2051.01SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
8Culture Health & Sexuality162 121–2121.64SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
9Psycho-Oncology168 113–2322.84SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
10Culture Medicine and Psychiatry179 108–2741.56SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
11AIDS and Behavior180 110–2682.39SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
12Metamedicine182 92–2631.78ScopusHybrid / subscription
13Sociology of Health & Illness183 71–2591.58SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
14Journal of Legal Medicine185 120–2480.04SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15Neuroethics194 145–2603.17SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice194 136–2651.12ESCI, ScopusOpen access
17Journal of Genetic Counseling197 134–2582.17SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
18Anthropology and Medicine242 167–3701.89SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19Medical Anthropology Quarterly250 114–3980.58SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Human Nature251 194–3102.16ScopusHybrid / subscription
21Bioethics266 114–3371.58SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Health Risk & Society278 226–3461.98SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23BioSocieties331 237–3941.46SSCI, 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 Social Sciences, Biomedical journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Journal of Cancer Survivorship (96 days); BMC Medical Ethics (108 days); AIDS Care (124 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 29 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Social Sciences, Biomedical 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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