Fastest-accepting endocrinology journals 2026

74 endocrinology journals ranked by the median number of days from submission to acceptance, measured from the dates publishers deposit in PubMed for articles published 2024–2025. The interval includes peer review and revisions.

Journals: 74
Typical median: 99 d
Under 60 days: 7
Over 180 days: 6

Read this before using the ranking

Accepted papers only. Rejected manuscripts never receive an acceptance date, so these figures say nothing about desk-rejection speed, rejection rates or your chance of acceptance.
Not the time to a first decision. The interval runs from the “received” date to the “accepted” date the publisher deposits in PubMed. It includes editorial handling, peer review, every round of revision and the time authors spent revising.
Journals record dates differently. Some reset the received date when a revised manuscript arrives, and manuscripts transferred from another journal may keep or lose their earlier dates. Short medians are therefore not always comparable with long ones.
Past timelines are not a promise. Each figure comes from up to 100 recent articles published 2024–2025. Article types, special issues, editors and workload all change, and your paper may take much longer or much less time.
Fast is not the same as good. Check the journal’s scope, indexing, peer-review policy and editorial board before submitting. An unusually quick acceptance can be a warning sign of light peer review.

Journal Metrics is independent and is not affiliated with any journal or publisher listed. The figures are for information only, may contain errors and change as PubMed records are updated. Confirm current timelines on the journal’s own website. See how to spot predatory journals.

Endocrinology journals by median days from submission to acceptance

Endocrinology journals ranked by median days from submission to acceptance in PubMed
Rank	Journal	Median days	Middle half	Articles	Quartile	2026 score
1	Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology	39	0–80	96	Q1	16.0
2	Metabolism Open	40	25–57	100	Q1	5.6
3	Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies	51	37–63	82	Q4	0.2
4	DIABETES & METABOLISM	53	27–83	99	Q1	3.3
5	Diabetes Therapy	55	38–77	100	Q1	5.2
6	Journal of Clinical Medicine Research-Canada	57	47–74	100	Q3	1.5
7	Endokrynologia Polska	58	35–89	100	Q3	1.3
8	Endocrinologia Diabetes y Nutricion	61	36–94	98	Q4	0.6
9	Cardiovascular Diabetology	62	48–88	100	Q1	16.2
9	ADVANCES IN THERAPY	62	47–101	100	Q1	3.9
11	DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM	68	44–89	100	Q1	4.9
12	Medical Bulletin of Sisli Etfal Hospital	69	37–105	99	Q3	0.7
13	JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	72	54–99	100	Q1	3.2
13	Frontiers in Endocrinology	72	49–109	100	Q1	4.4
15	Endocrine Practice	74	49–110	100	Q3	0.8
16	DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE	75	46–122	99	Q2	2.5
17	Endocrinology and Metabolism	78	49–99	98	Q1	4.9
18	STEROIDS	79	52–106	99	Q2	2.5
19	GROWTH HORMONE & IGF RESEARCH	81	45–115	34	Q3	1.1
20	Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome	86	55–143	100	Q1	4.9
21	Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare	88	63–130	100	Q2	2.2
21	Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism	88	61–133	98	Q2	2.1
23	Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders	90	52–137	100	Q2	2.0
24	Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry	91	60–129	100	Q2	1.6
25	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY	92	49–126	90	Q1	3.8
25	International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism	92	62–140	44	Q1	3.9
27	CURRENT DIABETES REVIEWS	93	78–115	100	Q1	3.0
28	AACE Clinical Case Reports	94	64–128	100	Q2	1.8
29	ACTA DIABETOLOGICA	95	63–119	100	Q1	2.8
30	DIABETES CARE	96	77–114	100	Q1	12.6
30	World Journal of Diabetes	96	81–120	100	Q1	3.2
30	Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism	96	58–124	49	Q1	3.2
33	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	97	71–123	100	Q3	1.4
33	Endocrine Connections	97	59–135	99	Q3	1.9
33	Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism	97	58–136	100	Q2	2.6
33	Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology	97	64–153	89	Q1	4.3
37	CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY	98	74–141	100	Q2	2.1
38	Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity	100	71–126	100	Q1	3.4
38	Journal of Diabetes Investigation	100	69–154	100	Q1	2.7
40	JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM	101	68–146	99	Q3	1.0
41	JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION	102	72–142	100	Q1	3.2
41	Thyroid Research	102	78–148	85	Q1	2.4
43	Primary Care Diabetes	103	66–145	100	Q2	2.1
44	Journal of the Endocrine Society	105	72–150	70	Q4	0.5
45	DIABETOLOGIA	106	77–152	100	Q1	7.8
46	ENDOCRINE	107	76–137	100	Q1	3.5
46	JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS	107	65–180	100	Q1	3.0
48	Hormone Research in Paediatrics	108	70–157	85	Q2	2.8
49	Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology	110	64–139	94	Q4	0.6
50	Diabetology International	112	77–168	99	Q2	1.8
51	Journal of Diabetes	114	71–199	100	Q1	4.4
52	Diabetes & Metabolism Journal	117	70–171	90	Q1	6.5
53	DIABETIC MEDICINE	120	79–168	100	Q2	2.4
54	Clinical Medicine Insights-Endocrinology and Diabetes	123	102–157	67	Q2	2.2
55	BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care	124	89–164	99	Q1	4.5
56	BMC Endocrine Disorders	129	87–225	100	Q1	3.2
57	MATURITAS	138	88–194	99	Q2	2.3
58	European Thyroid Journal	139	83–182	99	Q1	4.1
59	JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY	148	94–184	100	Q1	5.7
59	Canadian Journal of Diabetes	148	107–203	93	Q4	0.7
61	DIABETES	149	94–183	97	Q4	0.5
62	Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism	155	114–197	100	Q2	2.5
62	Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism	155	114–206	99	Q3	1.4
62	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE	155	104–214	27	Q1	0.8
65	Case Reports in Endocrinology	163	114–232	88	Q4	0.6
66	Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports	164	110–223	100	Q3	0.8
67	Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism	170	133–213	94	Q1	5.5
68	DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS	171	117–277	99	Q1	4.6
69	JMIR Diabetes	183	121–246	87	Q1	2.3
70	Journal of Diabetes Research	190	110–271	100	Q2	2.2
71	PEDIATRIC DIABETES	201	131–271	92	Q1	2.4
72	International Journal of Hypertension	227	161–333	42	Q3	1.0
73	Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome-Clinical Research & Reviews	229	117–334	100	Q1	5.0
74	International Journal of Endocrinology	311	191–386	100	Q3	1.7

Median days: half of the journal’s accepted articles took less time from submission to acceptance and half took more. Middle half: the 25th to 75th percentile. Articles: how many recent PubMed articles had both dates. Journals with the same rounded median share a rank.

Median under 30 days. Very short intervals usually reflect how a journal records its dates (for example a new received date after revision) or invited and fast-track article types such as reviews and editorials, not unusually quick peer review. Check the journal’s peer-review policy before reading anything into them.

Questions about endocrinology journal acceptance times

Which endocrinology journals accept papers fastest?

Among the 74 endocrinology journals with enough PubMed dates, the shortest median times from submission to acceptance (leaving out medians under 30 days, which usually reflect how dates are recorded) are Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (39 days), Metabolism Open (40 days), Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies (51 days), DIABETES & METABOLISM (53 days), Diabetes Therapy (55 days). These medians include peer review and revisions, and cover accepted papers only.

How long does a endocrinology journal take to accept a paper?

The typical endocrinology journal on this page has a median of 99 days from submission to acceptance. 7 of 74 journals have a median under 60 days and 6 take more than 180 days.

Is this the peer review time?

No. PubMed records when a manuscript was received and when it was accepted, not the individual review stages. The interval includes editorial handling, peer review, revisions and the time authors spent revising, so it is longer than the time to a first decision. For first-decision times, check the journal’s own website.

Does a fast journal mean my paper is more likely to be accepted?

No. Only accepted papers have an acceptance date, so this ranking says nothing about acceptance rates or how quickly a journal rejects papers. A very fast acceptance can also be a sign of light peer review. Check the journal’s scope, indexing and peer-review policy before submitting.

About this data

Source: the received and accepted dates publishers deposit in PubMed, read through the public NCBI E-utilities for articles published 2024-01-01 to 2025-12-31, up to 100 recent articles per journal. Data checked 2026-11-03.
A journal is ranked only when at least 20 articles have both dates and at least half of the articles checked have them. Journals that do not deposit dates in PubMed, including most journals outside the life sciences, cannot be ranked here.
The ranking uses each journal’s median: half of its accepted articles took less time and half took more. The middle-half range shows the 25th to 75th percentile.
Fields come from the OpenAlex classification of each journal’s research topics. A journal joins a field when at least two of its four main topics are in it, so a journal can appear in more than one field and some classifications are imperfect.
Quartile and score are the journal’s best OpenAlex subfield quartile and its Journal Metrics Score, shown for context; they play no part in the order.

The full journal-level dataset is in the journal acceptance times study (with a CSV download). Spot an error or a journal whose dates look wrong? Tell us.

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