Fastest-accepting obstetrics and gynecology journals 2026

33 obstetrics and gynecology 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: 33
Typical median: 109 d
Under 60 days: 2
Over 180 days: 5

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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.

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Obstetrics and Gynecology journals by median days from submission to acceptance

Obstetrics and Gynecology journals ranked by median days from submission to acceptance in PubMed
Rank	Journal	Median days	Middle half	Articles	Quartile	2026 score
1	Case Reports in Womens Health	30†	20–46	100	Q3	0.8
2	Gynecologic Oncology Reports	55	44–69	100	Q3	1.1
3	Gynecologic Oncology	65	47–91	100	Q2	1.4
4	OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY	70	57–84	83	Q2	1.5
4	AJP Reports	70	37–146	88	Q3	0.9
6	Ginekologia Polska	72	29–133	100	Q3	0.9
7	European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology-X	78	55–187	89	Q2	1.5
8	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER	79	56–102	100	Q4	0.6
9	Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada	80	52–112	91	Q3	1.0
10	Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology	83	45–144	99	Q4	0.6
11	ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS	85	55–130	98	Q1	3.0
12	American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM	97	74–136	99	Q1	2.2
13	European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology	98	63–154	100	Q2	1.5
14	Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction	101	68–167	92	Q2	1.2
15	PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY	105	8–172	100	Q2	1.6
16	International Journal of Womens Health	107	88–135	100	Q2	1.4
17	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS	109	66–167	100	Q1	2.0
18	Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT	115	83–148	100	Q2	1.3
19	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY	121	83–158	98	Q2	1.9
20	Maternal-Fetal Medicine	135	87–184	100	Q3	1.2
21	JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH	140	97–176	98	Q2	1.3
22	Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine	149	127–179	51	Q4	0.6
22	BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY	149	115–212	100	Q1	2.8
24	ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA	151	89–186	62	Q1	2.9
25	Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia	152	85–221	84	Q2	1.8
26	Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India	170	79–251	100	Q4	0.4
26	BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	170	102–429	100	Q1	2.7
28	BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY	179	125–242	100	Q1	4.9
29	Journal of Gynecologic Oncology	192	140–255	99	Q1	2.7
30	AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY	202	132–298	95	Q3	1.2
31	Pregnancy Hypertension-An International Journal of Womens Cardiovascular Health	210	148–305	100	Q3	0.9
32	Journal of Pregnancy	235	124–306	38	Q3	1.0
33	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL	377	286–435	57	Q2	1.6

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 obstetrics and gynecology journal acceptance times

Which obstetrics and gynecology journals accept papers fastest?

Among the 33 obstetrics and gynecology 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 Gynecologic Oncology Reports (55 days), Gynecologic Oncology (65 days), OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (70 days), AJP Reports (70 days), Ginekologia Polska (72 days). These medians include peer review and revisions, and cover accepted papers only.

How long does a obstetrics and gynecology journal take to accept a paper?

The typical obstetrics and gynecology journal on this page has a median of 109 days from submission to acceptance. 2 of 33 journals have a median under 60 days and 5 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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