Fast Publication in Physics
Elsevier aims to offer you the fastest possible speed of publication, without compromising on the quality of our peer-review process. This is a promise the editorial and publishing teams work hard to keep.
Current review and production time averages for our Physics journals* are highlighted below:
Journal | First decision submission to first decision in weeks | Review speed submission to final decision in weeks | First online acceptance to citable online in weeks |
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the interdisciplinary journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena | 6.21 | 8.40 | 4.10 |
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation | 8.11 | 10.19 | 2.27 |
Computer Physics Communications | 9.22 | 15.56 | 1.63 |
High Energy Density Physics | 5.44 | 10.53 | 1.96 |
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics | 11.64 | 15.80 | 2.34 |
Journal of Computational Physics | 13.22 | 20.31 | 1.39 |
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 4.63 | 6.59 | 3.25 |
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 8.17 | 16.72 | 1.34 |
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena | 7.39 | 11.48 | 1.59 |
Physics of Life Reviews | 0.37 | 0.37 | 1.27 |
Results in Physics | 5.84 | 7.46 | 1.57 |
Information on timeframe and definitions.
Every year we aim to improve the publication speed. It’s just one of the many reasons you should submit your research to one of Elsevier’s Physics journals.
*The journals featured represent a selection of journals from Physics.