Fastest Review Journals in Behavioral Sciences

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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 24 journals in Behavioral Sciences that publish their review dates, Journal of Comparative Physiology A has the shortest review time: a median of 99 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Journal of Comparative Physiology A99 72–1402.23SCIEHybrid / subscription
2Behavioural Pharmacology124 78–1651.57SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
3Animal Cognition130 93–1812.14SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$3,390
4Journal of Ethology133 88–2201.22SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
5Journal of Ect134 89–1901.10SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
6Ethology135 92–1911.02SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
7acta ethologica140 111–2170.91SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
8Ethology Ecology & Evolution144 106–2221.03SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
9Social Work With Groups147 97–2860.58ESCI, ScopusHybrid / subscription
10Stress150 132–2124.32Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$3,175
11Brain and Behavior152 109–2122.65SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$3,630
12Learning & Behavior153 106–2001.73SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
13Behavioral and Brain Functions155 113–2003.21SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$3,190
14Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience158 117–2133.21SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15Genes Brain & Behavior163 113–2322.13SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16Behavior Genetics174 122–2841.60SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
17Autism Research184 117–2473.63SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
18Aggressive Behavior185 128–2732.18SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology194 141–2521.80SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology194 102–2400.73SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
21Behavioral Medicine198 131–2621.28SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior265 168–3551.38SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics265 165–3471.45SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
24Language Cognition and Neuroscience268 189–3662.03SCIE, SSCI, 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: 28 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 Behavioral Sciences journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Journal of Comparative Physiology A (99 days); Behavioural Pharmacology (124 days); Animal Cognition (130 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 28 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Behavioral Sciences 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 28 October 2026.

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