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Timely feedback on your work. Our Staff Editors provide you with an initial decision within 6 days on average, and peer-review takes 42 days on average.

Our findings show that the peer-review process within conservation biology is perceived by authors to be slow (14 weeks), and turnaround times that are over double the length of what they perceive as “optimal” (6 weeks).

Conservation Biology (ISSN 0888-8892) is published six times a year (February, April, June, August, October, December) by Wiley. The journal has robust submission rates, and rigorous review and revision processes ensure that accepted papers are of high quality and clarity.

The time to render a first decision averages about 43 days, but times vary depending on how long it takes for the editor to receive and assess reviews. The editor considers reviewer feedback and their own evaluation of the manuscript in order to reach a decision.

Examples include nutrient cycling, soil respiration, pollination, fire disturbances, food web dynamics, and symbiotic relationships between species.

This time varies across different journals. Some journals indicate the time from submission to first decision and the time from submission to final decision on their websites. Lengthy peer review times can be indicative of non-availability of appropriate reviewers for a particular manuscript.

The definition of journal acceptance rate is the percentage of all articles submitted to Conservation Biology that was accepted for publication. Based on the Journal Acceptance Rate Feedback System database, the latest acceptance rate of Conservation Biology is 28.6%.

Rapid review. Once the article has been submitted, Biological Conservation has a rapid first editorial review process. Papers not appropriate for the journal are returned without peer review, saving authors valuable time. The average time from the date of submission to the first editorial decision is 4.7 weeks.