The following table was compiled from an email survey sent out to various journals known to publish marine mammal papers.
| JOURNAL | No. subscribers (countries) | No. libraries (countries) | Acceptance rate | Time submission to publication. | No. issues/year |
| Aquatic Mammals | 165 (29) | 61 (17) | 15% no revisions 72% with revisions | ~ 9 mo. | 3 |
| Biological Conservation | ~600-1000 | ~ 9 mo. | |||
| California Fish and Game | 1,060 (35) | 283 (~ 35) | 65% | 9 mo. | 4 |
| Canadian Field-Naturalist | 1695 (22) | 486 (21) | 1% no revisions, 44% major revisions, 40% minor revisions | ~12-13 mo. | 4 |
| Canadian Journal of Zoology | 1130 (International) | 897 | 60% | 10 mo. | 12 |
| CJFAS | 1695 (International) (Canada: 327; USA: 845; Foreign: 523) | 50% | 2 mo. to > 1 year | 12 | |
| Conservation Biology | 5108 (86) | - | 20-25% | 14 mo.(variable) | 6 |
| Evolutionary Ecology | - (International) (N Amer 54%, Asia 9%, Europe 27%, Rest 10%) | 78% institutional (....one of highest at Chapman and Hall) | confidential | 14.5 mo. (8.7 mo. sub. to accept.) | 6 |
| Journal of Mammalogy | - | - | 40% | 18 mo. | 4 |
| Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK | 816 members (32) 300 exchanges | - | 70% | 11 mo. | 4 |
| Mammal Review | 1565 (UK, Europe, ex-pats) | 268 (34 UK, 50 Europe, 4 Japan, 119 N.Am., 36 Elsewhere, 26 Abs/Ed) | 78% (last 5 years) | 14.9 months (n=41, sd 6mo, range 5-31 mo) | |
| Mammalia | - | - | 50-60% | 12-13 mo. | 4 |
| Marine Ecology Progress Series | confidential (46) | almost all subscriptions are library subscriptions | 70% | -(acceptance to pub.: 3 mo.) | |
| Marine Environmental Research | - | - | 40% | 10-12 months | |
| Marine Mammal Science | 1325 (International) (US: 822; Canada: 102; Mexico: 14; Other: 387) | 253 (International) (US: 137; Canada: 26; Mexico: 1; Other: 89) | mid 60% range (1995) | ~ 17 mo. (based on Oct 1997 issue) | 4 |
| Marine Pollution Bulletin | (one of more highly sold journals; International) | - | 34% | 7-12 mo. (2 mo. ref, 2 mo. changes, 3-5 mo. pub) | 12 |
| Marine Technology Society | 2500 (all) | 235 (all) | not known | 6 mo. | |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | 1426 (38) | 487 | 46% June 96-May 97 | 78 days (Vol 13) | 12 |
| Nature | 55,000 (worldwide) | (estimated readership 150,000 worldwide) | 10% | - | 52 |
| Oecologia | (International) (25% N.Amer; 50% Europe; 25% rest of world) | (classified) | 55% | - | 16? |
| OIKOS | (70) | - | - | - | 9 |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) | 900 (International) | 900 | 65% | - (target pub. time: 3-4 mo., av receipt to accept: 25 days) | 12 |
| Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. | 100 (8) | 63 (6) | 50% | 1 yr. | 1 |
| TREE | - | - | articles solicited | 12 |
Last Updated February, 1998 by Sascha Hooker