I have published in Earth Science Informatics, and the review time was less than 1 month. The whole process from submission to publication took 2 months, and I assume that it must be one of the quickest ones.

However, it also depends on the quality of your paper at the time of submission.

**Environmental Monitoring and Assessment** is a straightforward journal that you can choose. The main problem is that some journals like to conduct a second and sometimes a third round of review, often without specific reasons, just according to the preferences (mode) of the editor. I have observed this and continue to see it. Good luck with your research.

Please be sure to address all the requirements for submission; some journals ask for a Funding Statement, Declaration of Competing Interests , Ethics Approval, Consent to Participate, and Consent to Publish declarations, Clinical Trial Number , and Authors' Contribution statements to be included in the body of the manuscript (before the References section), while others do not. Be aware that if your research (or field of study) doesn't require "Ethics Approval, Consent to Participate, and Consent to Publish declarations" and/or a "Clinical Trial Number," you must still include it in the body of the manuscript and respond with "Not applicable" for each of them.

Also, the technical check can take a month-yes, a month. After one week of submission, they will request some technical checks. Once you address them, it can take 7 to 10 days to be "Editor assigned." Therefore, if you didn't meet all their requirements, they will conduct further (many) rounds of technical checks.

Generally, authors are suffering too much in this era, and there is no Authors ' Forum where authors can communicate with each other and share their experiences with different journals and publishing firms. The publishing firms TAKE IT ALL; their marketing team usually contacts you after acceptance and/or rejection to keep you on track and to build their expertise when dealing with authors in the current and future era.

Good luck with the hard work.