Guide

A systematic review usually takes 6–12 months end to end; rapid reviews run 2–12 weeks, while complex reviews can extend to 12–24 months.

Peer review in medical journals often takes 4–8 weeks to first decision, while full acceptance commonly runs 3–7 months, depending on journal.

Healthcare policies and procedures should follow a risk-based calendar: high-risk items yearly, low-risk every 2–3 years, with updates on change.

For medical journals, format a point-by-point response to peer reviewers with headings, quoted comments, and specific changes.

For a medical literature review, enough means you reach saturation against your question with preset sources, dates, and quality checks met.

No plagiarism is allowed in a medical review paper; journals use similarity checks, and only original, cited writing passes.

Most systematic reviews need 6–18 months; manuscripts often run 3,500–7,000 words, shaped by scope, journal limits, and team capacity.

Treat statistical significance in medicine as one signal—pair it with effect size, confidence intervals, design quality, and clinical meaning.

To accept an invitation to review a medical manuscript email, reply fast, confirm fit and conflicts, and commit to the journal’s deadline.

A medical literature review needs coverage that fits the question and method, not a fixed count of papers.