60 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
40 days to first decision for all manuscripts
149 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publication

Helgoland Marine Research is an open access, peer reviewed journal, publishing original research as well as reviews on all aspects of marine and brackish water ecosystems, with a focus on how organisms survive in, and interact with, their environment.
Please note that as of 1 January 2020 the Alfred-Wegener Institut will no longer cover APCs for Helgoland Marine Research. We are currently discussing the model for next year, and will update our prospective authors as soon as we can.

Original Article
Short Communication
Review
Commentary

Editor-in-Chief
Maarten Boersma, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Field Editors
Gunnar Gerdts, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Luis Gimenez, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Jörg Hardege, University of Hull, United Kingdom
Thomas Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Arne Malzahn, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Norway
Paul J. Somerfield, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
Martin Thiel, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Florian Weinberger, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Advisory Board
Hans-Uwe Dahms, Seoul, South Korea
Olav Giere, Hamburg, Germany
Xavier de Montaudouin, Bordeaux, France