The time to final decision for Magazine of Concrete Research has decreased for the fourth year in-a-row.
| 2022 | 88 days |
| 2023 | 78 days |
| 2024 | 52 days |
| 2025 | 39 days (Jan-June) |
This provides authors with a better experience, while still retaining the journal's through peer-review process. The Editor in Chief Professor Peter Hewlett commented:
“It is pleasing to note that the MCR has reduced substantially the time to final decision. Such progress results in a better service to authors and is in the interest of researchers wishing to report results and progress in the concrete sector“.