Is there any way to avoid wasting a long time in review process for mathematics journals? I sent two different articles to two different mathematics journal. The fist one review process is 6 months(accepted). The second one is still under review(14 months ago) and it may be rejected. A third one took 9 months and editor said
"... the topic/content of your study is outside our journal's area of interest, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider your manuscript for publication"
My questions


Is there any way to avoid time wasting in review process?
Are there journals with fast reviewing process?
Are there journals with fast reviewing process?

The really quick ones are the "questionable" journals ... every paper is accepted, and published (for a hefty fee).

The Notices of the American Mathematical Society publishes a survey once a year, which includes information on mathematics journals, including statistics on time from submission to publication (when available).

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"Backlog of Mathematics Research Journals"
Notices of the AMS, Volume 61, Number 10,
November 4, 2014, page 1268.