COVID-19 early treatment journals

Unprofitable treatments face publication hurdles. Authors report rejections without review after months-long delays. The following journals have published positive results for low-cost treatments and may have lower bias.
Nutrients   (h5-index 207)
Vitamin D (14)  Blázquez-Cabrera et al., Sümegi et al., Akbar et al., Mingiano et al., Baralić et al., De Nicolò et al., De Niet et al., Parant et al., Karonova et al., Jimenez et al., Alcala-Diaz et al., Sulli et al., Ling et al., Annweiler et al.
Diet (2)  Hawryłkowicz et al., Jagielski et al.
Probiotics  Catinean et al.
Vitamin C  Sharif et al.
Exercise  Nguyen et al.
Scientific Reports   (h5-index 221)
Vitamin D (4)  Gibbons et al., Hafezi et al., Loucera et al., Vasheghani et al.
Metformin (2)  Ma et al., Ando et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Hobbs et al.
Azvudine  Wang et al.
Nitric Oxide  Wolak et al.
Propolis  Silveira et al.
Antihistamine H1RAs  Klussmann et al.
Povidone-Iodine  Matsuyama et al.
Indomethacin  Ravichandran et al.
Diet  Yamamoto et al.
Phthalocyanine  da Silva Santos et al.
Azithromycin  Rashad et al.
PLOS ONE   (h5-index 225)
Metformin (3)  Dimnjaković et al., Sandhu et al., Morrison et al.
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  AlShehhi et al., Lavilla Olleros et al., AbdelGhaffar et al.
Colchicine (3)  Rahman et al., Manenti et al., Valerio Pascua et al.
Sleep (2)  Marcus et al., Gao et al.
Ibuprofen  Campbell et al.
AgNP  Almanza-Reyes et al.
Exercise  Christensen et al.
Aspirin  Osborne et al.
Ivermectin  Behera et al.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases   (h5-index 129)
Ivermectin (5)  Efimenko et al., Seet et al., Biber et al., Lima-Morales et al., Ahmed et al.
Hydroxychloroquine (5)  Rouamba et al., Naggie et al., Lammers et al., D'Arminio Monforte et al., Arshad et al.
Zinc  Stambouli et al.
Melatonin  Hasan et al.
Ammonium Chloride  Siami et al.
Favipiravir  Udwadia et al.
Frontiers in Medicine   (h5-index 97)
Azvudine (2)  Yuan et al., de Souza et al.
Antiandrogens (2)  Lee et al., Jeon et al.
Probiotics (2)  Ceccarelli et al., d'Ettorre et al.
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Hu et al.
Diet  Zargarzadeh et al.
Ivermectin  Rezai et al.
Povidone-Iodine  Elsersy et al.
Nitazoxanide  Rocco et al.
Zinc  Gordon et al.
Thermotherapy  Huang et al.
Cureus   (h5-index 96)
Ivermectin (4)  Kerr et al., Ahsan et al., Morgenstern et al., Behera et al.
Antiandrogens (3)  Cadegiani et al., Cadegiani et al., Cadegiani et al.
Hydroxychloroquine (2)  Charif et al., Satti et al.
Vitamin C (2)  Ried et al., Kumari et al.
Metformin  Benfathallah et al.
Famotidine  Pahwani et al.
Journal of Clinical Medicine   (h5-index 146)
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  Taieb et al., De Rosa et al., Burdick et al.
Exercise (2)  Frish et al., Cho et al.
Sleep  Atceken et al.
NaCl  Tanni et al.
Antihistamine H1RAs  Sánchez-Rico et al.
Melatonin  Bologna et al.
Lactoferrin  Rosa et al.
Vitamin D  Sánchez-Zuno et al.
Colchicine  Brunetti et al.
Antiandrogens  Vicenzi et al.
BMC Infectious Diseases   (h5-index 88)
Ivermectin (3)  Wijewickrema et al., de la Rocha et al., Okumuş et al.
Hydroxychloroquine (2)  van Halem et al., Ip et al.
Azvudine  Guo et al.
Azithromycin  Traore et al.
Dexamethasone  Zhao et al.
Diet  Darand et al.
Fluvoxamine  Farahani et al.
Vitamin D  Campi et al.
Frontiers in Pharmacology   (h5-index 133)
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Li et al.
Azvudine  Wei et al.
Quercetin  Di Pierro et al.
Nigella Sativa  Said et al.
Fluvoxamine  Pineda et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Go et al.
Camostat  Karolyi et al.
Vitamin D  Khan et al.
Favipiravir  Chen et al.
Curcumin  Pawar et al.
Vitamin C  Zhao et al.
Phytotherapy Research   (h5-index 84)
Nigella Sativa (4)  Daneshfard et al., Chandra et al., Karimi et al., Ashraf et al.
Curcumin (3)  Sadeghizadeh et al., Chitre et al., Saber-Moghaddam et al.
Propolis  Kosari et al.
Colchicine  Pourdowlat et al.
Andrographolide  Zhang et al.
Journal of Infection   (h5-index 108)
Azvudine (2)  Ren et al., Dian et al.
Favipiravir  Hobbs et al.
Ivermectin  Hayward et al.
Vitamin D  Bhat et al.
N-acetylcysteine  Avdeev et al.
Aspirin  Kevorkian et al.
Nitric Oxide  Winchester et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Lora-Tamayo et al.
Journal of Medical Virology   (h5-index 156)
Azvudine  Yang et al.
N-acetylcysteine  Panahi et al.
Montelukast  Kerget et al.
Ivermectin  Ozer et al.
Chlorhexidine  Huang et al.
Aspirin  Haji Aghajani et al.
Metformin  Bramante et al.
Nitazoxanide  Elalfy et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Ferreira et al.
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents   (h5-index 77)
Hydroxychloroquine (4)  Dhibar et al., Catteau et al., Ly et al., Davido et al.
Nafamostat  Okugawa et al.
Ivermectin  Hellwig et al.
Azithromycin  Sekhavati et al.
Zinc  Derwand et al.
Frontiers in Nutrition   (h5-index 91)
Diet (5)  Aghajani et al., Barania Adabi et al., Tadbir Vajargah et al., Ebrahimzadeh et al., Hou et al.
Curcumin  Gérain et al.
Vitamin D  Din Ujjan et al.
Antiandrogens  Hsieh et al.
JAMA Network Open   (h5-index 177)
Colchicine (2)  Diaz et al., Deftereos et al.
Exercise  Muñoz-Vergara et al.
Sleep  Wang et al.
Dexamethasone  Mourad et al.
Aspirin  Chow et al.
Fluvoxamine  Oskotsky et al.
BMJ Open   (h5-index 125)
Exercise (5)  Malisoux et al., Hamrouni et al., af Geijerstam et al., Lobelo et al., Ho et al.
Metformin  Wallace et al.
Zinc  Mulhem et al.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases   (h5-index 72)
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  Bowen et al., MacFadden et al., Falcone et al.
Metformin  Bramante et al.
Favipiravir  Finberg et al.
Fluvoxamine  Seftel et al.
Journal of Infection and Public Health   (h5-index 73)
Azvudine  Han et al.
Fluvoxamine  Siripongboonsitti et al.
Exercise  Kapusta et al.
Favipiravir  Alattar et al.
Colchicine  García-Posada et al.
Infection and Drug Resistance   (h5-index 71)
Vitamin C  Bepouka et al.
Azvudine  Zhang et al.
Diet  Wang et al.
Ivermectin  Aref et al.
Sleep  Mohsin et al.
Biomedicines   (h5-index 79)
Vitamin D (2)  Dinoi et al., Oristrell et al.
Metformin  Greco et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Obrișcă et al.
Probiotics  Trinchieri et al.
eClinicalMedicine   (h5-index 110)
Fluvoxamine  Wannigama et al.
Azvudine  Sun et al.
Camostat  Terada et al.
Nitazoxanide  Blum et al.
Ivermectin  Chaccour et al.
Frontiers in Public Health   (h5-index 126)
Hydroxychloroquine  Mehrizi et al.
Alkalinization  Wang et al.
Exercise  Park et al.
Vitamin D  Arroyo-Díaz et al.
Ivermectin  Mayer et al.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health   (h5-index 229)
Vitamin D (2)  Efird et al., Leal-Martínez et al.
Exercise  Pitanga et al.
Lactoferrin  Campione et al.
Vitamin C  Aldwihi et al.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Favipiravir (2)  Golan et al., Ivashchenko et al.
Metformin  Chaichana et al.
Zinc  Abdallah et al.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Azvudine (3)  Zhang et al., Zhang et al., Xu et al.
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Li et al.
Frontiers in Endocrinology   (h5-index 123)
Metformin (3)  Shestakova et al., Wong et al., Crouse et al.
Azvudine  Zhou et al.
Microorganisms   (h5-index 107)
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Zheng et al.
Fluvoxamine  Tsiakalos et al.
Azvudine  Shao et al.
Metformin  Pinchera et al.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition   (h5-index 87)
Vitamin D (2)  Subramanian et al., Ma et al.
Diet  Yue et al.
Sunlight  Ma et al.
Internal and Emergency Medicine   (h5-index 51)
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  Corradini et al., Núñez-Gil et al., Ayerbe et al.
Vitamin C  Hess et al.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases   (h5-index 130)
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  Ugarte-Gil et al., Strangfeld et al., Huang et al.
Colchicine  Scarsi et al.
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation   (h5-index 57)
Vitamin D (3)  Oristrell et al., Ünsal et al., Mazziotti et al.
Antiandrogens  Davarpanah et al.
International Journal of General Medicine   (h5-index 45)
Quercetin (2)  Di Pierro et al., Di Pierro et al.
Colchicine  Pascual-Figal et al.
Iota-carrageenan  Figueroa et al.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Azelastine  Lehr et al.
Metformin  Bramante et al.
Diet  Wang et al.
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Metformin (3)  Soff et al., Yeh et al., Wang et al.
Inflammopharmacology   (h5-index 48)
Vitamin C  Uz et al.
Melatonin  Ameri et al.
Antiandrogens  Gomaa et al.
Viruses
Antihistamine H1RAs  Meiser et al.
Sentinox  Panatto et al.
Favipiravir  Shinada et al.
Diabetes Care
Metformin (3)  Johnson et al., Wong et al., Wander et al.
Virology Journal
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Moon et al.
Quercetin  Zheng et al.
Antihistamine H1RAs  Loucera et al.
The Clinical Respiratory Journal   (h5-index 26)
Budesonide  Bai et al.
Selenium  Vaisi et al.
Montelukast  Soltani et al.
Advanced Science
Azvudine (2)  Wu et al., Ren et al.
N-acetylcysteine  Altay et al.
Heliyon
Colchicine  Vaziri et al.
AgNP  Wieler et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Chechter et al.
BMC Nutrition   (h5-index 29)
Zinc  Seifi et al.
Probiotics  Kolesnyk et al.
Exercise  Hegazy et al.
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine   (h5-index 41)
Budesonide  Jing et al.
Vitamin C  Tan et al.
Ivermectin  Babalola et al.
New Microbes and New Infections   (h5-index 43)
Hydroxychloroquine (2)  Meeus et al., Simova et al.
Nitazoxanide  Cadegiani et al.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice   (h5-index 80)
Metformin (2)  Yen et al., Jiang et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Sheshah et al.
European Journal of Pharmacology   (h5-index 76)
Curcumin  Abbaspour-Aghdam et al.
Quercetin  Shohan et al.
Melatonin  Hosseini et al.
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Metformin  Ventura-López et al.
Vitamin D  Torres et al.
Propolis  Silveira et al.
Archivos de Bronconeumología   (h5-index 39)
Aspirin  Lal et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Signes-Costa et al.
Ivermectin  Khan et al.
Archives of Medical Research   (h5-index 51)
Vitamin D  Villasis-Keever et al.
Aspirin  de Jesús Ascencio-Montiel et al.
Melatonin  Farnoosh et al.
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Hydroxychloroquine (3)  Ebongue et al., Szente Fonseca et al., Lagier et al.
Infectious Diseases and Therapy   (h5-index 47)
Exercise  Salgado-Aranda et al.
Ibuprofen  Salva et al.
Favipiravir  Shinkai et al.
British Journal of Sports Medicine   (h5-index 117)
Exercise (3)  Steenkamp et al., Lee et al., Sallis et al.
Chest   (h5-index 103)
Antiandrogens  Ghandehari et al.
Ivermectin  Rajter et al.
Melatonin  Jehi et al.
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health   (h5-index 31)
Diet  Kim et al.
Sleep  Kim et al.
Probiotics  Louca et al.
Pharmaceutics
Ivermectin  Wagstaff et al.
Xylitol  Cegolon et al.
Nature Communications
Niclosamide  Kim et al.
Exercise  Wang et al.
Authorea Inc.
Melatonin  Sánchez-García et al.
Curcumin  Alcântara et al.
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Melatonin  Tian et al.
Fluvoxamine  Calusic et al.
RMD Open
Hydroxychloroquine  Patel et al.
Colchicine  Lopes et al.
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Azvudine (2)  Zhu et al., Zong et al.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Metformin  Harmon et al.
Vitamin D  Hunt et al.
PLOS Medicine   (h5-index 114)
Hydroxychloroquine  Schilling et al.
Favipiravir  Lowe et al.
Frontiers in Immunology
Spirulina  Aghasadeghi et al.
Vitamin C  Majidi et al.
Blood
Ursodeoxycholic acid  Gao et al.
Aspirin  Goshua et al.
Minerva Medica   (h5-index 28)
Probiotics (2)  Di Pierro et al., Di Pierro et al.
Journal of Personalized Medicine
Alkalinization  Pantazopoulos et al.
Exercise  Kontopoulou et al.
Pharmaceuticals   (h5-index 76)
Mebendazole  El-Tanani et al.
Antihistamine H1RAs  Monserrat Villatoro et al.
Clinical Infection in Practice
Hydroxychloroquine  AlQadheeb et al.
Favipiravir  Rahman et al.
Medicina Clínica
Exercise  Cardoso et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Azaña Gómez et al.
Pan African Medical Journal
Azithromycin  Madamombe et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Ashinyo et al.
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN   (h5-index 52)
Zinc  Asoudeh et al.
Diet  Magaña et al.
Lung India
Budesonide  Samajdar et al.
Zinc  Elavarasi et al.
Medicina
Diet  Mohajeri et al.
Vitamin D  Sarhan et al.
Advances in Virology
Mebendazole  Galal et al.
Favipiravir  Tawfik et al.
Clinical Rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine (2)  Isnardi et al., Ferri et al.
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Metformin (2)  Zaccardi et al., Ojeda-Fernández et al.
The Professional Medical Journal
Ivermectin (2)  Akhtar et al., Faisal et al.
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Ivermectin  Qadeer et al.
Nigella Sativa  Al-Haidari et al.
Indian Journal of Community Medicine
NaCl  Chalageri et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Yadav et al.
Healthcare
Zinc  Alahmari et al.
Vitamin D  Fiore et al.
Bratislava Medical Journal   (h5-index 24)
Favipiravir  Usanma Koban et al.
Vitamin D  Yildiz et al.
Trials
Curcumin  Askari et al.
Vitamin A  Beigmohammadi et al.
European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Spirulina  Mazokopakis et al.
Ivermectin  Alam et al.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine   (h5-index 57)
Curcumin  Sankhe et al.
Nigella Sativa  Koshak et al.
COVID
Resveratrol  Thomas et al.
Ibuprofen  Leal et al.
Gut
Famotidine  Brennan et al.
Diet  Merino et al.
The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Hydroxychloroquine  Omma et al.
Colchicine  Karakaş et al.
The Lancet
Aspirin  Horby et al.
Budesonide  Yu et al.
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Budesonide  Al Sulaiman et al.
Aspirin  Al Harthi et al.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Exercise (2)  Ahmadi et al., Hamer et al.
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology   (h5-index 52)
Vitamin D (2)  Sinaci et al., Annweiler et al.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
Indomethacin  Ravichandran et al.
Ivermectin  Mondal et al.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Exercise (2)  Brandenburg et al., Halabchi et al.
Yonsei Medical Journal
Aspirin  Oh et al.
Darunavir  Kim et al.
Medicine
Thermotherapy  Dominguez-Nicolas et al.
Aspirin  Liu et al.
Gastroenterology
N-acetylcysteine  Pellegrini et al.
Famotidine  Freedberg et al.
International Immunopharmacology
Favipiravir  Zhao et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Mokhtari et al.
Aging
Vitamin C  Gao et al.
Vitamin D  Cangiano et al.
New England Journal of Medicine
Dexamethasone  Horby et al.
Lopinavir/ritonavir  Cao et al.
Pulmonologiya
N-acetylcysteine  Gaynitdinova et al.
Exercise  Tret'yakov et al.
Heart & Lung
Vitamin B12  Jang et al.
Hydroxychloroquine  Ñamendys-Silva et al.
European Respiratory Journal
Nitazoxanide  Rocco et al.
Lopinavir/ritonavir  Yan et al.
Science China Life Sciences
Hydroxychloroquine (2)  Yu et al., Yu et al.
Annals of Oncology
Antiandrogens (2)  Patel et al., Montopoli et al.