Well ezine takes about a week but there are others that take a month or that seem to be eternally pending. What are some of the ones that review and accept articles in a short period of time? Dofollow of course!
I know Ezine normally takes about a week and if there is any problems about a day after you resubmit. It's quicker after you submit 25 or more.
Actually goarticles is considered to be one of the top article directories. There are only a handful of article directories that are better. You don't need a list of article acceptance times though. I doubt anyone actually maintains such a list. It would just vary a lot depending on the backlog that each article directory is dealing with. Some probably spend a few days reviewing articles and then take a week off. The acceptance times would just vary too much. What I do is maintain a list of which article directories actually approve my articles. I don't really mind if they are going to approve the article in a few days or a few months, it will still help eventually. Actual approval is more important than the delay involved. When I am submitting to a new article directory, I just submit 1 or 2 articles and add that site to my pending list. Periodically I check back on those websites to see if any should be added to my approved list. Sometimes if they take far too long (6+ months), I won't bother with that site.
I too have a list going also. Anything over a month I give up on. OK so the thing about go articles is that none of my links in the articles have shown up as backlinks!