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80 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

80 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 6 are Q1 and 15 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

80journals with no APC
6Q1 in this category
15Q2 in this category
59Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 30% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 19 weeks. Most are published in Colombia (8), Russia (8) and Italy (5). 91% accept manuscripts in English and 53% accept at least one other language.

All 80 free-to-publish journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Biology Letters
1744-957X
Q10.982148The Royal SocietyUnited Kingdom19 wk
2Peer Community Journal
2804-3871
Q10.92216Peer Community InFrance24 wk
3Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2095-7505 · 2095-977X
Q10.86239Higher Education PressChina12 wk
4Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
1658-077X
Q10.78873SpringerSwitzerland23 wk
5Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences
1658-8185
Q10.62621SpringerSwitzerland15 wk
6Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
2773-0786
Q10.61614ElsevierNetherlands19 wk
7Journal of Cotton Research
2096-5044 · 2523-3254
Q20.55224BMCUnited Kingdom15 wk
8Turkish Journal of Biology
1300-0152
Q20.42458The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)Türkiye24 wk
9South African Journal of Science
0038-2353 · 1996-7489
Q20.40775Academy of Science of South AfricaSouth Africa52 wk
10Folia Oecologica
1338-7014
Q20.38817SciendoPoland38 wk
11German Journal of Agricultural Economics
2191-4028
Q20.38718TIB Open PublishingGermany28 wk
12Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
2500-008X
Q20.38320Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land"Russia20 wk
13Tropical Life Sciences Research
1985-3718 · 2180-4249
Q20.36832Penerbit Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia20 wk
14Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
2500-0462 · 2500-3259
Q20.34220Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and BreedersRussia8 wk
15Geography, Environment, Sustainability
2071-9388 · 2542-1565
Q20.3222Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia12 wk
16Historia Agraria
1139-1472 · 2340-3659
Q20.31623Universidad de MurciaSpain30 wk
17Acta Palaeobotanica
2082-0259
Q20.30432W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of SciencesPoland20 wk
18Yancao ke-ji
1002-0861
Q20.30419Editorial Office of Tobacco Science & TechnologyChina40 wk
19Animal Sentience
2377-7478
Q20.30215WellBeing InternationalUnited States9 wk
20Comptes Rendus Biologies
1768-3238
Q20.299103Académie des sciencesFrance9 wk
21Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
2240-2802
Q20.28214Università degli Studi di FirenzeItaly16 wk
22New Medit
1594-5685 · 2611-1128
Q30.2827Bologna University pressItaly12 wk
23Studies in Agricultural Economics
1418-2106 · 2063-0476
Q30.26522Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI)Hungary16 wk
24Revista de Biología Tropical
0034-7744 · 2215-2075
Q30.26352Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica5 wk
25Genetic Resources
2708-3764
Q30.2618Bioversity InternationalItaly27 wk
26Veterinary Integrative Sciences
2629-9968
Q30.25311Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai UniversityThailand12 wk
27Uniciencia
1011-0275 · 2215-3470
Q30.25211Universidad Nacional, Costa RicaCosta Rica40 wk
28Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi
1308-7576 · 1308-7584
Q30.2513Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of AgricultureTürkiye24 wk
29Archives of Biological Sciences
0354-4664 · 1821-4339
Q30.24935University of Belgrade, University of Novi SadSerbia20 wk
30Environmental and Experimental Biology
1691-8088 · 2255-9582
Q30.2488University of LatviaLatvia12 wk
31Journal of Applied Communications
1051-0834 · 2476-1362
Q30.24211New Prairie PressUnited States28 wk
32Journal of Agricultural Sciences
1391-9318 · 2386-1363
Q30.23413Sabaragamuwa University, Faculty of Agricultural SciencesSri Lanka12 wk
33Крестьяноведение
2500-1809 · 2949-2564
Q30.2326Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. RANEPARussia8 wk
34Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria
2500-5308
Q30.2215Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica)Colombia36 wk
35Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева
0136-1694 · 2312-4202
Q30.228V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteRussia8 wk
36Mundo Agrario
1515-5994
Q30.21812Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina18 wk
37Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín
0304-2847 · 2248-7026
Q30.21717Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede MedellínColombia16 wk
38Agronomía Colombiana
0120-9965 · 2357-3732
Q30.21222Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia25 wk
39La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida
1390-3799 · 1390-8596
Q30.20311Universidad Politécnica SalesianaEcuador12 wk
40Біологічні студії
1996-4536 · 2311-0783
Q30.1997Львівський національний університет імені Івана ФранкаUkraine5 wk
41Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
1211-8516 · 2464-8310
Q30.19629Mendel University PressCzechia28 wk
42Brazilian Journal of Biometrics
2764-5290
Q30.1967Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras)Brazil30 wk
43Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales
1578-0732 · 2174-7350
Q30.19616Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain25 wk
44Revista Peruana de Biología
1561-0837 · 1727-9933
Q30.19629Universidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosPeru16 wk
45Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences
0719-3882 · 0719-3890
Q30.19313Universidad de ConcepciónChile19 wk
46Caldasia
0366-5232 · 2357-3759
Q30.19121Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia26 wk
47Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology
0215-6334 · 1907-770X
Q30.18717SEAMEO, BIOTROPIndonesia30 wk
48Hoehnea
0073-2877 · 2236-8906
Q40.1847Instituto de Pesquisas AmbientaisBrazil52 wk
49Agraarteadus
1024-0845 · 2228-4893
Q40.18313Estonian Academic Agricultural SocietyEstonia6 wk
50Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology
1847-3466 · 1848-9923
Q40.1832Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology OsijekCroatia15 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Colombia 8
  2. Russia 8
  3. Italy 5
  4. France 4
  5. Türkiye 4
  6. Brazil 3

Top publishers

  1. EDP Sciences 2
  2. Springer 2
  3. Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2
  4. University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2
  5. "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures 1
  6. Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 73
  2. Spanish 18
  3. Russian 7
  4. French 6
  5. Portuguese 5
  6. Italian 3

About this list

Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.

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