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50 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

50 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (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 8 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

50journals with no APC
6Q1 in this category
8Q2 in this category
36Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 38% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 17 weeks. Most are published in United Kingdom (7), Russia (4) and Colombia (3). 92% accept manuscripts in English and 30% accept at least one other language.

All 50 free-to-publish journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (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
1Horticulture Advances
2948-1104
Q11.60112SpringerSingapore18 wk
2Journal of Ginseng Research
1226-8453
Q11.49277ElsevierNetherlands32 wk
3Life Metabolism
2755-0230
Q11.34112Oxford University PressUnited Kingdom10 wk
4Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1551-4056
Q11.14479Yale UniversityUnited States20 wk
5Journal of Law and the Biosciences
2053-9711
Q11.07738Oxford University PressUnited Kingdom13 wk
6Biophysics Reports
2364-3420
Q11.00812Science PressChina8 wk
7Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
2383-8337 · 2288-8721
Q20.89210Korean Shoulder and Elbow SocietySouth Korea15 wk
8BIO Integration
2712-0082
Q20.85918Compuscript LtdIreland17 wk
9Laboratory Animal Research
1738-6055 · 2233-7660
Q20.84230BMCUnited Kingdom8 wk
10Forensic Sciences Research
2096-1790 · 2471-1411
Q20.58838Oxford University PressUnited Kingdom26 wk
11BioMedicine
2211-8020 · 2211-8039
Q20.58538China Medical UniversityTaiwan24 wk
12BioImpacts
2228-5652 · 2228-5660
Q20.56850Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran5 wk
13Journal of Cotton Research
2096-5044 · 2523-3254
Q20.55224BMCUnited Kingdom15 wk
14BMC Proceedings
1753-6561
Q20.51929BMCUnited Kingdom10 wk
15Wellcome Open Research
2398-502X
Q30.45759WellcomeUnited Kingdom5 wk
16South African Journal of Science
0038-2353 · 1996-7489
Q30.40775Academy of Science of South AfricaSouth Africa52 wk
17Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
2221-1691 · 2588-9222
Q30.39895Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia12 wk
18Iranian Biomedical Journal
1028-852X · 2008-823X
Q30.37645Pasteur Institute of IranIran8 wk
19Tropical Life Sciences Research
1985-3718 · 2180-4249
Q30.36832Penerbit Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia20 wk
20Journal of Bio-X Research
2096-5672 · 2577-3585
Q30.36710American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States16 wk
21Karbala International Journal of Modern Science
2405-609X · 2405-6103
Q30.34935University of KerbalaIraq12 wk
22Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
2500-0462 · 2500-3259
Q30.34220Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and BreedersRussia8 wk
23Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
2322-5718 · 2322-5726
Q30.33911Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
24ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University
2410-9355 · 2307-549X
Q30.31112Koya UniversityIraq8 wk
25Comptes Rendus Biologies
1768-3238
Q30.299103Académie des sciencesFrance9 wk
26Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
0120-4157 · 2590-7379
Q30.27137Instituto Nacional de SaludColombia32 wk
27Communication in Biomathematical Sciences
2549-2896
Q30.25211Indonesian Bio-Mathematical SocietyIndonesia24 wk
28Uniciencia
1011-0275 · 2215-3470
Q30.25211Universidad Nacional, Costa RicaCosta Rica40 wk
29Archives of Biological Sciences
0354-4664 · 1821-4339
Q30.24935University of Belgrade, University of Novi SadSerbia20 wk
30European Journal of Biology
2602-2575 · 2618-6144
Q30.237Istanbul University PressTürkiye23 wk
31Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences
2528-9691
Q40.2257Trakya UniversityTürkiye12 wk
32La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida
1390-3799 · 1390-8596
Q40.20311Universidad Politécnica SalesianaEcuador12 wk
33Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine
2589-627X · 2589-6288
Q40.18312Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia28 wk
34Natures Sciences Sociétés
1240-1307 · 1765-2979
Q40.17924EDP SciencesFrance52 wk
35Bonplandia
0524-0476 · 1853-8460
Q40.1786Instituto de Botánica del NordesteArgentina8 wk
36Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология
1997-1389 · 2313-5530
Q40.1786Siberian Federal UniversityRussia24 wk
37Український антарктичний журнал
1727-7485 · 2415-3087
Q40.1756State Institution National Antarctic Scientific CenterUkraine10 wk
38Biomath
1314-684X · 1314-7218
Q40.1738Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsBulgaria20 wk
39International Journal of Medical Biochemistry
2587-2362 · 2618-642X
Q40.1737KARE PublishingTürkiye18 wk
40Ukrainian Botanical Journal
0372-4123 · 2415-8860
Q40.1676Publishing House "Akademperiodyka"Ukraine10 wk
41Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
0370-3908 · 2382-4980
Q40.16214Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y NaturalesColombia28 wk
42Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
1679-9283 · 1807-863X
Q40.15829Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil32 wk
43Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Biologia
2065-9512
Q40.1584Cluj University PressRomania34 wk
44Mass Spectrometry Letters
2233-4203 · 2093-8950
Q40.15613Korean Society for Mass SpectrometrySouth Korea6 wk
45Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica
0123-4226 · 2619-2551
Q40.1528Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y AmbientalesColombia52 wk
46Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences
1679-9291 · 1807-8648
Q40.15114Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil40 wk
47Indian Journal of Pain
0970-5333 · 2321-7820
Q40.1513Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia23 wk
48Biologica Nyssana
2217-4478 · 2217-4605
Q40.145University of NišSerbia16 wk
49Учёные записки Казанского университета: Серия Естественные науки
2542-064X · 2500-218X
Q40.1410Kazan Federal UniversityRussia17 wk
50Сибирский научный медицинский журнал
2410-2512 · 2410-2520
Q40.1287Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch Publishing HouseRussia12 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. United Kingdom 7
  2. Russia 4
  3. Colombia 3
  4. India 3
  5. Iran 3
  6. Türkiye 3

Top publishers

  1. BMC 3
  2. Oxford University Press 3
  3. Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 3
  4. Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2
  5. Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 1
  6. Académie des sciences 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 46
  2. Spanish 6
  3. Russian 4
  4. French 2
  5. Portuguese 2
  6. Ukrainian 2

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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