25 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Biotechnology
25 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Biotechnology 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): 4 are Q1 and 4 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 36% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 15 weeks. Most are published in Türkiye (3), China (2) and Indonesia (2). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 16% accept at least one other language.
All 25 free-to-publish journals in Biotechnology
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).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Ginseng Research 1226-8453 | Q1 | 1.492 | 77 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 32 wk |
| 2 | Biofuel Research Journal 2292-8782 | Q1 | 1.485 | 54 | Alpha Creation Enterprise | Malaysia | 8 wk |
| 3 | Rice Science 1672-6308 · 1876-4762 | Q1 | 1.308 | 65 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 40 wk |
| 4 | Biophysics Reports 2364-3420 | Q1 | 1.008 | 12 | Science Press | China | 8 wk |
| 5 | SLAS Discovery 2472-5552 · 2472-5560 | Q2 | 0.872 | 93 | Elsevier | United States | 13 wk |
| 6 | Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 2095-7505 · 2095-977X | Q2 | 0.862 | 39 | Higher Education Press | China | 12 wk |
| 7 | BIO Integration 2712-0082 | Q2 | 0.859 | 18 | Compuscript Ltd | Ireland | 17 wk |
| 8 | Food Technology and Biotechnology 1330-9862 · 1334-2606 | Q2 | 0.551 | 88 | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | Croatia | 36 wk |
| 9 | Law, Technology and Humans 2652-4074 | Q3 | 0.359 | 11 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | 9 wk |
| 10 | Periodica Polytechnica: Chemical Engineering 0324-5853 · 1587-3765 | Q3 | 0.351 | 32 | Budapest University of Technology | Hungary | 15 wk |
| 11 | Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology 1518-7853 · 1984-7033 | Q3 | 0.331 | 35 | Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding | Brazil | 24 wk |
| 12 | International Journal of Secondary Metabolite 2148-6905 | Q3 | 0.277 | 14 | izzet kara | Türkiye | 24 wk |
| 13 | Food and Feed Research 2217-5369 · 2217-5660 | Q3 | 0.263 | 10 | Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad | Serbia | 15 wk |
| 14 | Squalen 2089-5690 · 2406-9272 | Q4 | 0.253 | 11 | Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan | Indonesia | 16 wk |
| 15 | The EuroBiotech Journal 2564-615X | Q4 | 0.251 | 16 | Sciendo | Poland | 10 wk |
| 16 | European Journal of Biology 2602-2575 · 2618-6144 | Q4 | 0.23 | 7 | Istanbul University Press | Türkiye | 23 wk |
| 17 | Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement 1370-6233 · 1780-4507 | Q4 | 0.215 | 50 | Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux | Belgium | 15 wk |
| 18 | Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo 1821-3944 · 2217-8392 | Q4 | 0.193 | 7 | Institute of field and vegetable crops, Novi Sad | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 19 | Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology 0215-6334 · 1907-770X | Q4 | 0.187 | 17 | SEAMEO, BIOTROP | Indonesia | 30 wk |
| 20 | Биотехнология и селекция растений 2658-6266 · 2658-6258 | Q4 | 0.179 | 6 | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources | Russia | 8 wk |
| 21 | International Journal of Medical Biochemistry 2587-2362 · 2618-642X | Q4 | 0.173 | 7 | KARE Publishing | Türkiye | 18 wk |
| 22 | International Journal Bioautomation 1314-1902 · 1314-2321 | Q4 | 0.161 | 17 | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Bulgaria | 12 wk |
| 23 | Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции 2227-8834 · 2619-0982 | Q4 | 0.152 | 8 | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources | Russia | 12 wk |
| 24 | Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica 1338-6905 · 1339-004X | Q4 | 0.137 | 15 | SciCell s.r.o. | Slovakia | 24 wk |
| 25 | Revista Investigaciones y Estudios de la UNA 2070-0415 · 2709-0817 | Q4 | 0.12 | 3 | Universidad Nacional de Asunción | Paraguay | 20 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Elsevier 3
- N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources 2
- Alpha Creation Enterprise 1
- Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding 1
- Budapest University of Technology 1
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 25
- Russian 2
- Spanish 1
- French 1
- Portuguese 1
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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