41 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Demography
41 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Demography 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 14 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 59% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 22 weeks. Most are published in Mexico (6), France (5) and Poland (3). 90% accept manuscripts in English and 61% accept at least one other language.
All 41 free-to-publish journals in Demography
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 | Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment 2096-9589 · 2325-4262 | Q1 | 1.097 | 29 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 20 wk |
| 2 | European Societies 1461-6696 · 1469-8307 | Q1 | 1.071 | 64 | The MIT Press | United States | 24 wk |
| 3 | Demographic Research 1435-9871 | Q1 | 0.934 | 90 | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Germany | 28 wk |
| 4 | Folia Geographica 1336-6157 · 2454-1001 | Q1 | 0.822 | 14 | University of Prešov | Slovakia | 18 wk |
| 5 | Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 1728-4414 · 1728-5305 | Q2 | 0.527 | 34 | Austrian Academy of Sciences Press | Austria | 38 wk |
| 6 | Comparative Population Studies 1869-8980 · 1869-8999 | Q2 | 0.482 | 25 | Federal Institute for Population Research | Germany | 26 wk |
| 7 | Central and Eastern European Migration Review 2300-1682 | Q2 | 0.46 | 13 | Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, and Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | 9 wk |
| 8 | Refuge 0229-5113 · 1920-7336 | Q2 | 0.454 | 37 | York University Libraries | Canada | 32 wk |
| 9 | Nordic Journal of Migration Research 1799-649X | Q2 | 0.426 | 12 | Helsinki University Press | Finland | 7 wk |
| 10 | European Journal of Geography 1792-1341 · 2410-7433 | Q2 | 0.394 | 17 | European Association of Geographers | Belgium | 12 wk |
| 11 | Демографическое обозрение 2409-2274 | Q2 | 0.377 | 6 | National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) | Russia | 7 wk |
| 12 | Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População 0102-3098 · 1980-5519 | Q2 | 0.373 | 19 | Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais | Brazil | 13 wk |
| 13 | Migraciones 1138-5774 · 2341-0833 | Q2 | 0.363 | 15 | Universidad Pontificia Comillas | Spain | 8 wk |
| 14 | Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales 1777-5418 | Q2 | 0.361 | 10 | Université de Poitiers | France | 45 wk |
| 15 | Migraciones Internacionales 1665-8906 · 2594-0279 | Q2 | 0.34 | 17 | El Colegio de la Frontera Norte | Mexico | 24 wk |
| 16 | Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" 1821-2808 | Q2 | 0.312 | 13 | Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 17 | Estudios Fronterizos 0187-6961 · 2395-9134 | Q2 | 0.303 | 10 | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California | Mexico | 24 wk |
| 18 | Population (English Ed.) 1958-9190 | Q2 | 0.292 | 40 | Ined Editions | France | 84 wk |
| 19 | Economics and Culture 2256-0173 | Q3 | 0.273 | 7 | Sciendo | Poland | 22 wk |
| 20 | Norteamérica 1870-3550 · 2448-7228 | Q3 | 0.252 | 8 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico | 20 wk |
| 21 | Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series 1732-4254 · 2083-8298 | Q3 | 0.251 | 27 | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | Poland | 91 wk |
| 22 | Nordisk Välfärdsforskning 2464-4161 | Q3 | 0.25 | 9 | Universitetsforlaget | Norway | 26 wk |
| 23 | Nomadic Peoples 0822-7942 · 1752-2366 | Q3 | 0.237 | 27 | The White Horse Press | United Kingdom | 52 wk |
| 24 | Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 1837-5391 | Q3 | 0.235 | 12 | UTS ePRESS | Australia | 9 wk |
| 25 | Население и экономика 2658-3798 | Q3 | 0.215 | 13 | Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics | Russia | 12 wk |
| 26 | REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana 1980-8585 · 2237-9843 | Q3 | 0.214 | 10 | Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios | Brazil | 8 wk |
| 27 | Población & Sociedad 0328-3445 · 1852-8562 | Q3 | 0.209 | 9 | Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas | Argentina | 12 wk |
| 28 | Revista Galega de Economía 1132-2799 · 2255-5951 | Q3 | 0.207 | 13 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Spain | 22 wk |
| 29 | Demografie 0011-8265 · 1805-2991 | Q3 | 0.193 | 11 | Czech Statistical Office | Czechia | 16 wk |
| 30 | Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos 0186-7210 · 2448-6515 | Q3 | 0.19 | 12 | El Colegio de México, A.C. | Mexico | 28 wk |
| 31 | Economía, Sociedad y Territorio 1405-8421 · 2448-6183 | Q3 | 0.174 | 7 | El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C. | Mexico | 34 wk |
| 32 | Geoadria 1331-2294 · 1848-9710 | Q3 | 0.172 | 7 | University of Zadar | Croatia | 22 wk |
| 33 | Papeles de Población 1405-7425 · 2448-7147 | Q4 | 0.159 | 18 | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México | Mexico | 28 wk |
| 34 | Migracijske i etničke teme 1333-2546 · 1848-9184 | Q4 | 0.155 | 3 | Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies | Croatia | 25 wk |
| 35 | Población y Salud en Mesoamérica 1659-0201 | Q4 | 0.15 | 6 | Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 16 wk |
| 36 | Espace populations sociétés 0755-7809 · 2104-3752 | Q4 | 0.114 | 17 | Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille | France | 35 wk |
| 37 | Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire 1637-5823 · 2431-1472 | Q4 | 0.112 | 5 | Éditions de la Sorbonne | France | 26 wk |
| 38 | Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies 2613-7844 · 2613-7852 | Q4 | 0.112 | 3 | ELM Scholarly Press | Estonia | 18 wk |
| 39 | Dve Domovini 0353-6777 · 1581-1212 | Q4 | 0.111 | 14 | ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC | Slovenia | 24 wk |
| 40 | Cahiers des Amériques Latines 1141-7161 · 2268-4247 | Q4 | 0.105 | 7 | Université Paris 3 | France | 32 wk |
| 41 | Historijski pogledi 2637-1502 · 2712-0651 | Q4 | 0.101 | 2 | Center for Research of Modern and Contemporary History Tuzla | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 20 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais 1
- Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 1
- Center for Research of Modern and Contemporary History Tuzla 1
- Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, and Polish Academy of Sciences 1
- Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios 1
- Czech Statistical Office 1
About this list
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