23 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
23 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 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): 7 are Q1 and 9 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 70% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 25 weeks. Most are published in Iran (5), United States (5) and Germany (3). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 4% accept at least one other language.
All 23 free-to-publish journals in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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 | Advances in Combinatorics 2517-5599 | Q1 | 2.055 | 12 | Alliance of Diamond Open Access Journals | United Kingdom | 30 wk |
| 2 | Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics 1661-7207 · 1661-7215 | Q1 | 1.081 | 25 | EMS Press | Germany | 100 wk |
| 3 | Algebraic Combinatorics 2589-5486 | Q1 | 1.019 | 15 | The Combinatorics Consortium | United States | 51 wk |
| 4 | Combinatorial Theory 2766-1334 | Q1 | 0.99 | 9 | eScholarship Publishing, University of California | United States | 60 wk |
| 5 | Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 1077-8926 | Q1 | 0.846 | 61 | Electronic Journal of Combinatorics | Australia | 24 wk |
| 6 | Journal of Combinatorial Algebra 2415-6302 · 2415-6310 | Q1 | 0.782 | 8 | EMS Press | Germany | 97 wk |
| 7 | Discrete Analysis 2397-3129 | Q1 | 0.685 | 16 | Alliance of Diamond Open Access Journals | United Kingdom | 17 wk |
| 8 | Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization 2538-2128 · 2538-2136 | Q2 | 0.627 | 15 | Azarbaijan Shahide Madani University | Iran | 20 wk |
| 9 | Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincaré D 2308-5827 · 2308-5835 | Q2 | 0.588 | 17 | EMS Press | Germany | 100 wk |
| 10 | Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 1234-3099 · 2083-5892 | Q2 | 0.531 | 26 | University of Zielona Góra | Poland | 25 wk |
| 11 | Ars Mathematica Contemporanea 1855-3966 · 1855-3974 | Q2 | 0.508 | 23 | University of Primorska Press | Slovenia | 50 wk |
| 12 | The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics 2202-3518 | Q2 | 0.456 | 38 | University of Queensland | Australia | 52 wk |
| 13 | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 1462-7264 · 1365-8050 | Q2 | 0.421 | 27 | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science | France | 52 wk |
| 14 | Integers 1553-1732 | Q2 | 0.417 | 9 | Integers | United States | 50 wk |
| 15 | Discrete Mathematics Letters 2664-2557 | Q2 | 0.411 | 13 | Shahin Digital Publisher | Pakistan | 12 wk |
| 16 | Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications 2345-5853 · 2345-5861 | Q2 | 0.399 | 8 | Shahid Beheshti University | Iran | 12 wk |
| 17 | Miskolc Mathematical Notes 1787-2405 · 1787-2413 | Q3 | 0.363 | 27 | Miskolc University Press | Hungary | 20 wk |
| 18 | Journal of Algebra and Related Topics 2345-3931 · 2382-9877 | Q3 | 0.332 | 5 | University of Guilan | Iran | 16 wk |
| 19 | Pan-American Journal of Mathematics 2832-4293 | Q3 | 0.275 | 4 | Mathyze Publishers | United States | 5 wk |
| 20 | Transactions on Combinatorics 2251-8657 · 2251-8665 | Q3 | 0.255 | 9 | University of Isfahan | Iran | 30 wk |
| 21 | Journal of Algebraic Systems 2345-5128 · 2345-511X | Q4 | 0.231 | 5 | Shahrood University of Technology | Iran | 4 wk |
| 22 | Theory and Applications of Graphs 2470-9859 | Q4 | 0.202 | 7 | Georgia Southern University | United States | 20 wk |
| 23 | Журнал Белорусского государственного университета: Математика, информатика 2520-6508 · 2617-3956 | Q4 | 0.187 | 7 | Belarusian State University | Belarus | 16 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top countries of publication
- Iran 5
- United States 5
- Germany 3
- Australia 2
- United Kingdom 2
- Belarus 1
Top publishers
- EMS Press 3
- Alliance of Diamond Open Access Journals 2
- Azarbaijan Shahide Madani University 1
- Belarusian State University 1
- Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 1
- Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 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.
Before submitting, always confirm the journal on its own website and in the DOAJ, verify Scopus indexing by ISSN with the Scopus check rather than trusting claims on the journal’s site, and watch out for look-alike titles (see the predatory journal checklist).