23 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Information Systems and Management
23 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Information Systems and Management 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): 2 are Q1 and 8 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 43% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 12 weeks. Most are published in Iran (7), China (3) and Australia (2). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 9% accept at least one other language.
All 23 free-to-publish journals in Information Systems and Management
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 | International Journal of Innovation Studies 2096-2487 · 2589-2975 | Q1 | 1.162 | 30 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 19 wk |
| 2 | Data Science and Management 2666-7649 | Q1 | 1.134 | 27 | KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. | China | 12 wk |
| 3 | International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management 2182-7788 | Q2 | 0.61 | 30 | UMinho Editora | Portugal | 12 wk |
| 4 | Australasian Journal of Information Systems 1326-2238 | Q2 | 0.468 | 37 | Australasian Association for Information Systems | Australia | 20 wk |
| 5 | Journal of Economics and Management 1732-1948 · 2719-9975 | Q2 | 0.4 | 7 | Sciendo | Poland | 28 wk |
| 6 | Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence 2598-6333 · 2443-2555 | Q2 | 0.383 | 10 | Universitas Airlangga | Indonesia | 16 wk |
| 7 | Law, Technology and Humans 2652-4074 | Q2 | 0.359 | 11 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | 9 wk |
| 8 | Big Data and Computing Visions 2783-4956 · 2821-014X | Q2 | 0.303 | 9 | REA Press | Iran | 10 wk |
| 9 | Journal of Applied Research on Industrial Engineering 2538-5100 · 2676-6167 | Q2 | 0.302 | 13 | Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, Iran | Iran | 12 wk |
| 10 | JOIV: International Journal on Informatics Visualization 2549-9610 · 2549-9904 | Q2 | 0.279 | 24 | Society of Visual Informatics | Indonesia | 16 wk |
| 11 | Journal of Information Technology Management 2008-5893 · 2423-5059 | Q3 | 0.256 | 22 | University of Tehran | Iran | 7 wk |
| 12 | Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics 2399-6439 · 2399-6447 | Q3 | 0.254 | 9 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 12 wk |
| 13 | Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice 2287-9099 · 2287-4577 | Q3 | 0.245 | 13 | Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information | South Korea | 12 wk |
| 14 | International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering 2783-1337 · 2717-2937 | Q3 | 0.243 | 6 | Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, | Iran | 9 wk |
| 15 | ECTI Transactions on Computer and Information Technology 2286-9131 | Q3 | 0.213 | 11 | Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association | Thailand | 15 wk |
| 16 | Transactions on Fuzzy Sets and Systems 2821-0131 | Q3 | 0.203 | 5 | Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch | Iran | 20 wk |
| 17 | Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR) 2210-8491 · 2210-8505 | Q3 | 0.201 | 6 | Society for Risk Analysis - China | China | 12 wk |
| 18 | RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas 0034-7590 · 2178-938X | Q3 | 0.195 | 26 | Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo | Brazil | 32 wk |
| 19 | Annals of computer science and information systems 2300-5963 | Q3 | 0.188 | 4 | Polish Information Processing Society | Poland | 6 wk |
| 20 | International Journal of Information Science and Management 2008-8302 · 2008-8310 | Q3 | 0.188 | 16 | Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) | Iran | 12 wk |
| 21 | Information & Media 2783-6207 | Q3 | 0.185 | 6 | Vilnius University Press | Lithuania | 17 wk |
| 22 | CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation 2413-9505 | Q4 | 0.148 | 8 | CERN | Switzerland | 4 wk |
| 23 | Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 2717-4131 · 2588-6142 | Q4 | 0.141 | 4 | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | 12 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Australasian Association for Information Systems 1
- Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, 1
- Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, Iran 1
- CERN 1
- Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association 1
- Emerald Publishing 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 23
- Spanish 1
- Lithuanian 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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