20 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Management Information Systems
20 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Management Information Systems 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, 55% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in United Kingdom (4), Indonesia (3) and China (2). 95% accept manuscripts in English and 10% accept at least one other language.
All 20 free-to-publish journals in Management Information Systems
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 | Data Science and Management 2666-7649 | Q1 | 1.134 | 27 | KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. | China | 12 wk |
| 2 | Journal of Management Science and Engineering 2096-2320 · 2589-5532 | Q1 | 0.773 | 29 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 21 wk |
| 3 | Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2042-6747 · 2042-6755 | Q2 | 0.672 | 42 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 46 wk |
| 4 | International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management 2182-7788 | Q2 | 0.61 | 30 | UMinho Editora | Portugal | 12 wk |
| 5 | REGE Revista de Gestão 1809-2276 · 2177-8736 | Q2 | 0.526 | 24 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 24 wk |
| 6 | Journal of International Logistics and Trade 1738-2122 · 2508-7592 | Q2 | 0.511 | 12 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 24 wk |
| 7 | Acta Informatica Pragensia 1805-4951 | Q2 | 0.454 | 12 | Prague University of Economics and Business | Czechia | 12 wk |
| 8 | INFORMS Transactions on Education 1532-0545 | Q2 | 0.402 | 10 | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | United States | 52 wk |
| 9 | Journal of Economics and Management 1732-1948 · 2719-9975 | Q2 | 0.4 | 7 | Sciendo | Poland | 28 wk |
| 10 | Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence 2598-6333 · 2443-2555 | Q2 | 0.383 | 10 | Universitas Airlangga | Indonesia | 16 wk |
| 11 | Organizacija 1581-1832 | Q3 | 0.339 | 24 | Sciendo | Slovenia | 16 wk |
| 12 | Logistics Research 1865-035X · 1865-0368 | Q3 | 0.311 | 31 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 15 wk |
| 13 | Big Data and Computing Visions 2783-4956 · 2821-014X | Q3 | 0.303 | 9 | REA Press | Iran | 10 wk |
| 14 | Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business 2085-8272 · 2338-5847 | Q3 | 0.26 | 12 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | Indonesia | 21 wk |
| 15 | European Journal of Business Science and Technology 2336-6494 · 2694-7161 | Q3 | 0.251 | 8 | Mendel University in Brno | Czechia | 18 wk |
| 16 | Tehnički Glasnik 1846-6168 · 1848-5588 | Q4 | 0.209 | 15 | University North | Croatia | 15 wk |
| 17 | International Journal of Information Science and Management 2008-8302 · 2008-8310 | Q4 | 0.188 | 16 | Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) | Iran | 12 wk |
| 18 | Encontros Bibli 1518-2924 | Q4 | 0.168 | 10 | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina -- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência da Informação Centro de Ciências da Educação | Brazil | 25 wk |
| 19 | Proceedings on Engineering Sciences 2620-2832 · 2683-4111 | Q4 | 0.156 | 13 | University of Kragujevac | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 20 | Record and Library Journal 2442-5168 | Q4 | 0.143 | 4 | Universitas Airlangga | Indonesia | 12 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Emerald Publishing 4
- Sciendo 2
- Universitas Airlangga 2
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 1
- KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 1
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 19
- Portuguese 2
- Spanish 1
- French 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).