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203 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Medicine (miscellaneous)

203 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Medicine (miscellaneous) 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): 11 are Q1 and 19 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

203journals with no APC
11Q1 in this category
19Q2 in this category
173Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 21% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 12 weeks. Most are published in Iran (18), India (17) and Russia (15). 84% accept manuscripts in English and 40% accept at least one other language.

All 203 free-to-publish journals in Medicine (miscellaneous)

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).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Military Medical Research
2054-9369
Q15.89868KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China28 wk
2Journal of Biomedical Science
1021-7770 · 1423-0127
Q13.601130BMCUnited Kingdom14 wk
3Alcohol Research
2168-3492 · 2169-4796
Q12.906124National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)United States55 wk
4Eurosurveillance
1560-7917
Q12.81143European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSweden30 wk
5Medical Review
2097-0773 · 2749-9642
Q11.50120De GruyterGermany12 wk
6The Angle Orthodontist
0003-3219
Q11.433120E.H Angle Education and Research FoundationUnited States45 wk
7Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art
2524-4442
Q11.18829SpringerOpenSingapore5 wk
8Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1551-4056
Q11.14479Yale UniversityUnited States20 wk
9Journal of the Medical Library Association
1536-5050 · 1558-9439
Q11.13682University Library System, University of PittsburghUnited States26 wk
10Journal of Law and the Biosciences
2053-9711
Q11.07738Oxford University PressUnited Kingdom13 wk
11Health Technology Assessment
1366-5278 · 2046-4924
Q11.021149NIHR Journals LibraryUnited Kingdom53 wk
12International Brazilian Journal of Urology
1677-5538 · 1677-6119
Q20.90454Sociedade Brasileira de UrologiaBrazil28 wk
13ADMET and DMPK
1848-7718
Q20.82529International Association of Physical Chemists (IAPC)Croatia4 wk
14Medical Principles and Practice
1011-7571 · 1423-0151
Q20.78770Karger PublishersSwitzerland25 wk
15Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2237-6089 · 2238-0019
Q20.77634Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do SulBrazil13 wk
16The Journal of Nursing Research
1682-3141 · 1948-965X
Q20.74951Wolters KluwerUnited Kingdom60 wk
17Balkan Medical Journal
2146-3123 · 2146-3131
Q20.74635Trakya UniversityTürkiye6 wk
18Journal of Applied Oral Science
1678-7757 · 1678-7765
Q20.63271Faculdade De Odontologia De Bauru - USPBrazil16 wk
19Revista Española de Quimioterapia
0214-3429 · 1988-9518
Q20.61137Sociedad Española de QuimioterapiaSpain8 wk
20Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
1947-6094 · 1947-6108
Q20.60443Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterUnited States61 wk
21Journal of Caring Sciences
2251-9920
Q20.60321Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
22BioMedicine
2211-8020 · 2211-8039
Q20.58538China Medical UniversityTaiwan24 wk
23Perspectives in Clinical Research
2229-3485 · 2229-5488
Q20.58328Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia26 wk
24Tzu Chi Medical Journal
1016-3190 · 2223-8956
Q20.57233Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia27 wk
25Rural and Remote Health
1445-6354
Q20.5757James Cook UniversityAustralia8 wk
26BioImpacts
2228-5652 · 2228-5660
Q20.56850Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran5 wk
27Sleep Science
1984-0659 · 1984-0063
Q20.56438Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Brazil5 wk
28Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
0074-0276 · 1678-8060
Q20.535112Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Brazil10 wk
29MedEdPORTAL
2374-8265
Q20.53229Association of American Medical CollegesUnited States32 wk
30Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences
1658-631X · 2321-4856
Q20.53115Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia35 wk
31BMC Proceedings
1753-6561
Q30.51929BMCUnited Kingdom10 wk
32Swiss Medical Weekly
1424-7860 · 1424-3997
Q30.51286SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW)Switzerland20 wk
33Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
1658-3876 · 2589-0646
Q30.50634Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia8 wk
34São Paulo Medical Journal
1516-3180 · 1806-9460
Q30.50552Associação Paulista de MedicinaBrazil20 wk
35Revista de Investigación Clínica
0034-8376 · 2564-8896
Q30.48837PermanyerSpain16 wk
36Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
0021-2571 · 2384-8553
Q30.46359Istituto Superiore di SanitàItaly8 wk
37Wellcome Open Research
2398-502X
Q30.45759WellcomeUnited Kingdom5 wk
38HRB Open Research
2515-4826
Q30.45515F1000 Research LtdUnited Kingdom6 wk
39Eurasian Journal of Medicine
1308-8734 · 1308-8742
Q30.44729Atatürk UniversityTürkiye14 wk
40Polimery w Medycynie
0370-0747 · 2451-2699
Q30.42119Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland53 wk
41Acta Clinica Croatica
0353-9466 · 1333-9451
Q30.41535Sestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical ResearchCroatia30 wk
42Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
1029-1857 · 2413-7170
Q30.41442Jimma UniversityEthiopia12 wk
43Journal of Mid-Life Health
0976-7800 · 0976-7819
Q30.41228Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia23 wk
44Medeniyet Medical Journal
2149-2042 · 2149-4606
Q30.40915Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityTürkiye14 wk
45The Ochsner Journal
1524-5012
Q30.40955Ochsner Clinic FoundationUnited States24 wk
46Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
0972-9062
Q30.39951Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia15 wk
47Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
2076-9172
Q30.39915Rambam Health Care CampusIsrael14 wk
48Journal of Primary Health Care
1172-6164 · 1172-6156
Q30.39330CSIRO PublishingAustralia28 wk
49Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
1300-0144
Q30.39347The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)Türkiye24 wk
50Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
0102-7638 · 1678-9741
Q30.38539Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia CardiovascularBrazil20 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Iran 18
  2. India 17
  3. Russia 15
  4. Türkiye 15
  5. Brazil 14
  6. Spain 9

Top publishers

  1. Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 12
  2. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 4
  3. De Gruyter 3
  4. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 3
  5. Universidade de São Paulo 3
  6. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 3

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 171
  2. Spanish 32
  3. Russian 18
  4. Portuguese 10
  5. Persian 7
  6. Ukrainian 6

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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