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24 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Nursing (miscellaneous)

24 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Nursing (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): 1 are Q1 and 5 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

24journals with no APC
1Q1 in this category
5Q2 in this category
18Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 33% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in Iran (5), Türkiye (4) and Colombia (3). 75% accept manuscripts in English and 58% accept at least one other language.

All 24 free-to-publish journals in Nursing (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
1The Journal of Nursing Research
1682-3141 · 1948-965X		Q10.74951Wolters KluwerUnited Kingdom60 wk
2Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand
2703-4542		Q20.6111Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New ZealandNew Zealand20 wk
3Journal of Caring Sciences
2251-9920		Q20.60321Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
4Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
0120-5307 · 2216-0280		Q20.57226Universidad de AntioquiaColombia20 wk
5Nursing Practice Today
2383-1154 · 2383-1162		Q20.37914Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
6Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing
2687-6442		Q20.378İstanbul University-CerrahpasaTürkiye12 wk
7Quality Advancement in Nursing Education
2368-6669		Q30.2748Canadian Association of Schools of NursingCanada45 wk
8حیات
1735-2215 · 2008-188X		Q30.26322Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
9Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing
2087-7811 · 2406-8799		Q30.2611Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia16 wk
10Journal of Nursology
2822-2954		Q30.2464Atatürk UniversityTürkiye36 wk
11Health Professions Education
2452-3011		Q30.21228King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesSaudi Arabia16 wk
12Payesh
1680-7626 · 2008-4536		Q30.219Iranian Institute for Health Sciences ResearchIran40 wk
13Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery
2791-7940		Q40.1924Cyprus Turkish Nurses and Midwives AssociationTürkiye11 wk
14Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery
2588-3038		Q40.1845Golestan University of Medical SciencesIran10 wk
15Revista Cuidarte
2216-0973 · 2346-3414		Q40.1819Universidad de SantanderColombia19 wk
16Enfermería Nefrológica
2254-2884 · 2255-3517		Q40.17513Sociedad Española de Enfermería NefrológicaSpain28 wk
17Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia
1410-4490 · 2354-9203		Q40.1615Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan Universitas IndonesiaIndonesia12 wk
18Cultura de los Cuidados
1699-6003		Q40.14710Universidad de AlicanteSpain12 wk
19Pediomaternal Nursing Journal
2355-1577 · 2656-4629		Q40.1393Universitas AirlanggaIndonesia10 wk
20Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
2687-2110		Q40.1376Atatürk UniversityTürkiye15 wk
21MedUNAB
0123-7047 · 2382-4603		Q40.1336Universidad Autonoma de BucaramangaColombia36 wk
22Zdravotnícke listy
1339-3022 · 2644-4909		Q40.1165Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka v Trenčíne, Fakulta zdravotníctvaSlovakia15 wk
23Journal of Institute of Medicine
1993-2979 · 1993-2987		Q40.1152Institute of MedicineNepal16 wk
24Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine
2774-1079		Q40.112Chiang Mai University, Faculty of MedicineThailand16 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Iran 5
  2. Türkiye 4
  3. Colombia 3
  4. Indonesia 3
  5. Spain 2
  6. Canada 1

Top publishers

  1. Atatürk University 2
  2. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2
  3. Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing 1
  4. Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Medicine 1
  5. Cyprus Turkish Nurses and Midwives Association 1
  6. Diponegoro University 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 18
  2. Spanish 5
  3. Portuguese 3
  4. Persian 2
  5. Indonesian 2
  6. Turkish 2

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).