28 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Software
28 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Software 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): 4 are Q1 and 4 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 29% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 15 weeks. Most are published in Germany (4), United States (3) and Spain (2). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 11% accept at least one other language.
All 28 free-to-publish journals in Software
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 | Journal of Statistical Software 1548-7660 | Q1 | 3.677 | 199 | Foundation for Open Access Statistics | United States | 53 wk |
| 2 | High-Confidence Computing 2667-2952 | Q1 | 1.521 | 20 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 49 wk |
| 3 | Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art 2524-4442 | Q1 | 1.188 | 29 | SpringerOpen | Singapore | 5 wk |
| 4 | Applied Computing and Informatics 2634-1964 · 2210-8327 | Q1 | 1.023 | 47 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 39 wk |
| 5 | Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems 2569-2925 | Q2 | 0.885 | 54 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Germany | 11 wk |
| 6 | IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology 2519-173X | Q2 | 0.649 | 32 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Germany | 12 wk |
| 7 | International Journal of Data and Network Science 2561-8148 · 2561-8156 | Q2 | 0.542 | 49 | Growing Science | Canada | 8 wk |
| 8 | International Journal of Serious Games 2384-8766 | Q2 | 0.5 | 19 | Serious Games Society | Italy | 12 wk |
| 9 | e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal 1897-7979 · 2084-4840 | Q3 | 0.405 | 14 | Wroclaw University of Science and Technology | Poland | 15 wk |
| 10 | Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations 2409-6008 · 2313-8734 | Q3 | 0.357 | 21 | Publishing center of the South Ural State University | Russia | 12 wk |
| 11 | Vietnam Journal of Computer Science 2196-8888 · 2196-8896 | Q3 | 0.308 | 13 | World Scientific Publishing | Singapore | 13 wk |
| 12 | Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehničeskogo Universiteta. Seriâ: Fiziko-Matematičeskie Nauki 1991-8615 · 2310-7081 | Q3 | 0.307 | 11 | Samara State Technical University | Russia | 12 wk |
| 13 | Inteligencia Artificial 1137-3601 · 1988-3064 | Q3 | 0.302 | 19 | Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial | Spain | 8 wk |
| 14 | Image Processing On Line 2105-1232 | Q3 | 0.297 | 17 | Image Processing On Line | France | 16 wk |
| 15 | ELCVIA Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis 1577-5097 | Q3 | 0.272 | 16 | Computer Vision Center Press | Spain | 26 wk |
| 16 | Machine Graphics & Vision 1230-0535 · 2720-250X | Q4 | 0.233 | 15 | Institute of Information Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW | Poland | 31 wk |
| 17 | Ledger 2379-5980 | Q4 | 0.226 | 11 | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | United States | 40 wk |
| 18 | Journal of Computer Science and Technology 1666-6046 · 1666-6038 | Q4 | 0.225 | 8 | Postgraduate Office, School of Computer Science, Universidad Nacional de La Plata | Argentina | 24 wk |
| 19 | Modeling, Identification and Control 0332-7353 · 1890-1328 | Q4 | 0.219 | 33 | Norwegian Society of Automatic Control | Norway | 10 wk |
| 20 | Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 2636-8129 | Q4 | 0.205 | 7 | Sakarya University | Türkiye | 17 wk |
| 21 | Computer Science Journal of Moldova 1561-4042 · 2587-4330 | Q4 | 0.189 | 8 | Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science | Moldova | 16 wk |
| 22 | Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1985-3157 | Q4 | 0.161 | 12 | Penerbit Universiti, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka | Malaysia | 15 wk |
| 23 | Electronic Communications of the EASST 1863-2122 | Q4 | 0.16 | 25 | Technische Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek | Germany | 8 wk |
| 24 | International Journal for Engineering Modelling 1330-1365 · 1849-8671 | Q4 | 0.134 | 13 | University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy | Croatia | 8 wk |
| 25 | Telfor Journal 1821-3251 · 2334-9905 | Q4 | 0.118 | 10 | Telecommunications Society, Academic Mind | Serbia | 23 wk |
| 26 | Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science 2075-2180 | – | 0.273 | 29 | Open Publishing Association | Australia | 21 wk |
| 27 | Proceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference 2334-0754 · 2334-0762 | – | 0.218 | 11 | LibraryPress@UF | United States | 6 wk |
| 28 | GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie 1860-9171 | – | 0.103 | 8 | German Medical Science GMS Publishing House | Germany | 20 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2
- Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial 1
- Computer Vision Center Press 1
- Elsevier 1
- Emerald Publishing 1
- Foundation for Open Access Statistics 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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