Free-to-publish journals by country
Diamond open access journals are published in 132 countries. The table counts, per publisher country, the journals with no APC and no other fees, how many are ranked in Scopus and how many reach Q1 or Q2. Countries with at least 20 journals have their own page. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Regions
Countries
| Country | No-APC journals | In Scopus | Q1 + Q2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,227 | 217 | 56 |
| Indonesia | 1,188 | 59 | 29 |
| Spain | 981 | 481 | 245 |
| Poland | 800 | 286 | 108 |
| United States | 670 | 246 | 137 |
| Türkiye | 670 | 128 | 29 |
| Iran | 608 | 176 | 34 |
| Russia | 562 | 207 | 72 |
| United Kingdom | 524 | 237 | 158 |
| Italy | 482 | 177 | 56 |
| Colombia | 462 | 119 | 30 |
| Argentina | 408 | 63 | 17 |
| France | 376 | 98 | 35 |
| Ukraine | 326 | 61 | 12 |
| Romania | 308 | 65 | 17 |
| Germany | 291 | 132 | 92 |
| India | 287 | 95 | 15 |
| Mexico | 239 | 59 | 15 |
| Chile | 187 | 68 | 37 |
| Canada | 186 | 48 | 21 |
| Serbia | 184 | 63 | 15 |
| Croatia | 157 | 105 | 18 |
| Peru | 154 | 29 | 13 |
| Portugal | 146 | 55 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 145 | 77 | 54 |
| Czechia | 142 | 84 | 27 |
| Norway | 127 | 32 | 12 |
| China | 124 | 87 | 71 |
| Cuba | 118 | 14 | 1 |
| Morocco | 116 | 2 | 0 |
| Hungary | 110 | 27 | 11 |
| Ecuador | 108 | 9 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 102 | 31 | 17 |
| Pakistan | 101 | 7 | 3 |
| South Korea | 95 | 61 | 38 |
| Slovenia | 92 | 61 | 26 |
| Egypt | 85 | 7 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 83 | 18 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 78 | 38 | 15 |
| Costa Rica | 77 | 12 | 2 |
| Australia | 73 | 41 | 28 |
| Bulgaria | 61 | 16 | 5 |
| Algeria | 60 | 4 | 1 |
| Austria | 59 | 15 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 58 | 30 | 12 |
| Sweden | 58 | 23 | 15 |
| Finland | 58 | 16 | 10 |
| South Africa | 57 | 18 | 4 |
| Denmark | 54 | 18 | 9 |
| Singapore | 49 | 27 | 19 |
| Venezuela | 47 | 7 | 2 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 44 | 8 | 4 |
| Belgium | 44 | 19 | 7 |
| Iraq | 41 | 8 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| Thailand | 30 | 15 | 2 |
| Moldova | 30 | 6 | 1 |
| Nepal | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| Philippines | 26 | 7 | 1 |
| Estonia | 24 | 17 | 10 |
| Greece | 23 | 7 | 2 |
| Ireland | 22 | 9 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Japan | 21 | 11 | 4 |
| Belarus | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 11 | 5 |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 18 | 5 | 3 |
| North Macedonia | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Qatar | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Nicaragua | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Armenia | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenya | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Latvia | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Libya | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Panama | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Albania | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Oman | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Honduras | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Palestinian Territories | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yemen | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Angola | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Åland Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbados | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Togo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.