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58 free-to-publish journals published in Slovakia

58 peer-reviewed open access journals published in Slovakia charge no article processing charge and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. 30 of them are indexed in Scopus and ranked by SCImago (12 in Q1 or Q2); the rest are listed too, Scopus-ranked journals first. Data snapshot: October 2026.

58journals with no APC
30ranked in Scopus (SCImago)
12ranked Q1 or Q2

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 40% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 15 weeks. The largest subject areas are Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. 93% accept manuscripts in English and 59% accept at least one other language.

All 58 journals

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).

#JournalQuartileSJRPublisherLanguagesTime to publish
1Folia Geographica
1336-6157 · 2454-1001
Q10.822University of PrešovSlovak, English18 wk
2Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo
1339-2204 · 2453-9759
Q10.425Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.English30 wk
3Slovenské divadlo
0037-699X · 1336-8605
Q10.193Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theatre and Film Research of The Art Research CentreSlovak, English6 wk
4Slovenska Literatura
0037-6973
Q10.165Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slovak LiteratureCzech, Slovak12 wk
5Acta Metallurgica Slovaca
1335-1532 · 1338-1156
Q20.334SciCell s.r.o.English12 wk
6Filozofia
0046-385X · 2585-7061
Q20.202Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i.Slovak, English, Czech12 wk
7Historický Časopis
0018-2575 · 2585-9099
Q20.202Institute of History, Slovak Academy of SciencesEnglish, Czech, Slovak15 wk
8Topics in Linguistics
1337-7590 · 2199-6504
Q20.185Constantine the Philosopher University in NitraEnglish26 wk
9Forum Historiae
1337-6861
Q20.184Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of HistoryCzech, English, Slovak17 wk
10Organon F
1335-0668 · 2585-7150
Q20.151Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of SciencesEnglish38 wk
11Studia Historica Nitriensia
1338-7219 · 2585-8661
Q20.142Constantine the Philosopher University in NitraEnglish, Slovak, Czech30 wk
12ESPES
1339-1119
Q20.128University of Presov, Faculty of ArtsSlovak, English, Czech18 wk
13EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems
2410-0218
Q30.371European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English10 wk
14Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy
1338-0540
Q30.288Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of SciencesEnglish20 wk
15Acta Montanistica Slovaca
1335-1788
Q30.263Technical University of KosiceSlovak, English30 wk
16Studia Psychologica
0039-3320 · 2585-8815
Q30.259Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological SciencesEnglish43 wk
17Sociológia
0049-1225 · 1336-8613
Q30.237Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesSlovak, Czech, English28 wk
18Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
1336-8672 · 1338-4260
Q30.22Národné poľnohospodárske a potravinárske centrumEnglish27 wk
19Central European Journal of Public Policy
1802-4866
Q30.213UNIVERSITY OF SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS IN TRNAVAEnglish20 wk
20Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae
1338-6034
Q30.162Comenius University in BratislavaSlovak, English, Czech26 wk
21Bratislava Law Review
2585-7088 · 2644-6359
Q30.159Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of LawEnglish30 wk
22Slovenský Národopis
1335-1303 · 1339-9357
Q30.146Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of SciencesCzech, Slovak, English30 wk
23Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica
1335-258X · 1336-9245
Q40.188Slovak University of Agriculture in NitraEnglish8 wk
24Ekonomický Časopis
0013-3035 · 2729-7470
Q40.169Institute of Economic Research SASEnglish37 wk
25Mineralia Slovaca
0369-2086 · 1338-3523
Q40.166State Geological Institute of Dionýz ŠtúrEnglish, Slovak10 wk
26Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica
1338-6905 · 1339-004X
Q40.137SciCell s.r.o.English24 wk
27Tichodroma
1337-026X · 2644-4992
Q40.13Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Forest EcologyCzech, English, Slovak10 wk
28Zdravotnícke listy
1339-3022 · 2644-4909
Q40.116Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka v Trenčíne, Fakulta zdravotníctvaSlovak, English15 wk
29Asian and African Studies
1335-1257 · 2585-8793
Q40.11Institute of Oriental Studies SASEnglish, French, German15 wk
30Ars
0044-9008 · 2729-7349
Q40.101Slovak Academy of SciencesSlovak, Czech, English, German20 wk
31Annales Scientia Politica
1339-0732
––University of PresovCzech, English, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian8 wk
32Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU
2729-7640
––Slovak University of TechnologyEnglish8 wk
33Človek a Spoločnosť
1335-3608
––Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, KošiceEnglish13 wk
34Duševné vlastníctvo
1335-2881 · 1339-5564
––Indrustrial Property Office of the Slovak RepublicSlovak, Czech20 wk
35EAI Endorsed Transactions on Context-aware Systems and Applications
2409-0026
––European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English16 wk
36EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies
2409-9708
––European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English10 wk
37EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning
2032-9253
––European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English16 wk
38EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications
2032-9504
––European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English10 wk
39EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities
2518-3893
––European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)English12 wk
40Ekonomika a Spoločnosť
2729-8213
––Belianum. Matej Bel University Press.Slovak, English8 wk
41Etnologické Rozpravy
2729-9759
––Ethnographic Society of SlovakiaSlovak, Czech, English, Polish14 wk
42Geografická revue
2585-8955 · 2585-8947
––Belianum. Matej Bel University Press.Slovak, English, Czech6 wk
43Geologické práce. Správy
0433-4795 · 2453-9767
––State Geological Institute of Dionýz ŠtúrSlovak19 wk
44ITlib
1335-793X · 1336-0779
––Centrum vedecko-technických informácií Slovenskej republikyEnglish, Czech, Slovak8 wk
45Journal of Human Resource Management
1335-3888 · 2453-7683
––Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of ManagementEnglish28 wk
46Košická bezpečnostná revue
1338-4880 · 1338-6956
––University of Security Management in KošiceEnglish, Slovak10 wk
47Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications
2453-6881
––Slovak University of Agriculture in NitraEnglish15 wk
48Mediamatika a Kultúrne Dedičstvo
1339-777X
––Institute of Mediamatics and Cultural Heritage, University of ŽilinaCzech, Slovak, English16 wk
49Medzinárodné vzťahy
1336-1562 · 1339-2751
––University of Economics in BratislavaSlovak, Czech, English8 wk
50Ostium
1339-942X · 1336-6556
––OstiumSlovak, French, English, Czech12 wk
51Philologia Romanistica Cultura
2989-3658
––Katedra romanistiky a germanistiky Filozofická Fakulta Univerzita Konštantína FilozofaSlovak, Italian, French, Spanish6 wk
52Reflexie
2730-020X
––Verbum-Catholic Univ Ruzomberok Press – Catholic University in RuzomberokEnglish, Slovak8 wk
53Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
1336-9261
––Slovak University of AgricultureEnglish8 wk
54Slovak Journal of Sport Science
2453-9325
––Matej Bel UniversityEnglish20 wk
55Societas et Iurisprudentia
1339-5467
––Trnava University, Faculty of LawEnglish, Slovak, Czech8 wk
56Štát a Právo
2644-643X
––Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of LawSlovak, English, German, Czech16 wk
57Studia Politica Slovaca
1337-8163 · 2585-8459
––Institute of Political Science of Slovak Academy of SciencesSlovak, English, Czech12 wk
58Vojenské Reflexie
1336-9202
––Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav ŠtefánikEnglish, Czech, Slovak15 wk

Where these journals come from

Top publishers

  1. European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 6
  2. Belianum. Matej Bel University Press. 2
  3. Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra 2
  4. SciCell s.r.o. 2
  5. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 2
  6. State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr 2

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 54
  2. Slovak 33
  3. Czech 23
  4. German 3
  5. French 3
  6. Polish 2

About this list

Country means the publisher’s country as recorded in the DOAJ, not the language or the authors’ origin: most journals accept submissions from anywhere. Community-verified journals were checked by hand against a short checklist (ISSN, peer review, no fees, recent issues) and are marked “Not in DOAJ”.

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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