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.
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).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | Publisher | Languages | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folia Geographica 1336-6157 · 2454-1001 | Q1 | 0.822 | University of Prešov | Slovak, English | 18 wk |
| 2 | Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo 1339-2204 · 2453-9759 | Q1 | 0.425 | Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z. | English | 30 wk |
| 3 | Slovenské divadlo 0037-699X · 1336-8605 | Q1 | 0.193 | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theatre and Film Research of The Art Research Centre | Slovak, English | 6 wk |
| 4 | Slovenska Literatura 0037-6973 | Q1 | 0.165 | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slovak Literature | Czech, Slovak | 12 wk |
| 5 | Acta Metallurgica Slovaca 1335-1532 · 1338-1156 | Q2 | 0.334 | SciCell s.r.o. | English | 12 wk |
| 6 | Filozofia 0046-385X · 2585-7061 | Q2 | 0.202 | Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i. | Slovak, English, Czech | 12 wk |
| 7 | Historický Časopis 0018-2575 · 2585-9099 | Q2 | 0.202 | Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences | English, Czech, Slovak | 15 wk |
| 8 | Topics in Linguistics 1337-7590 · 2199-6504 | Q2 | 0.185 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | English | 26 wk |
| 9 | Forum Historiae 1337-6861 | Q2 | 0.184 | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of History | Czech, English, Slovak | 17 wk |
| 10 | Organon F 1335-0668 · 2585-7150 | Q2 | 0.151 | Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | English | 38 wk |
| 11 | Studia Historica Nitriensia 1338-7219 · 2585-8661 | Q2 | 0.142 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | English, Slovak, Czech | 30 wk |
| 12 | ESPES 1339-1119 | Q2 | 0.128 | University of Presov, Faculty of Arts | Slovak, English, Czech | 18 wk |
| 13 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems 2410-0218 | Q3 | 0.371 | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 10 wk |
| 14 | Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy 1338-0540 | Q3 | 0.288 | Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences | English | 20 wk |
| 15 | Acta Montanistica Slovaca 1335-1788 | Q3 | 0.263 | Technical University of Kosice | Slovak, English | 30 wk |
| 16 | Studia Psychologica 0039-3320 · 2585-8815 | Q3 | 0.259 | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences | English | 43 wk |
| 17 | Sociológia 0049-1225 · 1336-8613 | Q3 | 0.237 | Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | Slovak, Czech, English | 28 wk |
| 18 | Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 1336-8672 · 1338-4260 | Q3 | 0.22 | Národné poľnohospodárske a potravinárske centrum | English | 27 wk |
| 19 | Central European Journal of Public Policy 1802-4866 | Q3 | 0.213 | UNIVERSITY OF SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS IN TRNAVA | English | 20 wk |
| 20 | Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae 1338-6034 | Q3 | 0.162 | Comenius University in Bratislava | Slovak, English, Czech | 26 wk |
| 21 | Bratislava Law Review 2585-7088 · 2644-6359 | Q3 | 0.159 | Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law | English | 30 wk |
| 22 | Slovenský Národopis 1335-1303 · 1339-9357 | Q3 | 0.146 | Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | Czech, Slovak, English | 30 wk |
| 23 | Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica 1335-258X · 1336-9245 | Q4 | 0.188 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | English | 8 wk |
| 24 | Ekonomický Časopis 0013-3035 · 2729-7470 | Q4 | 0.169 | Institute of Economic Research SAS | English | 37 wk |
| 25 | Mineralia Slovaca 0369-2086 · 1338-3523 | Q4 | 0.166 | State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr | English, Slovak | 10 wk |
| 26 | Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica 1338-6905 · 1339-004X | Q4 | 0.137 | SciCell s.r.o. | English | 24 wk |
| 27 | Tichodroma 1337-026X · 2644-4992 | Q4 | 0.13 | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology | Czech, English, Slovak | 10 wk |
| 28 | Zdravotnícke listy 1339-3022 · 2644-4909 | Q4 | 0.116 | Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka v Trenčíne, Fakulta zdravotníctva | Slovak, English | 15 wk |
| 29 | Asian and African Studies 1335-1257 · 2585-8793 | Q4 | 0.11 | Institute of Oriental Studies SAS | English, French, German | 15 wk |
| 30 | Ars 0044-9008 · 2729-7349 | Q4 | 0.101 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Slovak, Czech, English, German | 20 wk |
| 31 | Annales Scientia Politica 1339-0732 | – | – | University of Presov | Czech, English, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian | 8 wk |
| 32 | Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU 2729-7640 | – | – | Slovak University of Technology | English | 8 wk |
| 33 | Človek a Spoločnosť 1335-3608 | – | – | Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, Košice | English | 13 wk |
| 34 | Duševné vlastníctvo 1335-2881 · 1339-5564 | – | – | Indrustrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic | Slovak, Czech | 20 wk |
| 35 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Context-aware Systems and Applications 2409-0026 | – | – | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 16 wk |
| 36 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies 2409-9708 | – | – | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 10 wk |
| 37 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning 2032-9253 | – | – | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 16 wk |
| 38 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications 2032-9504 | – | – | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 10 wk |
| 39 | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities 2518-3893 | – | – | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | English | 12 wk |
| 40 | Ekonomika a Spoločnosť 2729-8213 | – | – | Belianum. Matej Bel University Press. | Slovak, English | 8 wk |
| 41 | Etnologické Rozpravy 2729-9759 | – | – | Ethnographic Society of Slovakia | Slovak, Czech, English, Polish | 14 wk |
| 42 | Geografická revue 2585-8955 · 2585-8947 | – | – | Belianum. Matej Bel University Press. | Slovak, English, Czech | 6 wk |
| 43 | Geologické práce. Správy 0433-4795 · 2453-9767 | – | – | State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr | Slovak | 19 wk |
| 44 | ITlib 1335-793X · 1336-0779 | – | – | Centrum vedecko-technických informácií Slovenskej republiky | English, Czech, Slovak | 8 wk |
| 45 | Journal of Human Resource Management 1335-3888 · 2453-7683 | – | – | Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management | English | 28 wk |
| 46 | Košická bezpečnostná revue 1338-4880 · 1338-6956 | – | – | University of Security Management in Košice | English, Slovak | 10 wk |
| 47 | Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications 2453-6881 | – | – | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | English | 15 wk |
| 48 | Mediamatika a Kultúrne Dedičstvo 1339-777X | – | – | Institute of Mediamatics and Cultural Heritage, University of Žilina | Czech, Slovak, English | 16 wk |
| 49 | Medzinárodné vzťahy 1336-1562 · 1339-2751 | – | – | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovak, Czech, English | 8 wk |
| 50 | Ostium 1339-942X · 1336-6556 | – | – | Ostium | Slovak, French, English, Czech | 12 wk |
| 51 | Philologia Romanistica Cultura 2989-3658 | – | – | Katedra romanistiky a germanistiky Filozofická Fakulta Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa | Slovak, Italian, French, Spanish | 6 wk |
| 52 | Reflexie 2730-020X | – | – | Verbum-Catholic Univ Ruzomberok Press – Catholic University in Ruzomberok | English, Slovak | 8 wk |
| 53 | Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 | – | – | Slovak University of Agriculture | English | 8 wk |
| 54 | Slovak Journal of Sport Science 2453-9325 | – | – | Matej Bel University | English | 20 wk |
| 55 | Societas et Iurisprudentia 1339-5467 | – | – | Trnava University, Faculty of Law | English, Slovak, Czech | 8 wk |
| 56 | Štát a Právo 2644-643X | – | – | Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Law | Slovak, English, German, Czech | 16 wk |
| 57 | Studia Politica Slovaca 1337-8163 · 2585-8459 | – | – | Institute of Political Science of Slovak Academy of Sciences | Slovak, English, Czech | 12 wk |
| 58 | Vojenské Reflexie 1336-9202 | – | – | Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik | English, Czech, Slovak | 15 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top subject areas (Scopus-ranked)
Top publishers
- European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 6
- Belianum. Matej Bel University Press. 2
- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra 2
- SciCell s.r.o. 2
- Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 2
- State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr 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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