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711 Q1 journals with no publication fee

Every journal below has its best SCImago quartile in Q1 in at least one subject category, is indexed in Scopus, and is listed in the DOAJ with no APC and no other author fees. Data snapshot: October 2026.

Top countries of publication

  1. Spain 92
  2. United Kingdom 83
  3. United States 73
  4. China 54
  5. Germany 49
  6. Russia 41

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 659
  2. Spanish 148
  3. French 75
  4. Portuguese 60
  5. Italian 46
  6. Russian 43

The top 400 of 711 journals, by quartile and SJR

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).

#JournalSJRH-indexSubject areaPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Living Reviews in Relativity
1433-8351
14.227107Physics and AstronomySpringerOpenGermany20 wk
2Living Reviews in Solar Physics
1614-4961
8.87179Earth and Planetary SciencesSpringerSwitzerland20 wk
3International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
2365-9440
7.94797Computer ScienceSpringerOpenUnited Kingdom6 wk
4Photonics Insights
2791-1748
6.19122EngineeringSPIEUnited States8 wk
5Military Medical Research
2054-9369
5.89868MedicineKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China28 wk
6Organization Theory
2631-7877
4.85243Business, Management and AccountingSAGE PublishingUnited Kingdom16 wk
7International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
2631-8644 · 2631-7990
4.09873EngineeringIOP PublishingUnited Kingdom27 wk
8Nano Research Energy
2791-0091 · 2790-8119
4.01649ChemistryTsinghua University PressChina8 wk
9Journal of Sport and Health Science
2095-2546
3.71587Health ProfessionsElsevierNetherlands22 wk
10Journal of the European Mathematical Society
1435-9855 · 1435-9863
3.68773MathematicsEMS PressGermany100 wk
11Journal of Statistical Software
1548-7660
3.677199Computer ScienceFoundation for Open Access StatisticsUnited States53 wk
12Journal of Biomedical Science
1021-7770 · 1423-0127
3.601130Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyBMCUnited Kingdom14 wk
13Opto-Electronic Science
2097-0382
3.49433Physics and AstronomyEditorial Office of Opto-Electronic Journals, Institute of Optics and Electronics, CAS, ChinaChina12 wk
14Energy Material Advances
2692-7640
3.45939EnergyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States21 wk
15Visual Intelligence
2097-3330 · 2731-9008
3.43417Computer ScienceSpringerSingapore30 wk
16Satellite Navigation
2662-9291 · 2662-1363
3.42340Computer ScienceSpringerOpenUnited Kingdom12 wk
17Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
2508-6235 · 2508-7576
3.11639MedicineKorean Society for the Study of ObesitySouth Korea19 wk
18International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
2095-2686 · 2589-062X
3.05294Earth and Planetary SciencesElsevierNetherlands40 wk
19Computational Visual Media
2096-0433 · 2096-0662
2.96536Computer ScienceTsinghua University PressChina16 wk
20Alcohol Research
2168-3492 · 2169-4796
2.906124MedicineNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)United States55 wk
21Energy Materials and Devices
3005-3315 · 3005-3064
2.84915EngineeringTsinghua University PressChina6 wk
22Eurosurveillance
1560-7917
2.81143Immunology and MicrobiologyEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSweden30 wk
23Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré. C, Analyse non Linéaire
0294-1449 · 1873-1430
2.78382MathematicsEMS PressGermany76 wk
24Journal of Remote Sensing
2694-1589
2.72729Earth and Planetary SciencesAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States16 wk
25Journal of Stroke
2287-6391 · 2287-6405
2.70561MedicineKorean Stroke SocietySouth Korea12 wk
26Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
1083-6101
2.692153Social SciencesOxford University PressUnited Kingdom15 wk
27ACS Central Science
2374-7951
2.684166Chemical EngineeringAmerican Chemical SocietyUnited States14 wk
28Green Energy & Environment
2468-0257
2.68180EnergyKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China15 wk
29Petroleum Exploration and Development
2096-4803 · 1876-3804
2.681101Earth and Planetary SciencesKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China15 wk
30CCS Chemistry
2096-5745
2.60772ChemistryChinese Chemical SocietyChina10 wk
31Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
1674-7755
2.54299Earth and Planetary SciencesElsevierNetherlands9 wk
32Journal of Road Engineering
2097-0498 · 2773-0077
2.53226EngineeringKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China17 wk
33eGastroenterology
2766-0125 · 2976-7296
2.46514MedicineBMJ Publishing GroupUnited Kingdom23 wk
34Campbell Systematic Reviews
1891-1803
2.4635Social SciencesSAGE PublishingUnited Kingdom6 wk
35Nano Materials Science
2589-9651
2.44154Chemical EngineeringKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China12 wk
36Algebraic Geometry
2313-1691 · 2214-2584
2.41224MathematicsFoundation Compositio MathematicaNetherlands52 wk
37Materials Futures
2752-5724
2.34134Materials ScienceIOP PublishingUnited Kingdom19 wk
38CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
2096-0042
2.2459EnergyChina electric power research instituteChina26 wk
39Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
2083-5205 · 2084-1965
2.22940Social SciencesAdam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland12 wk
40Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research
2542-5048
2.20949Chemical EngineeringKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China15 wk
41Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1818-0876
2.19687Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China20 wk
42Carbon Neutrality
2788-8614 · 2731-3948
2.17928Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSpringerSwitzerland10 wk
43Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
2196-5420
2.17589EnergyIEEEUnited States13 wk
44Nexus
2950-1601
2.1611EngineeringElsevierUnited States16 wk
45Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics
2307-387X
2.14481Computer ScienceThe MIT PressUnited States8 wk
46Light: Advanced Manufacturing
2689-9620
2.1337EngineeringLight Publishing GroupChina22 wk
47Educational Technology & Society
1176-3647 · 1436-4522
2.109125EngineeringInternational Forum of Educational Technology & SocietyTaiwan24 wk
48Underground Space
2096-2754 · 2467-9674
2.09551Earth and Planetary SciencesKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China11 wk
49Advances in Combinatorics
2517-5599
2.05512MathematicsAlliance of Diamond Open Access JournalsUnited Kingdom30 wk
50Emerging Infectious Diseases
1080-6040 · 1080-6059
2.034287MedicineCenters for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States8 wk
51SciPost Physics Lecture Notes
2590-1990
1.88724Physics and AstronomySciPostNetherlands12 wk
52Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
2287-2892 · 2288-2561
1.84426MedicineThe Korean Society of Lipid and AtherosclerosisSouth Korea12 wk
53Computational Linguistics
0891-2017 · 1530-9312
1.837122Computer ScienceThe MIT PressUnited States50 wk
54Energy and Built Environment
2666-1233
1.8342EnergyKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China14 wk
55Preventing Chronic Disease
1545-1151
1.824108MedicineCenters for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States22 wk
56Journal de l'École polytechnique. Mathématiques
2429-7100 · 2270-518X
1.82121MathematicsEcole polytechniqueFrance38 wk
57Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici
0010-2571 · 1420-8946
1.81649MathematicsEMS PressGermany79 wk
58Psychoradiology
2634-4416
1.80415Computer ScienceOxford University PressUnited Kingdom12 wk
59Japanese Dental Science Review
1882-7616 · 2213-6851
1.80251DentistryElsevierNetherlands17 wk
60Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
1449-5554
1.78882Social SciencesASCILITEAustralia36 wk
61Russian Musicology
3034-3836
1.761Arts and HumanitiesGnesin Russian Academy of MusicRussia12 wk
62Life Medicine
2755-1733
1.75416Arts and HumanitiesOxford University PressUnited Kingdom9 wk
63Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online)
2095-7564 · 2589-0379
1.7365EngineeringKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China15 wk
64Stress Biology
2731-0450
1.71225Agricultural and Biological SciencesSpringerSingapore12 wk
65Journal of Liver Cancer
2288-8128 · 2383-5001
1.67215MedicineKorean Liver Cancer AssociationSouth Korea12 wk
66Journal of Health Monitoring
2511-2708
1.66119MedicineRobert Koch InstituteGermany20 wk
67Polyoxometalates
2957-9821 · 2957-9503
1.62623ChemistryTsinghua University PressChina8 wk
68Space: Science & Technology
2692-7659
1.62225Earth and Planetary SciencesAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States24 wk
69Horticulture Advances
2948-1104
1.60112Agricultural and Biological SciencesSpringerSingapore18 wk
70Sustainable Structures
2789-3111 · 2789-312X
1.59624EngineeringSustainable Development Press LimitedHong Kong SAR China10 wk
71Ultrafast Science
2765-8791
1.57325Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States17 wk
72Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
2225-6032 · 2589-3025
1.56827Earth and Planetary SciencesKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China30 wk
73Language Learning and Technology
1094-3501
1.561102Computer ScienceNational Foreign Language Resource CenterUnited States7 wk
74Bulletin of the World Health Organization
0042-9686 · 1564-0604
1.547210MedicineThe World Health OrganizationSwitzerland32 wk
75International Journal of Heart Failure
2636-154X · 2636-1558
1.54519MedicineKorean Society of Heart FailureSouth Korea6 wk
76Bayesian Analysis
1931-6690
1.54370MathematicsInternational Society for Bayesian AnalysisUnited States24 wk
77Computational Communication Research
2665-9085
1.54217Computer ScienceAmsterdam University PressNetherlands38 wk
78RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
2377-8253 · 2377-8261
1.53245Social SciencesRussell Sage FoundationUnited States53 wk
79European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
1889-1861 · 1989-4007
1.53139PsychologySociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y ForenseSpain12 wk
80High-Confidence Computing
2667-2952
1.52120Computer ScienceElsevierNetherlands49 wk
81Journal of Intelligent Construction
2958-3861 · 2958-2652
1.51515EngineeringTsinghua University PressChina6 wk
82Europe and the World
2399-2875
1.5047Social SciencesUCL PressUnited Kingdom28 wk
83SciPost Physics
2542-4653
1.50275Physics and AstronomySciPostNetherlands10 wk
84Medical Review
2097-0773 · 2749-9642
1.50120MedicineDe GruyterGermany12 wk
85Journal of Ginseng Research
1226-8453
1.49277Agricultural and Biological SciencesElsevierNetherlands32 wk
86Psychosocial Intervention
1132-0559 · 2173-4712
1.48639PsychologyColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridSpain14 wk
87Biofuel Research Journal
2292-8782
1.48554Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAlpha Creation EnterpriseMalaysia8 wk
88Business Research Quarterly
2340-9444
1.47751Business, Management and AccountingSAGE PublishingUnited Kingdom10 wk
89Grain & Oil Science and Technology
2096-4501 · 2590-2598
1.47326Agricultural and Biological SciencesKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China12 wk
90EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences
2308-2151 · 2308-216X
1.47211MathematicsEMS PressGermany39 wk
91Open Journal of Mathematical Optimization
2777-5860
1.4666Decision SciencesUniversité de MontpellierFrance25 wk
92Big Data Mining and Analytics
2096-0654 · 2097-406X
1.45848Computer ScienceTsinghua University PressChina8 wk
93Collagen and Leather
2097-1419 · 2731-6998
1.44933Chemical EngineeringSpringerOpenUnited Kingdom20 wk
94Clinical Hypertension
2056-5909
1.43930MedicineXMLinkSouth Korea6 wk
95The Angle Orthodontist
0003-3219
1.433120DentistryE.H Angle Education and Research FoundationUnited States45 wk
96Plant Diversity
2468-2659
1.42246Agricultural and Biological SciencesKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China19 wk
97Journal of Tourism Futures
2055-5911 · 2055-592X
1.41549Business, Management and AccountingEmerald PublishingUnited Kingdom34 wk
98Journal of Physiotherapy
1836-9561
1.41499Health ProfessionsElsevierAustralia11 wk
99Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
2771-0378
1.41413Earth and Planetary SciencesAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)United States15 wk
100Revista Matemática Iberoamericana
0213-2230 · 2235-0616
1.38758MathematicsEMS PressGermany59 wk

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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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