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510 free-to-publish journals that accept manuscripts in Polish

510 peer-reviewed open access journals accept submissions in Polish and charge no APC and no other author fees. Many also accept other languages; 19 publish only in Polish. 120 are indexed in Scopus and ranked by SCImago and appear first. Data snapshot: October 2026.

510journals with no APC
19publish only in Polish
120ranked in Scopus (SCImago)
52ranked Q1 or Q2

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 43% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 20 weeks. Most are published in Poland (469), Ukraine (15) and Czechia (9). The largest subject areas are Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. 95% accept manuscripts in English and 100% accept at least one other language.

The top 400 of 510 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).

#JournalQuartileSJRPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Scientia et Fides
2300-7648 · 2353-5636
Q10.441Uniwersytet Mikołaja KopernikaPoland10 wk
2Український нумізматичний щорічник
2616-6275 · 2617-9822
Q10.405Hryhorii Skovoroda Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine20 wk
3LingVaria
1896-2122 · 2392-1226
Q10.368Ksiegarnia Akademicka PublishingPoland24 wk
4Santander Art & Culture Law Review
2391-7997 · 2450-050X
Q10.349BACHLaw FoundationPoland26 wk
5Verbum Vitae
1644-8561 · 2451-280X
Q10.349The John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland16 wk
6Society Register
2544-5502
Q10.335Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanPoland20 wk
7Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego
2081-8882 · 2544-3003
Q10.274The John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland16 wk
8Рукописна та книжкова спадщина України
2222-4203
Q10.236Vernadsky National Library of UkraineUkraine4 wk
9Collectanea Theologica
0137-6985 · 2720-1481
Q10.232Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland14 wk
10Studia Historiae Scientiarum
2451-3202 · 2543-702X
Q10.228Polish Academy of Arts and SciencesPoland36 wk
11Slavia Antiqua
0080-9993 · 2545-0212
Q10.218Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół NaukPoland26 wk
12Vox Patrum
0860-9411 · 2719-3586
Q10.214The John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland12 wk
13Archaeologia Historica
0231-5823 · 2336-4386
Q10.208Masaryk UniversityCzechia20 wk
14Studia Warmińskie
0137-6624
Q10.206Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w OlsztyniePoland52 wk
15Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka
1233-8680 · 2450-4947
Q10.179Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoland14 wk
16Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
1505-9057 · 2353-1908
Q10.17Lodz University PressPoland20 wk
17Meander
0025-6285
Q10.167Committee on Ancient Culture, Polish Academy of Sciences / Institute of Classical Studies, Faculty of Polish Studies, University of WarsawPoland52 wk
18Przekładaniec
1425-6851 · 1689-1864
Q10.167Jagiellonian University PressPoland29 wk
19Zoophilologica
2719-2687 · 2451-3849
Q10.158University of Silesia PressPoland40 wk
20Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
1689-7404 · 2719-9452
Q20.337SciendoPoland36 wk
21Poradnik Językowy
0551-5343
Q20.299Towarzystwo Kultury JęzykaPoland25 wk
22Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej
1733-8069
Q20.286University of LodzPoland12 wk
23Ethics in Progress
2084-9257
Q20.263Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoland12 wk
24Archeologia Polski
0003-8180 · 2719-7034
Q20.234Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesPoland31 wk
25Studia Semiotyczne
0137-6608 · 2544-073X
Q20.227Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne / The Polish Semiotic SocietyPoland24 wk
26Neofilolog
1429-2173 · 2545-3971
Q20.222Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (Polish Association of Modern Languages)Poland17 wk
27Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław
2084-3062 · 2657-5647
Q20.221Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUTPoland27 wk
28Onomastica
0078-4648
Q20.211Instytut Języka PolskiegoPoland22 wk
29Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia
1689-5150 · 2450-7059
Q20.209Uniwersytet Mikołaja KopernikaPoland6 wk
30Folia Toruniensia
1641-3792 · 2657-4837
Q20.208The Provincial Public Library – the Copernicus Library in Toruń and Nicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńPoland12 wk
31Res Rhetorica
2392-3113
Q20.194Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric SocietyPoland12 wk
32Analiza i Egzystencja
1734-9923
Q20.193Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu SzczecińskiegoPoland26 wk
33Studia z Historii Filozofii
2083-1978 · 2391-775X
Q20.191Uniwersytet Mikołaja KopernikaPoland12 wk
34Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
1231-1731 · 2544-6460
Q20.191Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we WrocławiuPoland30 wk
35The Biblical Annals
2083-2222 · 2451-2168
Q20.185John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland24 wk
36Zapiski Historyczne
0044-1791 · 2449-8637
Q20.169Towarzystwo Naukowe w ToruniuPoland15 wk
37Muzyka
0027-5344 · 2720-7021
Q20.168Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland36 wk
38Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa
2084-4115 · 2084-4131
Q20.164Jagiellonian UniversityPoland30 wk
39Sport i Turystyka
2545-3211 · 2657-4322
Q20.162Jan Długosz University in CzęstochowaPoland19 wk
40The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
2544-8242
Q20.154Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian UniversityPoland24 wk
41Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
0867-8286 · 2451-0602
Q20.15Copernicus Center PressPoland12 wk
42Academic Journal of Modern Philology
2299-7164 · 2353-3218
Q20.149Committee for Philology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław BranchPoland20 wk
43Pamiętnik Teatralny
0031-0522 · 2658-2899
Q20.142Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland20 wk
44Rocznik Teologiczny
0239-2550 · 2956-5685
Q20.142Wydawnictwo Naukowe Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie (Scientific Publishing House of the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw)Poland30 wk
45Między Oryginałem a Przekładem
1689-9121 · 2391-6745
Q20.139Ksiegarnia Akademicka PublishingPoland22 wk
46Respectus Philologicus
1392-8295 · 2335-2388
Q20.139Vilnius UniversityLithuania12 wk
47Praktyka Teoretyczna
2081-8130
Q20.131Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoland20 wk
48Images
1731-450X · 2720-040X
Q20.126Adam Mickiewicz University PressPoland32 wk
49Napis
1507-4153 · 2719-4191
Q20.124The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland18 wk
50Acta Baltico-Slavica
0065-1044 · 2392-2389
Q20.122Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesPoland24 wk
51Slavia Meridionalis
1233-6173 · 2392-2400
Q20.121Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesPoland24 wk
52Studia Slavica
1803-5663 · 2571-0281
Q20.12University of OstravaCzechia10 wk
53Advances in Rehabilitation
0860-6161 · 1734-4948
Q30.316Termedia PublishingPoland12 wk
54Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska
2083-0157 · 2391-6761
Q30.237Lublin University of TechnologyPoland20 wk
55Przegląd Geograficzny
0033-2143 · 2300-8466
Q30.225Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of SciencesPoland20 wk
56Journal of Central European Agriculture
1332-9049
Q30.22University of Zagreb, Faculty of AgricultureCroatia50 wk
57Tourism
0867-5856 · 2080-6922
Q30.213Lodz University PressPoland24 wk
58Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica
0208-6069 · 2450-2782
Q30.208Lodz University PressPoland16 wk
59Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
0023-589X · 2657-4020
Q30.186Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland39 wk
60Przegląd Prawa Rolnego
1897-7626 · 2719-7026
Q30.171Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanPoland24 wk

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Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Poland 469
  2. Ukraine 15
  3. Czechia 9
  4. Italy 4
  5. Spain 2
  6. Croatia 2

Top publishers

  1. Lodz University Press 30
  2. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 18
  3. Jagiellonian University Press 14
  4. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw 13
  5. Adam Mickiewicz University 11
  6. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 11

About this list

Languages are those the journal declares in the DOAJ as accepted for manuscripts. A journal listing several languages appears on each of their pages.

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.

Other languages

English11,855 free journals · 3,806 in Scopus Spanish3,974 free journals · 1,088 in Scopus Portuguese2,159 free journals · 491 in Scopus French1,840 free journals · 557 in Scopus Italian884 free journals · 307 in Scopus German847 free journals · 290 in Scopus Indonesian822 free journals · 23 in Scopus Russian792 free journals · 241 in Scopus Turkish453 free journals · 45 in Scopus Arabic328 free journals · 26 in Scopus Ukrainian317 free journals · 47 in Scopus Persian296 free journals · 34 in Scopus Catalan188 free journals · 94 in Scopus Croatian147 free journals · 85 in Scopus Norwegian138 free journals · 25 in Scopus Czech135 free journals · 65 in Scopus Serbian133 free journals · 33 in Scopus Swedish127 free journals · 21 in Scopus Romanian118 free journals · 25 in Scopus Slovak113 free journals · 54 in Scopus Danish107 free journals · 19 in Scopus