8 OpenEdition journals with no APC
OpenEdition publishes 8 open access journals that charge authors nothing, according to the DOAJ: no APC and no other fees, usually because a learned society, university or funder pays the costs. 3 of them are indexed in Scopus and ranked by SCImago (1 in Q1 or Q2). Data snapshot: October 2026.
Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 26 weeks. The largest subject areas are Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. 75% accept manuscripts in English and 88% accept at least one other language.
All 8 OpenEdition journals with no APC
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 | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Review of Public Policy 2679-3873 · 2706-6274 | Q2 | 0.34 | 15 | OpenEdition | France | 9 wk |
| 2 | Tabularia 1630-7364 | Q4 | 0.103 | 4 | OpenEdition | France | 36 wk |
| 3 | M@ppemonde 0764-3470 · 1769-7298 | Q4 | 0.102 | 12 | OpenEdition | France | 26 wk |
| 4 | Afrique Archéologie Arts 2431-2045 | – | – | – | OpenEdition | France | 11 wk |
| 5 | Archéologie Médiévale 0153-9337 · 2608-4228 | – | – | – | OpenEdition | France | 52 wk |
| 6 | Bergsoniana 2803-6395 · 2800-874X | – | – | – | OpenEdition | France | 24 wk |
| 7 | Recherches 1968-035X · 2803-5992 | – | – | – | OpenEdition | France | 36 wk |
| 8 | Revue d’Histoire Culturelle 2780-4143 | – | – | – | OpenEdition | France | 12 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top countries of publication
- France 8
Top subject areas (Scopus-ranked)
About this list
Publisher names are matched on the publisher field in the DOAJ (which often names the society or university that owns the journal) and in SCImago, so imprints and subsidiaries are grouped together. Always confirm the current fee policy on the journal’s own website before submitting.
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.