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Diamond open access journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences

316 peer-reviewed journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences are free to publish in: no article processing charge and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. All of them are indexed in Scopus and ranked below by their SCImago quartile and SJR score. Data snapshot: August 2026.

316journals with no APC
32ranked Q1 (top 25%)
56ranked Q2
225ranked Q3 or Q4
648more journals charge an APC
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All 316 free-to-publish journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak (sort levels combine in the order you pick them). Click a column again to reverse it, a third time to remove it. The search box narrows the list. Publication time is the journal's own DOAJ figure for the average number of weeks from submission to publication.

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1 Stress Biology
2731-0450		 Q1 1.712 25 Springer Singapore 12 wk
2 Horticulture Advances
2948-1104		 Q1 1.601 12 Springer Singapore 18 wk
3 Journal of Ginseng Research
1226-8453		 Q1 1.492 77 Elsevier Netherlands 32 wk
4 Grain & Oil Science and Technology
2590-2598		 Q1 1.473 26 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 12 wk
5 Plant Diversity
2468-2659		 Q1 1.422 46 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 19 wk
6 Rice Science
1876-4762		 Q1 1.308 65 Elsevier Netherlands 40 wk
7 EXCLI Journal : Experimental and Clinical Sciences
1611-2156		 Q1 1.162 68 IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund Germany 9 wk
8 Vertebrate Zoology
2625-8498		 Q1 1.138 24 Pensoft Bulgaria 12 wk
9 EFSA Journal
1831-4732		 Q1 1.122 167 Wiley Italy 5 wk
10 Animal Frontiers
2160-6064		 Q1 1.01 60 Oxford University Press United States 20 wk
11 Biology Letters
1744-957X		 Q1 0.982 148 The Royal Society United Kingdom 19 wk
12 Peer Community Journal
2804-3871		 Q1 0.922 16 Peer Community In France 24 wk
13 Aquaculture and Fisheries
2468-550X		 Q1 0.901 41 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 19 wk
14 Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2095-977X		 Q1 0.862 39 Higher Education Press China 12 wk
15 Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
1658-077X		 Q1 0.788 73 Springer Switzerland 23 wk
16 Web Ecology
1399-1183		 Q1 0.768 26 Copernicus Publications Germany 17 wk
17 Rock and Soil Mechanics
1000-7598		 Q1 0.745 73 SCIENCE PRESS , 16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA, 100717 China 36 wk
18 Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
1864-8312		 Q1 0.738 31 Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Germany 12 wk
19 Oceanologia
2300-7370		 Q1 0.733 55 Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland 24 wk
20 Lethaia
1502-3931		 Q1 0.683 71 Scandinavian University Press Norway 29 wk
21 Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
1848-9672		 Q1 0.656 39 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry Croatia 24 wk
22 European Journal of Taxonomy
2118-9773		 Q1 0.629 29 Consortium of European Natural History Museums France 29 wk
23 Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences
1658-8185		 Q1 0.626 21 Springer Switzerland 15 wk
24 Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
2773-0786		 Q1 0.616 14 Elsevier Netherlands 19 wk
25 Animal Diseases
2731-0442		 Q1 0.537 15 BMC United Kingdom 12 wk
26 Journal of Ethnic Foods
2352-619X		 Q1 0.536 44 BMC United Kingdom 16 wk
27 Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
2064-5147		 Q1 0.401 24 Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary 24 wk
28 Records of the Australian Museum
2201-4349		 Q1 0.398 25 Australian Museum Australia 6 wk
29 Historia Agraria
2340-3659		 Q1 0.316 23 Universidad de Murcia Spain 30 wk
30 Studies in Agricultural Economics
2063-0476		 Q1 0.265 22 Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI) Hungary 16 wk
31 Крестьяноведение
2949-2564		 Q1 0.232 6 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. RANEPA Russian Federation 8 wk
32 Mundo Agrario
1515-5994		 Q1 0.218 12 Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina 18 wk
33 San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
1546-2366		 Q2 0.581 28 eScholarship Publishing, University of California United States 24 wk
34 Kitaibelia
2064-4507		 Q2 0.553 8 Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen Hungary 23 wk
35 Journal of Cotton Research
2523-3254		 Q2 0.552 24 BMC United Kingdom 15 wk
36 Food Technology and Biotechnology
1334-2606		 Q2 0.551 88 University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Croatia 24 wk
37 Aquatic Living Resources
1765-2952		 Q2 0.544 76 EDP Sciences France 15 wk
38 iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
1971-7458		 Q2 0.513 44 Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) Italy 40 wk
39 SHILAP
2340-4078		 Q2 0.51 18 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Spain 30 wk
40 Central European Forestry Journal
2454-0358		 Q2 0.502 23 Sciendo Poland 4 wk
41 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
1961-9502		 Q2 0.475 41 EDP Sciences France 12 wk
42 Turkish Journal of Zoology
1303-6114		 Q2 0.471 39 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) Türkiye 24 wk
43 Biogeographia
2475-5257		 Q2 0.47 13 eScholarship Publishing, University of California United States 28 wk
44 Mires and Peat
1819-754X		 Q2 0.46 27 International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society Germany 50 wk
45 Wine Economics and Policy
2212-9774		 Q2 0.452 40 Firenze University Press Italy 28 wk
46 Journal of Pollination Ecology
1920-7603		 Q2 0.448 11 Enviroquest Ltd. Canada 17 wk
47 Limnetica
1989-1806		 Q2 0.446 41 Asociación Ibérica de Limnología Spain 24 wk
48 Turkish Journal of Biology
1300-0152		 Q2 0.424 58 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) Türkiye 24 wk
49 Bio-based and Applied Economics
2280-6172		 Q2 0.422 25 Firenze University Press Italy 8 wk
50 Annals of Forest Research
2065-2445		 Q2 0.419 29 ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry Romania 12 wk

Showing the first 50. The interactive finder adds live Scopus checks, CSV export and shareable filter links.

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Brazil 22
  2. Spain 21
  3. Italy 20
  4. Iran, Islamic Republic of 20
  5. Poland 18

Top publishers

  1. Sciendo 10
  2. EDP Sciences 7
  3. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 6
  4. Springer 4
  5. Firenze University Press 4

Main manuscript languages

  1. English 223
  2. Spanish 36
  3. French 13
  4. Russian 8

About this list

Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in. The journals above are those the DOAJ records with "APC: no" and "other fees: no" and that SCImago lists under the subject area Agricultural and Biological Sciences (a journal can belong to several areas). Quartiles come from SCImago's SJR ranking for the latest edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a category, Q4 the bottom 25%. Journals that are in the DOAJ but not in Scopus have no quartile and are not counted here; the finder can show them too.

Before submitting, always confirm the journal on its own website and in the DOAJ, verify Scopus indexing by ISSN with the Scopus check rather than trusting claims on the journal's site, and be wary of look-alike titles.

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