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319 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences

319 peer-reviewed journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences are Diamond open access: 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: 32 are Q1 and 58 Q2. Data snapshot: October 2026.

319journals with no APC
32ranked Q1 (top 25%)
58ranked Q2
225ranked Q3 or Q4
655more journals charge an APC

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 28% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in Brazil (22), Spain (21) and Iran (20). 93% accept manuscripts in English and 45% accept at least one other language.

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All 319 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. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Stress Biology
2731-0450
Q11.71225SpringerSingapore12 wk
2Horticulture Advances
2948-1104
Q11.60112SpringerSingapore18 wk
3Journal of Ginseng Research
1226-8453
Q11.49277ElsevierNetherlands32 wk
4Grain & Oil Science and Technology
2096-4501 · 2590-2598
Q11.47326KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China12 wk
5Plant Diversity
2468-2659
Q11.42246KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China19 wk
6Rice Science
1672-6308 · 1876-4762
Q11.30865ElsevierNetherlands40 wk
7EXCLI Journal : Experimental and Clinical Sciences
1611-2156
Q11.16268IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, DortmundGermany9 wk
8Vertebrate Zoology
1864-5755 · 2625-8498
Q11.13824PensoftBulgaria12 wk
9EFSA Journal
1831-4732
Q11.122167WileyItaly5 wk
10Animal Frontiers
2160-6056 · 2160-6064
Q11.0160Oxford University PressUnited States20 wk
11Biology Letters
1744-957X
Q10.982148The Royal SocietyUnited Kingdom19 wk
12Peer Community Journal
2804-3871
Q10.92216Peer Community InFrance24 wk
13Aquaculture and Fisheries
2468-550X
Q10.90141KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China19 wk
14Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2095-7505 · 2095-977X
Q10.86239Higher Education PressChina12 wk
15Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
1658-077X
Q10.78873SpringerSwitzerland23 wk
16Web Ecology
2193-3081 · 1399-1183
Q10.76826Copernicus PublicationsGermany17 wk
17Rock and Soil Mechanics
1000-7598
Q10.74573SCIENCE PRESS , 16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA, 100717China36 wk
18Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
1864-8312
Q10.73831Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungGermany12 wk
19Oceanologia
0078-3234 · 2300-7370
Q10.73355Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland24 wk
20Lethaia
1502-3931
Q10.68371Scandinavian University PressNorway29 wk
21Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
1845-5719 · 1848-9672
Q10.65639University of Zagreb, Faculty of ForestryCroatia24 wk
22European Journal of Taxonomy
2118-9773
Q10.62929Consortium of European Natural History MuseumsFrance29 wk
23Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences
1658-8185
Q10.62621SpringerSwitzerland15 wk
24Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
2773-0786
Q10.61614ElsevierNetherlands19 wk
25Animal Diseases
2731-0442
Q10.53715BMCUnited Kingdom12 wk
26Journal of Ethnic Foods
2352-6181 · 2352-619X
Q10.53644BMCUnited Kingdom16 wk
27Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
2064-5031 · 2064-5147
Q10.40124Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungary24 wk
28Records of the Australian Museum
0067-1975 · 2201-4349
Q10.39825Australian MuseumAustralia6 wk
29Historia Agraria
1139-1472 · 2340-3659
Q10.31623Universidad de MurciaSpain30 wk
30Studies in Agricultural Economics
1418-2106 · 2063-0476
Q10.26522Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI)Hungary16 wk
31Крестьяноведение
2500-1809 · 2949-2564
Q10.2326Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. RANEPARussia8 wk
32Mundo Agrario
1515-5994
Q10.21812Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina18 wk
33San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
1546-2366
Q20.58128eScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaUnited States24 wk
34Kitaibelia
1219-9672 · 2064-4507
Q20.5538Faculty of Science and Technology, University of DebrecenHungary23 wk
35Journal of Cotton Research
2096-5044 · 2523-3254
Q20.55224BMCUnited Kingdom15 wk
36Food Technology and Biotechnology
1330-9862 · 1334-2606
Q20.55188University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and BiotechnologyCroatia36 wk
37Aquatic Living Resources
0990-7440 · 1765-2952
Q20.54476EDP SciencesFrance15 wk
38iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
1971-7458
Q20.51344Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)Italy40 wk
39SHILAP
0300-5267 · 2340-4078
Q20.5118Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de LepidopterologíaSpain30 wk
40Central European Forestry Journal
2454-034X · 2454-0358
Q20.50223SciendoPoland4 wk
41Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
1961-9502
Q20.47541EDP SciencesFrance12 wk
42Turkish Journal of Zoology
1300-0179 · 1303-6114
Q20.47139The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)Türkiye24 wk
43Biogeographia
1594-7629 · 2475-5257
Q20.4713eScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaUnited States28 wk
44Mires and Peat
1819-754X
Q20.4627International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland SocietyGermany50 wk
45Wine Economics and Policy
2213-3968 · 2212-9774
Q20.45240Firenze University PressItaly28 wk
46Journal of Pollination Ecology
1920-7603
Q20.44811Enviroquest Ltd.Canada17 wk
47Limnetica
0213-8409 · 1989-1806
Q20.44641Asociación Ibérica de LimnologíaSpain24 wk
48Turkish Journal of Biology
1300-0152
Q20.42458The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)Türkiye24 wk
49Bio-based and Applied Economics
2280-6180 · 2280-6172
Q20.42225Firenze University PressItaly8 wk
50Annals of Forest Research
1844-8135 · 2065-2445
Q20.41929‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in ForestryRomania12 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Brazil 22
  2. Spain 21
  3. Iran 20
  4. Italy 20
  5. Poland 18
  6. Russia 17

Top publishers

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

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 297
  2. Spanish 65
  3. Portuguese 21
  4. French 20
  5. Russian 16
  6. Persian 9

Narrower categories in Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Animal Science and Zoology88 free journals · 7 Q1 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics85 free journals · 6 Q1 Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)80 free journals · 6 Q1 Plant Science78 free journals · 5 Q1 Agronomy and Crop Science52 free journals · 2 Q1 Food Science47 free journals · 3 Q1 Aquatic Science34 free journals · 2 Q1 Forestry32 free journals · 1 Q1 Soil Science25 free journals · 0 Q1 Insect Science23 free journals · 3 Q1

About this list

This list contains the journals that SCImago assigns to the subject area Agricultural and Biological Sciences (a journal can belong to several areas) and that the DOAJ lists with no APC and no other fees. Journals in the DOAJ but not in Scopus have no quartile and are not counted here; the finder can show them too.

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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