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Diamond open access journals in Health Professions

100 peer-reviewed journals in Health Professions 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.

100journals with no APC
12ranked Q1 (top 25%)
18ranked Q2
69ranked Q3 or Q4
168more journals charge an APC
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All 100 free-to-publish journals in Health Professions

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 Journal of Sport and Health Science
2095-2546
Q1 3.715 87 Elsevier Netherlands 22 wk
2 Journal of Physiotherapy
1836-9561
Q1 1.414 99 Elsevier Australia 11 wk
3 Acta Materia Medica
2737-7946
Q1 1.133 23 Compuscript Ltd Ireland 13 wk
4 Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
2288-8721
Q1 0.892 10 Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society Korea, Republic of 15 wk
5 Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
1975-5937
Q1 0.857 31 Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute Korea, Republic of 5 wk
6 Sports Medicine and Health Science
2666-3376
Q1 0.847 22 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 8 wk
7 Clinical Hematology International
2590-0048
Q1 0.806 11 SAABRON PRESS United States 20 wk
8 Journal of Caring Sciences
2251-9920
Q1 0.603 21 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 12 wk
9 Rural and Remote Health
1445-6354
Q1 0.57 57 James Cook University Australia 8 wk
10 Paramedicine
2753-6386
Q1 0.415 21 SAGE Publishing United Kingdom 5 wk
11 Acta Acustica
2681-4617
Q1 0.352 80 EDP Sciences France 12 wk
12 E-balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte
1885-7019
Q1 0.265 9 Federación Extremeña de Balonmano; University of Extremadura Spain 16 wk
13 Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
2288-1778
Q2 0.579 35 Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation Korea, Republic of 10 wk
14 Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
2368-6820
Q2 0.459 20 Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Canada 9 wk
15 Journal of Long-Term Care
2516-9122
Q2 0.419 15 LSE Press United Kingdom 33 wk
16 Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy
1876-4398
Q2 0.379 24 SAGE Publishing United Kingdom 30 wk
17 Addiction and Health
2008-8469
Q2 0.328 8 Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 10 wk
18 Advances in Laboratory Medicine
2628-491X
Q2 0.327 13 De Gruyter Germany 10 wk
19 European Journal of Human Movement
2386-4095
Q2 0.307 10 Asociación Española de Ciencias del Deporte Spain 5 wk
20 Pharmaceutical Sciences
2383-2886
Q2 0.28 29 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 4 wk
21 International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
1916-257X
Q2 0.273 19 Massage Therapy Foundation United States 22 wk
22 Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas
2174-0747
Q2 0.269 10 Universidad de León Spain 12 wk
23 Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly
2345-4210
Q2 0.259 9 Negah Institute for Scientific Communication Iran, Islamic Republic of 8 wk
24 The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
2314-8551
Q2 0.249 14 SpringerOpen United Kingdom 9 wk
25 Cultura, Ciencia y Deporte
1989-7413
Q2 0.246 21 Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Spain 48 wk
26 Медицина катастроф
2686-7966
Q2 0.224 9 Journal of State Research Center – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center (FMBC) of Federal Medical Biological Agency Russian Federation 4 wk
27 Austral Comunicación
2313-9137
Q2 0.197 2 Universidad Austral Argentina Argentina 17 wk
28 Revista de Investigación en Logopedia
2174-5218
Q2 0.169 10 University of Castilla La Mancha; Complutense University of Madrid; Association of Speech and Language Therapist of Castilla La Mancha Spain 12 wk
29 Sport i Turystyka
2657-4322
Q2 0.162 5 Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa Poland 19 wk
30 Farmacéuticos Comunitarios
2173-9218
Q2 0.16 5 SEFAC Spain 5 wk
31 Journal of Ultrasonography
2451-070X
Q3 0.409 16 Sciendo Poland 20 wk
32 Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin
2510-5264
Q3 0.391 25 SportMed Verlag Germany 11 wk
33 International Journal of Telerehabilitation
1945-2020
Q3 0.361 18 Hawaii Pacific University Library United States 10 wk
34 British and Irish Orthoptic Journal
2516-3590
Q3 0.354 11 White Rose University Press United Kingdom 18 wk
35 Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy
2398-8819
Q3 0.313 11 Emerald Publishing United Kingdom 27 wk
36 Patient Experience Journal
2372-0247
Q3 0.305 13 The Beryl Institute United States 26 wk
37 Science of Gymnastics Journal
1855-7171
Q3 0.289 16 University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) Slovenia 16 wk
38 Acta Gymnica
2336-4920
Q3 0.263 19 Palacký University Olomouc Czechia 12 wk
39 Traditional and Integrative Medicine
2476-5112
Q3 0.245 10 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 12 wk
40 Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
2956-4581
Q3 0.243 4 Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronisława Czecha w Krakowie Poland 6 wk
41 Biyumikānīk-i varzishī
2476-5937
Q3 0.216 4 Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch Iran, Islamic Republic of 10 wk
42 Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
0975-1068
Q3 0.215 48 CSIR-NIScPR India 10 wk
43 Вестник интенсивной терапии
1818-474X
Q3 0.212 11 Practical Medicine Publishing House Russian Federation 9 wk
44 The Asia Pacific Scholar
2424-9270
Q3 0.209 9 National University of Singapore Singapore 12 wk
45 MHSalud
1659-097X
Q3 0.206 7 Universidad Nacional Costa Rica 54 wk
46 Pamukkale Spor Bilimleri Dergisi
1309-0356
Q3 0.205 4 Pamukkale University Türkiye 30 wk
47 Revista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud
2665-2056
Q3 0.195 6 Fundación Universitaria María Cano Colombia 16 wk
48 Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies
2345-5837
Q3 0.187 11 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 12 wk
49 Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine
2589-6288
Q3 0.183 12 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications India 28 wk
50 Borneo Journal of Pharmacy
2621-4814
Q3 0.179 7 Institute for Researches and Community Services Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya Indonesia 14 wk

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Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Iran, Islamic Republic of 14
  2. Spain 8
  3. Türkiye 6
  4. Russian Federation 6
  5. United Kingdom 6

Top publishers

  1. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 5
  2. Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2
  3. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2
  4. SAGE Publishing 2
  5. Elsevier 2

Main manuscript languages

  1. English 69
  2. Spanish 14
  3. Russian 6
  4. Persian 3

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 Health Professions (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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