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.
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.
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time 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 |
| 51 | Archives of Health Science and Research 2687-4644 |
Q3 | 0.175 | 6 | İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Türkiye | 30 wk |
| 52 | Nefroloji Hemşireliği Dergisi 2147-7728 |
Q3 | 0.171 | 4 | Türk Nefroloji, Diyaliz ve Transplantasyon Hemşireleri Derneği | Türkiye | 7 wk |
| 53 | آموزش بهداشت و ارتقاء سلامت ایران 2345-3265 |
Q3 | 0.168 | 10 | Iranian Association of Health Education and Health Promotion | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12 wk |
| 54 | Emergency Care Journal 2282-2054 |
Q3 | 0.167 | 3 | PAGEPress Publications | Italy | 10 wk |
| 55 | Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy 2576-2516 |
Q3 | 0.166 | 9 | Editorial Office of Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy | China | 12 wk |
| 56 | International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work 2981-8818 |
Q3 | 0.166 | 3 | Dulwich Centre Foundation | Australia | 16 wk |
| 57 | Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia 2354-9203 |
Q3 | 0.161 | 5 | Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan Universitas Indonesia | Indonesia | 12 wk |
| 58 | Logopaedica Lodziensia 2657-4381 |
Q3 | 0.159 | 1 | Lodz University Press | Poland | 22 wk |
| 59 | Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie 2666-674X |
Q3 | 0.156 | 4 | University of Groningen Press | Netherlands | 26 wk |
| 60 | İnönü Üniversitesi Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu Dergisi 2147-7892 |
Q3 | 0.155 | 3 | İnönü University | Türkiye | 14 wk |
| 61 | Journal of Associated Medical Sciences 2539-6056 |
Q3 | 0.152 | 5 | Chaing Mai University | Thailand | 8 wk |
| 62 | Revista Cubana de Información en Ciencias de la Salud 2307-2113 |
Q3 | 0.152 | 17 | Editorial Ciencias Médicas | Cuba | 10 wk |
| 63 | Revista Médica Electrónica 1684-1824 |
Q3 | 0.152 | 6 | Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas | Cuba | 35 wk |
| 64 | Фармация и фармакология (Пятигорск) 2413-2241 |
Q3 | 0.15 | 10 | Volgograd State Medical University, Pyatigorsk Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute | Russian Federation | 8 wk |
| 65 | Hacia la Promoción de la Salud 2462-8425 |
Q3 | 0.146 | 8 | Universidad de Caldas | Colombia | 50 wk |
| 66 | Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology 1913-2018 |
Q3 | 0.143 | 23 | Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) | Canada | 25 wk |
| 67 | MedUNAB 2382-4603 |
Q3 | 0.133 | 6 | Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga | Colombia | 36 wk |
| 68 | Revista Chilena de Fonoaudiología 0719-4692 |
Q3 | 0.125 | 4 | Universidad de Chile | Chile | 20 wk |
| 69 | Indian Journal of Respiratory Care 2321-4899 |
Q3 | 0.119 | 3 | Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher | India | 16 wk |
| 70 | Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2204-3136 |
Q4 | 0.214 | 13 | ACHSM | Australia | 9 wk |
| 71 | Слобожанський науково-спортивний вісник 1999-818X |
Q4 | 0.202 | 6 | Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture | Ukraine | 5 wk |
| 72 | Physical Treatments 2423-5830 |
Q4 | 0.201 | 6 | Negah Institute for Scientific Communication | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16 wk |
| 73 | Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte 1885-3137 |
Q4 | 0.195 | 27 | Ramón Cantó Alcaraz | Spain | 6 wk |
| 74 | European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 1803-3857 |
Q4 | 0.181 | 13 | European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity | Czechia | 24 wk |
| 75 | Iranian Journal of Medical Physics 2345-3672 |
Q4 | 0.168 | 16 | Mashhad University of Medical Sciences | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 8 wk |
| 76 | Research in Sport Education and Sciences 2822-3527 |
Q4 | 0.163 | 2 | Atatürk University | Türkiye | 15 wk |
| 77 | Sportis 2386-8333 |
Q4 | 0.157 | 4 | Universidad de A Coruña | Spain | 4 wk |
| 78 | Imaging 2732-0960 |
Q4 | 0.154 | 24 | Akadémiai Kiadó | Hungary | 25 wk |
| 79 | Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine 2353-2807 |
Q4 | 0.151 | 7 | Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego | Poland | 12 wk |
| 80 | Вестник восстановительной медицины 2713-2625 |
Q4 | 0.151 | 8 | Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation and Balneology | Russian Federation | 12 wk |
| 81 | Health Technology Assessment in Action 2645-3835 |
Q4 | 0.139 | 4 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12 wk |
| 82 | Cheyuk gwahag yeon-gu 2233-7938 |
Q4 | 0.136 | 5 | Korea Institute of Sport Science | Korea, Republic of | 7 wk |
| 83 | Iranian South Medical Journal 1735-6954 |
Q4 | 0.135 | 6 | Bushehr University of Medical Sciences | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50 wk |
| 84 | Безопасность и риск фармакотерапии 2619-1164 |
Q4 | 0.135 | 5 | Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Federal State Budgetary Institution «Scientific Centre for Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products» | Russian Federation | 12 wk |
| 85 | Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública 0120-386X |
Q4 | 0.134 | 17 | Universidad de Antioquia | Colombia | 24 wk |
| 86 | پیاورد سلامت 2008-2665 |
Q4 | 0.134 | 7 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12 wk |
| 87 | Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma 2538-4600 |
Q4 | 0.126 | 3 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12 wk |
| 88 | Medicina y Laboratorio 2500-7106 |
Q4 | 0.126 | 4 | Edimeco | Colombia | 12 wk |
| 89 | Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny 2587-9294 |
Q4 | 0.123 | 7 | MONIKI | Russian Federation | 8 wk |
| 90 | South Sudan Medical Journal 2309-4613 |
Q4 | 0.123 | 5 | Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS) | South Sudan | 10 wk |
| 91 | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences 2410-2180 |
Q4 | 0.12 | 4 | Dow University of Health Sciences | Pakistan | 14 wk |
| 92 | Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia 2238-2704 |
Q4 | 0.117 | 5 | Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública | Brazil | 25 wk |
| 93 | Zdravotnícke listy 2644-4909 |
Q4 | 0.116 | 5 | Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka v Trenčíne, Fakulta zdravotníctva | Slovakia | 15 wk |
| 94 | Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile 2607-9917 |
Q4 | 0.114 | 5 | RDPLF | France | 4 wk |
| 95 | Van Tıp Dergisi 2587-0351 |
Q4 | 0.114 | 2 | Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine | Türkiye | 15 wk |
| 96 | Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine 2774-1079 |
Q4 | 0.11 | 2 | Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Medicine | Thailand | 16 wk |
| 97 | Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes 2346-9420 |
Q4 | 0.11 | 3 | Sello Editorial Lugones | Argentina | 22 wk |
| 98 | Patologìâ 2310-1237 |
Q4 | 0.108 | 4 | Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University | Ukraine | 10 wk |
| 99 | Revista Argentina de Reumatología 2362-3675 |
Q4 | 0.105 | 4 | Sociedad Argentina de Reumatologia | Argentina | 5 wk |
| 100 | Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2234-5248 |
– | – | 1 | The Korean Society of Endo-Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery | Korea, Republic of | 8 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
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 14
- Spain 8
- Türkiye 6
- Russian Federation 6
- United Kingdom 6
Top publishers
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences 5
- Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2
- SAGE Publishing 2
- Elsevier 2
Main manuscript languages
- English 69
- Spanish 14
- Russian 6
- 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.