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Diamond open access journals in Medicine

736 peer-reviewed journals in Medicine 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.

736journals with no APC
68ranked Q1 (top 25%)
108ranked Q2
557ranked Q3 or Q4
1,903more journals charge an APC
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All 736 free-to-publish journals in Medicine

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 Military Medical Research
2054-9369
Q1 5.898 68 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 28 wk
2 Journal of Sport and Health Science
2095-2546
Q1 3.715 87 Elsevier Netherlands 22 wk
3 Journal of Biomedical Science
1423-0127
Q1 3.601 130 BMC United Kingdom 14 wk
4 Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
2508-7576
Q1 3.116 39 Korean Society for the Study of Obesity Korea, Republic of 19 wk
5 Alcohol Research
2169-4796
Q1 2.906 124 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) United States 55 wk
6 Eurosurveillance
1560-7917
Q1 2.81 143 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Sweden 30 wk
7 Journal of Stroke
2287-6405
Q1 2.705 61 Korean Stroke Society Korea, Republic of 12 wk
8 eGastroenterology
2976-7296
Q1 2.465 14 BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom 23 wk
9 Emerging Infectious Diseases
1080-6059
Q1 2.034 287 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention United States 8 wk
10 Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
2288-2561
Q1 1.844 26 The Korean Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis Korea, Republic of 12 wk
11 Preventing Chronic Disease
1545-1151
Q1 1.824 108 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention United States 22 wk
12 Psychoradiology
2634-4416
Q1 1.804 15 Oxford University Press United Kingdom 12 wk
13 Journal of Liver Cancer
2383-5001
Q1 1.672 15 Korean Liver Cancer Association Korea, Republic of 12 wk
14 Journal of Health Monitoring
2511-2708
Q1 1.661 19 Robert Koch Institute Germany 20 wk
15 Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1564-0604
Q1 1.547 210 The World Health Organization Switzerland 32 wk
16 International Journal of Heart Failure
2636-1558
Q1 1.545 19 Korean Society of Heart Failure Korea, Republic of 6 wk
17 Medical Review
2749-9642
Q1 1.501 20 De Gruyter Germany 12 wk
18 Journal of Ginseng Research
1226-8453
Q1 1.492 77 Elsevier Netherlands 32 wk
19 Clinical Hypertension
2056-5909
Q1 1.439 30 XMLink Korea, Republic of 6 wk
20 The Angle Orthodontist
0003-3219
Q1 1.433 120 E.H Angle Education and Research Foundation United States 45 wk
21 Life Metabolism
2755-0230
Q1 1.341 12 Oxford University Press United Kingdom 10 wk
22 Intestinal Research
2288-1956
Q1 1.266 42 Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases Korea, Republic of 38 wk
23 Asian Spine Journal
1976-7846
Q1 1.241 57 Korean Spine Society Korea, Republic of 24 wk
24 Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
2452-2473
Q1 1.241 25 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications India 24 wk
25 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
2713-4148
Q1 1.205 50 The Korean Pediatric Society Korea, Republic of 60 wk
26 Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
2368-738X
Q1 1.204 41 Public Health Agency of Canada Canada 40 wk
27 Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art
2524-4442
Q1 1.188 29 SpringerOpen Singapore 5 wk
28 Family Medicine and Community Health
2009-8774
Q1 1.149 25 BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom 20 wk
29 Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1551-4056
Q1 1.144 79 Yale University United States 20 wk
30 Journal of the Medical Library Association
1558-9439
Q1 1.136 82 University Library System, University of Pittsburgh United States 26 wk
31 Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2233-4718
Q1 1.103 19 Korean College of Rheumatology Korea, Republic of 12 wk
32 Journal of Law and the Biosciences
2053-9711
Q1 1.077 38 Oxford University Press United Kingdom 13 wk
33 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
2211-9140
Q1 1.071 41 The Korean Society of Nephrology Korea, Republic of 10 wk
34 Health Promotion Perspectives
2228-6497
Q1 1.033 32 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran, Islamic Republic of 13 wk
35 Health Technology Assessment
2046-4924
Q1 1.021 149 NIHR Journals Library United Kingdom 53 wk
36 Biophysics Reports
2364-3420
Q1 1.008 12 Science Press China 8 wk
37 Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
2765-8619
Q1 0.997 18 Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW United States 14 wk
38 Salud Pública de México
0036-3634
Q1 0.992 72 Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Mexico 34 wk
39 Pulmonology
2531-0437
Q1 0.969 48 Taylor & Francis Group United Kingdom 8 wk
40 Global Health: Science and Practice Journal
2169-575X
Q1 0.949 53 Johns Hopkins University United States 22 wk
41 International Brazilian Journal of Urology
1677-6119
Q1 0.904 54 Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia Brazil 28 wk
42 Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
2288-8721
Q1 0.892 10 Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society Korea, Republic of 15 wk
43 International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
2288-6729
Q1 0.882 27 SpringerOpen Korea, Republic of 13 wk
44 The Korean Journal of Pain
2093-0569
Q1 0.881 40 The Korean Pain Society Korea, Republic of 16 wk
45 Health and Social Care Delivery Research
2755-0079
Q1 0.877 12 NIHR Journals Library United Kingdom 75 wk
46 Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
2005-4408
Q1 0.868 57 Korean Orthopaedic Association Korea, Republic of 36 wk
47 Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2092-6715
Q1 0.853 36 The Korean Academy of Family Medine Korea, Republic of 53 wk
48 Sports Medicine and Health Science
2666-3376
Q1 0.847 22 KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. China 8 wk
49 Integrative Medicine Research
2213-4239
Q1 0.84 24 Elsevier Netherlands 19 wk
50 ADMET and DMPK
1848-7718
Q1 0.825 29 International Association of Physical Chemists (IAPC) Croatia 4 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. India 72
  2. Russian Federation 65
  3. Iran, Islamic Republic of 63
  4. Türkiye 49
  5. United Kingdom 48

Top publishers

  1. Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 56
  2. Elsevier 25
  3. SpringerOpen 16
  4. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 15
  5. Permanyer 12

Main manuscript languages

  1. English 548
  2. Spanish 66
  3. Russian 56
  4. Persian 15

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 Medicine (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.

Other subject areas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences316 free-to-publish journals · 32 Q1 Arts and Humanities1,207 free-to-publish journals · 286 Q1 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology120 free-to-publish journals · 22 Q1 Business, Management and Accounting194 free-to-publish journals · 28 Q1 Chemical Engineering52 free-to-publish journals · 12 Q1 Chemistry80 free-to-publish journals · 14 Q1 Computer Science228 free-to-publish journals · 56 Q1 Decision Sciences67 free-to-publish journals · 11 Q1 Dentistry43 free-to-publish journals · 5 Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences187 free-to-publish journals · 32 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance170 free-to-publish journals · 22 Q1 Energy84 free-to-publish journals · 27 Q1 Engineering315 free-to-publish journals · 70 Q1 Environmental Science225 free-to-publish journals · 27 Q1 Health Professions100 free-to-publish journals · 12 Q1 Immunology and Microbiology49 free-to-publish journals · 6 Q1 Materials Science97 free-to-publish journals · 20 Q1 Mathematics207 free-to-publish journals · 45 Q1 Multidisciplinary43 free-to-publish journals · 6 Q1 Neuroscience37 free-to-publish journals · 5 Q1 Nursing64 free-to-publish journals · 9 Q1 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics47 free-to-publish journals · 10 Q1 Physics and Astronomy96 free-to-publish journals · 19 Q1 Psychology158 free-to-publish journals · 27 Q1 Social Sciences1,864 free-to-publish journals · 384 Q1 Veterinary42 free-to-publish journals · 5 Q1