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Collections by submission scenario

Narrow the candidate pool first, then check scope, APC, and submission requirements on each journal page.

Open access with no APC

Open-access journals that do not charge authors an article processing charge (sorted by article volume).

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0021-9193

OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Bacteriology

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 55,093

0066-4804

OA DOAJ No APC

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 15 weeks
Articles/yr: 33,706

1434-6044

OA DOAJ No APC

The European Physical Journal C

Springer Science+Business Media · Germany

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 24,835

0918-6158

OA DOAJ No APC

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · Japan

APC: No APC
Review: 24 weeks
Articles/yr: 11,369

2542-4653

OA DOAJ No APC

SciPost Physics

SciPost.org · Netherlands

APC: No APC
Review: 10 weeks
Articles/yr: 9,068

0001-3765

OA DOAJ No APC

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Brazilian Academy of Sciences · Brazil

APC: No APC
Review: 18 weeks
Articles/yr: 6,190

1225-5025

OA DOAJ No APC

대한환경공학회지

Korean Society of Environmental Engineers · South Korea

APC: No APC
Review: 8 weeks
Articles/yr: 5,223

1681-6900

OA DOAJ No APC

Engineering and Technology Journal

University of Technology, Iraq · Iraq

APC: No APC
Review: 30 weeks
Articles/yr: 4,955

1816-4277

OA DOAJ No APC

Vestnik Universiteta

Saint Petersburg State University · Russia

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 4,238

1006-9771

OA DOAJ No APC

Zhongguo kangfu lilun yu shijian

China Rehabilitation Research Center · China

APC: No APC
Review: 15 weeks
Articles/yr: 3,941

0209-0872

OA DOAJ No APC

Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny

Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne · Poland

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 3,596

2087-9490

OA DOAJ No APC

AL-ISHLAH Jurnal Pendidikan

Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Hubbulwathan Duri · Indonesia

APC: No APC
Review: 4 weeks
Articles/yr: 3,307

Review ≤ 6 weeks

Journals whose DOAJ-listed average time from submission to publication is 6 weeks or less.

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2572-4754

OA DOAJ

Gates Open Research

F1000 Research Ltd · United Kingdom

APC: $1,807
Review: 1 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2722-3671

OA DOAJ

Indonesian Journal of Educational Development

Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas PGRI Mahadewa Indonesia · Indonesia

APC: Has APC
Review: 2 weeks
Articles/yr: —

3107-6882

OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Sustainable Technology in Agriculture

PAPAYA Academic Press · India

APC: No APC
Review: 2 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2367-7163

OA DOAJ

Research Ideas and Outcomes

Pensoft Publishers · Bulgaria

APC: Has APC
Review: 2 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2955-1676

OA DOAJ

Journal of Family and Society Research

Association for Family and Society Scientists · Nigeria

APC: Has APC
Review: 2 weeks
Articles/yr: —

1979-0201

OA DOAJ

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry

Universitas Padjadjaran · Indonesia

APC: Has APC
Review: 2 weeks
Articles/yr: —

1600-5368

OA DOAJ

Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online

International Union of Crystallography · United Kingdom

APC: $500
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: 40,559

2996-2617

OA DOAJ No APC

Academic Medicine & Surgery

University Medical Press · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2578-9430

OA DOAJ

microPublication Biology

Caltech Library · United States

APC: $350
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2624-8557

OA DOAJ

Antibody Reports

Bibliothèque de l'Université de Genève · Switzerland

APC: Has APC
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2689-4025

OA DOAJ No APC

The FLTMAG

International Association for Language Learning Technology · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: —

2234-8409

OA DOAJ

Journal of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science

The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science · South Korea

APC: Has APC
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: —

High-volume open access

Open-access journals with large article output, useful for building a first candidate pool.

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2045-2322

OA DOAJ

Scientific Reports

Nature Portfolio · United Kingdom

APC: $2,690
Review: 20 weeks
Articles/yr: 320,516

0021-9193

OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Bacteriology

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 55,093

1600-5368

OA DOAJ

Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online

International Union of Crystallography · United Kingdom

APC: $500
Review: 3 weeks
Articles/yr: 40,559

2525-3409

Research Society and Development

Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências · Brazil

APC: —
Review: —
Articles/yr: 34,971

0066-4804

OA DOAJ No APC

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC: No APC
Review: 15 weeks
Articles/yr: 33,706

1434-6044

OA DOAJ No APC

The European Physical Journal C

Springer Science+Business Media · Germany

APC: No APC
Review: 12 weeks
Articles/yr: 24,835

1975-4701

Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society

The Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society · South Korea

APC: —
Review: —
Articles/yr: 18,322

0918-2918

Internal Medicine

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine · Japan

APC: —
Review: —
Articles/yr: 17,274

2045-7758

OA DOAJ

Ecology and Evolution

Wiley · United Kingdom

APC: $2,570
Review: 20 weeks
Articles/yr: 16,465

2296-7745

OA DOAJ

Frontiers in Marine Science

Frontiers Media · Switzerland

APC: $3,801
Review: 14 weeks
Articles/yr: 16,447

2169-7574

OA DOAJ

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open

Wolters Kluwer · United States

APC: $2,195
Review: 10 weeks
Articles/yr: 14,670

0525-1931

BUNSEKI KAGAKU

Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · Japan

APC: —
Review: —
Articles/yr: 13,707

About “friendly to Chinese authors”

This collection needs reliable author-country or affiliation data, which the current sources do not provide consistently. It is intentionally not launched instead of guessing.