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Journals without article processing charges

Journals that charge no article processing charge according to OpenAlex and DOAJ records. Sorted by output, not by quality: always confirm fees on the publisher's site before submitting.

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Journals16,562
Open access100%
Median weeks to publish15 weeks
DOAJ article records24
0370-2693
OA DOAJ No APC

Physics Letters B

Elsevier BV · Netherlands

APC
No APC
Time to publish
15 weeks
Articles/yr
67,873
2267-1242
OA DOAJ No APC

E3S Web of Conferences

EDP Sciences · France

APC
No APC
Time to publish
6 weeks
Articles/yr
63,037
0021-9193
OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Bacteriology

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC
No APC
Time to publish
12 weeks
Articles/yr
55,093
0022-538X
OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Virology

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC
No APC
Time to publish
10 weeks
Articles/yr
52,022
0239-202X
OA DOAJ No APC

Artium Quaestiones

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań · Poland

APC
No APC
Time to publish
20 weeks
Articles/yr
45,349
0019-9567
OA DOAJ No APC

Infection and Immunity

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC
No APC
Time to publish
9 weeks
Articles/yr
33,817
0095-1137
OA DOAJ No APC

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

American Society for Microbiology · United States

APC
No APC
Time to publish
12 weeks
Articles/yr
33,193
0550-3213
OA DOAJ No APC

Nuclear Physics B

Elsevier BV · Netherlands

APC
No APC
Time to publish
12 weeks
Articles/yr
31,577
2261-236X
OA DOAJ No APC

MATEC Web of Conferences

EDP Sciences · France

APC
No APC
Time to publish
6 weeks
Articles/yr
30,166
2100-014X
OA DOAJ No APC

EPJ Web of Conferences

EDP Sciences · France

APC
No APC
Time to publish
6 weeks
Articles/yr
28,049
1316-8533
OA DOAJ No APC

Actualidad Contable FACES

Universidad de Los Andes · Venezuela

APC
No APC
Time to publish
48 weeks
Articles/yr
25,385
1000-3428
OA DOAJ No APC

Jisuanji gongcheng

East China Computer Technology Research Institute · China

APC
No APC
Time to publish
50 weeks
Articles/yr
25,350
2041-6520
OA DOAJ No APC

Chemical Science

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom

APC
No APC
Time to publish
8 weeks
Articles/yr
22,225

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