1932-6203
OA
DOAJ
PLoS ONE
Public Library of Science · United States
- APC
- $2,477
- Time to publish
- 29 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 344,111
Open-access journals
Journals recorded as open access in OpenAlex or DOAJ. Sorted by output, not by quality: check the licence and fees on the publisher's site before submitting.
Journals76,270
Open access100%
Median weeks to publish14 weeks
DOAJ article records24
2045-2322
OA
DOAJ
Scientific Reports
Nature Portfolio · United Kingdom
- APC
- $2,690
- Time to publish
- 20 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 320,539
2663-3027
OA
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling
Netherlands
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 234,280
1742-6588
OA
Journal of Physics Conference Series
IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 221,625
0021-9258
OA
DOAJ
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Elsevier BV · United States
- APC
- $3,430
- Time to publish
- 22 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 213,749
0004-637X
OA
DOAJ
The Astrophysical Journal
IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
- APC
- $4,499
- Time to publish
- 14 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 135,369
2168-8184
OA
Cureus
Cureus, Inc. · United States
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 120,117
1422-0067
OA
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
- APC
- $3,499
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 116,283
2169-3536
OA
DOAJ
IEEE Access
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
- APC
- $2,160
- Time to publish
- 6 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 114,100
2050-084X
OA
DOAJ
eLife
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd · United Kingdom
- APC
- $3,750
- Time to publish
- 29 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 112,713
2071-1050
OA
Sustainability
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
- APC
- $2,896
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 111,068
0146-0404
OA
DOAJ
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Cadmus Press · United States
- APC
- $1,850
- Time to publish
- 26 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 107,531
0784-1272
OA
Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Finland
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 106,743
0035-8711
OA
DOAJ
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
- APC
- $3,046
- Time to publish
- 14 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 94,906
2076-3417
OA
DOAJ
Applied Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
- APC
- $2,896
- Time to publish
- 6 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 94,868
2041-1723
OA
DOAJ
Nature Communications
Nature Portfolio · United Kingdom
- APC
- $6,990
- Time to publish
- 28 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 94,090
2046-2069
OA
DOAJ
RSC Advances
Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
- APC
- $1,042
- Time to publish
- 8 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 87,384
0386-9768
OA
日本消化器外科学会雑誌
Publisher/country not listed
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 86,245
1424-8220
OA
DOAJ
Sensors
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
- APC
- $3,137
- Time to publish
- 6 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 82,599
0021-4728
OA
Nihon Kikai Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Japan Society Mechanical Engineers · Japan
- APC
- —
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 74,112
1094-4087
OA
DOAJ
Optics Express
Optica Publishing Group · United States
- APC
- $2,440
- Time to publish
- 9 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 68,273
0370-2693
OA
DOAJ
No APC
Physics Letters B
Elsevier BV · Netherlands
- APC
- No APC
- Time to publish
- 15 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 67,873
1660-4601
OA
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
- APC
- $3,016
- Time to publish
- —
- Articles/yr
- 66,891
1420-3049
OA
DOAJ
Molecules
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Germany
- APC
- $3,258
- Time to publish
- 6 weeks
- Articles/yr
- 66,428
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