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This is a list of open-access journals by field. The list contains notable journals which have a policy of full open access. It does not include delayed open access journals, hybrid open access journals, or related collections or indexing services. True open-access journals can be split into two categories: * diamond or platinum open-access journals, which charge no additional publication, open access or article processing fees * gold open-access journals, which charge publication fees (also called
article processing charge An article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors. Most commonly, it is involved in making a work available as open access (OA), in either a full OA journal or in a hybrid journal ...
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Agriculture

* '' African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development'' * '' Bulletin of Insectology'' * '' Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants'' * '' Open Agriculture'' *'' Journal of Horticultural Sciences''


Astronomy

* '' Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society'' * '' Open Astronomy''


Bioethics

* '' AMA Journal of Ethics'' * '' Canadian Journal of Bioethics'' * '' Indian Journal of Medical Ethics''


Biology

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African Invertebrates ''African Invertebrates'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that covers the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, ecology, conservation, and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates, whether terrestrial, freshwater, or ma ...
'' * '' Biology of Sex Differences'' * ''
Biology Open ''Biology Open'' (BiO) is an online-only peer-reviewed Open Access scientific journal published by The Company of Biologists. It was launched in 2011 and publishes research across the breadth of the biological and biomedical sciences. ''Biology ...
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BMC Biology ''BMC Biology'' is an online open access scientific journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed research in all fields of biology, together with opinion and comment articles. The publication was established in 2003. The journal is part of a s ...
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BMC Evolutionary Biology ''BMC Ecology and Evolution'' (since January 2021), previously ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' (2001–2020), is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all fields of evolutionary biology, including phylogenetics and palaeontology ...
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BMC Genomics ''BMC Genomics'' is an open-access scientific journal covering all areas of genomics and proteomics. The journal was established in 2000 and is published by BioMed Central. The editor-in-chief is Matteo Pasini. Its 2021 impact factor is 4.56. Abs ...
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BMC Systems Biology ''BMC Systems Biology'' was an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal that covered research in systems biology. Filling a gap in what was a new research field, the journal was established in 2007 and is published by BioMed Central. Part ...
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Check List ''Check List'' is a peer-reviewed, open access, on-line scientific journal that publishes Annotated Lists of Species (ALS), Notes on Geographic Distribution (NGD), Distribution Summary (DS), Book Reviews (BR) and Forum Papers (FP). The journal w ...
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Contributions to Zoology ''Contributions to Zoology'' (formerly known as ''Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde'') is a scientific journal that started in 1848 as a publication of the Committee in charge of the library of the Dutch Royal Zoological Society " Natura Artis Magistra ...
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Ecology and Evolution ''Ecology and Evolution'' is a biweekly open-access scientific journal covering all areas of ecology, evolution, and conservation. The Editors in Chief of this journal are Allen Moore, Andrew Beckerman, Jenn Firn, Chris Foote, and Gareth Jenkin ...
'' * '' eLife'' * '' F1000Research'' * ''
Genome Biology ''Genome Biology'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research in genomics. It was established in 2000 and is published by BioMed Central. The chief editor is currently Andrew Cosgrove (BioMed Central, New York). Abstractin ...
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International Journal of Biological Sciences The ''International Journal of Biological Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by Ivyspring International Publisher. It publishes original articles, reviews, and short research communications in all areas of biolo ...
'' * '' Israel Journal of Entomology'' * '' Molecular Systems Biology'' * '' Myrmecological News'' * '' Oncotarget'' * '' Open Biology'' * ''
Open Life Sciences ''Open Life Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all areas of the life sciences. It was established in 2006 as the ''Central European Journal of Biology'' and co-published by Versita and Springer Science+Business ...
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PLOS Computational Biology ''PLOS Computational Biology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering computational biology. It was established in 2005 by the Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computatio ...
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PLOS Genetics ''PLOS Genetics'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science. The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel ( Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors- ...
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Scientific Reports ''Scientific Reports'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific mega journal published by Nature Portfolio, covering all areas of the natural sciences. The journal was established in 2011. The journal states that their aim is to assess sole ...
'' * '' Stem Cell Reports'' * ''
ZooKeys ''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin ( Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensof ...
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Botany

* '' Acta Botanica Brasilica'' * '' Botanical Studies'' * ''
Phytologia Phytologia is an open-access journal to expedite plant systematics, phytogeographical and ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology consider ...
'' * '' Plant Ecology and Evolution''


Chemistry

* '' Arkivoc'' * '' Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry'' * ''
Chemical Science Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties ...
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Molecules A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bio ...
'' * '' Open Chemistry'' * ''
Organic Syntheses ''Organic Syntheses'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1921. It publishes detailed and checked procedures for the synthesis of organic compounds. A unique feature of the review process is that all of the data and exp ...
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RSC Advances ''RSC Advances'' is an online-only peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on all aspects of the chemical sciences. It was established in 2011 and is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The editor-in-chief is Russell J. Cox (Le ...
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Computer science

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Computational Linguistics Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the computational modelling of natural language, as well as the study of appropriate computational approaches to linguistic questions. In general, computational linguistics ...
'' * '' IEEE Access'' * '' Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research'' * '' Journal of Computational Geometry'' * ''
Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques The ''Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques'' is a diamond open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal covering computer graphics. It was established in May 2012 when a large part of the editorial board resigned from the now-defunct '' Journ ...
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Journal of Formalized Reasoning The ''Journal of Formalized Reasoning'' is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal established in 2009. It publishes formalization efforts in any area, including classical mathematics, constructive mathematics, formal algorithms, and progra ...
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Journal of Machine Learning Research The ''Journal of Machine Learning Research'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering machine learning. It was established in 2000 and the first editor-in-chief was Leslie Kaelbling. The current editors-in-chief are Francis Bac ...
'' * '' Journal of Object Technology'' *'' Journal of Open Source Software'' * ''
Journal of Statistical Software The ''Journal of Statistical Software'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistical software. The ''Journal of Statistical Software'' was founded in 1996 by Jan de Leeuw of the Department of Sta ...
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Logical Methods in Computer Science ''Logical Methods in Computer Science'' (LMCS) is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering theoretical computer science and applied logic. It opened to submissions on September 1, 2004. The editor-in-chief is Stefan Milius ( Friedric ...
'' * '' Semantic Web'' * ''
Theory of Computing ''Theory of Computing'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering theoretical computer science computer science (TCS) is a subset of general computer science and mathematics that focuses on mathematical aspects of comput ...
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Ecology

* '' Ecography''


Economics and finance

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The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance ''The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance'' is a biannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal published by Pepperdine University. It was established in 1991 as ''The Journal of Small Business Finance''. From 1996 to 2000 it had the title ''Th ...
'' * '' Real-World Economics Review'' * ''
Theoretical Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyze ...
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Education

* '' Australasian Journal of Educational Technology'' * '' Comunicar'' * '' Education Policy Analysis Archives'' * ''
Educational Technology & Society ''Educational Technology & Society'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering educational technology that was established in 1998. It is published by the National Taiwan Normal University on behalf of the International ...
'' * '' Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement'' * '' Journal of International Students''


Energy

* '' Energies''


Engineering

* '' Advances in Production Engineering & Management'' * ''
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer ''Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering heat transfer and mass transfer. It is published by Tech Science Press and the editors-in-chief are Amir Faghri (University of Connecticut) and Yuw ...
'' * '' Open Engineering''


Geography and environmental studies

* '' Conservation and Society'' * '' Ecology and Society'' * ''
Environmental Health Perspectives ''Environmental Health Perspectives'' (''EHP'') is a peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly with support from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIE ...
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Environmental Research Letters ''Environmental Research Letters'' is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access, scientific journal covering research on all aspects of environmental science. It is published by IOP Publishing. The editor-in-chief is Daniel Kammen (University of Cal ...
'' * '' Fennia'' * ''
GSA Today The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. History The society was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchco ...
'' * '' Journal of Political Ecology'' * '' Journal of Spatial Information Science'' * '' Open Geosciences'' * '' Nature Environment and Pollution Technology''


Geology

* '' Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences'' *'' Brazilian Journal of Geology''


Humanities and other journals

* '' Anamesa'' * ''
Continent A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...
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Culture Machine ''Culture Machine'' is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal of culture and theory that was established in 1999. It is published by Open Humanities Press Open Humanities Press is an international open access publishing initiative in th ...
'' * '' Digital Humanities Quarterly'' * ''
First Monday ''First Monday'' is an American legal drama television series which aired on CBS during the midseason replacement from January 15 to May 3, 2002. The series centered on the U.S. Supreme Court. Like another 2002 series, '' The Court'', it was i ...
'' * '' GHLL'' * '' Medieval Worlds'' * '' Programming Historian'' * '' Reti Medievali Rivista'' * ''
Sign Systems Studies ''Sign Systems Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on semiotics edited at the Department of Semiotics of the University of Tartu and published by the University of Tartu Press. It is the oldest periodical in the field. It was initially ...
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Southern Spaces ''Southern Spaces'' is a peer review, peer-reviewed Open access (publishing), open-access academic journal that publishes articles, photo-essay, photo essays and images, presentations, and short videos about real and imagined spaces and places of t ...
'' * '' Transmotion''


Language and linguistics

* '' Glossa'' * '' Language Documentation & Conservation'' * ''
Per Linguam ''Per Linguam'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Stellenbosch University. It covers topics related to language learning and applied language studies and has more recently started including a focus on multilingualism and educati ...
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Law

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Duke Law Journal The ''Duke Law Journal'' is a student-run law review and the premier legal periodical of Duke University School of Law. The journal publishes general-interest articles and student notes in eight issues each year. History and Overview The journa ...
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German Law Journal The ''German Law Journal'' is a peer-reviewed, online-only open access law journal reporting on the developments in German, European and international jurisprudence. It is published by Washington & Lee University School of Law. Publication of t ...
'' * '' Health and Human Rights'' * ''
Melbourne University Law Review The ''Melbourne University Law Review'' is a triannual law journal published by a student group at Melbourne Law School covering all areas of law. It is one of two student-run law journals at the University of Melbourne, the other being the '' ...
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Library and information science

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College & Research Libraries ''College & Research Libraries'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Association of College and Research Libraries. History It was established in December 1939 and was published quarterly for its first 18 years, then b ...
'' * '' Evidence Based Library and Information Practice'' * '' In the Library with the Lead Pipe'' * '' Information Technologies and International Development'' * ''
Scientific Data In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpr ...
'' * '' Webology''


Materials science

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Polymers A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + '' -mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic a ...
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Science and Technology of Advanced Materials ''Science and Technology of Advanced Materials'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in materials science that was established in 2000. In 2008 it became an open access journal through the sponsorship of the National Institute for Materials Scie ...
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Mathematics

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Acta Mathematica ''Acta Mathematica'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research in all fields of mathematics. According to Cédric Villani, this journal is "considered by many to be the most prestigious of all mathematical research jou ...
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Advances in Group Theory and Applications ''Advances in Group Theory and Applications'' (AGTA) is a peer reviewed, open access research journal in mathematics, specifically group theory. It was founded in 2015 by the council of the no-profit association AGTA - Advances in Group Theory ...
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Algebraic Geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical ...
'' * '' Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Mathematica'' * ''
Annales de l'Institut Fourier The ''Annales de l'Institut Fourier'' is a French mathematical journal publishing papers in all fields of mathematics. It was established in 1949. The journal publishes one volume per year, consisting of six issues. The current editor-in-chief is ...
'' * '' Arkiv för Matematik'' * ''
Ars Mathematica Contemporanea ''Ars Mathematica Contemporanea'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering discrete mathematics in connection with other branches of mathematics. It is published by the University of Primorska together with the Society of Mathemati ...
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Australasian Journal of Combinatorics The ''Australasian Journal of Combinatorics'' is a triannual peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering combinatorics. It was established in 1990 and is published by the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Computing (University of Queen ...
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Discrete Analysis ''Discrete Analysis'' is a mathematics journal covering the applications of analysis to discrete structures. ''Discrete Analysis'' is an arXiv overlay journal, meaning the journal's content is hosted on the arXiv. History ''Discrete Analysis'' ...
'' * '' Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science'' * '' Documenta Mathematica'' * '' Electronic Communications in Probability'' * ''
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics The ''Electronic Journal of Combinatorics'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research in combinatorial mathematics. The journal was established in 1994 by Herbert Wilf ( University of Pennsylvania) and Neil Calkin ( Ge ...
'' * '' Electronic Journal of Probability'' * ''
Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis ''Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis'' is a peer-reviewed scientific open access journal publishing original research in applied mathematics with the focus on numerical analysis and scientific computing. It is published by the Ken ...
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Forum of Mathematics ''Forum of Mathematics, Pi'' and ''Forum of Mathematics, Sigma'' are open-access peer-reviewed journals for mathematics published under a creative commons license by Cambridge University Press. The founding managing editor was Rob Kirby. H ...
'' * '' Hardy-Ramanujan Journal'' * '' Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux'' * ''
Journal of Formalized Reasoning The ''Journal of Formalized Reasoning'' is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal established in 2009. It publishes formalization efforts in any area, including classical mathematics, constructive mathematics, formal algorithms, and progra ...
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Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications The ''Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications'' is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the subject of graph algorithms and graph drawing. The journal was established in 1997 and the editor-in-chief is Giuseppe Liotta (Univ ...
'' * '' Journal of Integer Sequences'' * ''
Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems ''Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (MEMOCS)'' is a half-yearly peer-reviewed scientific journal founded by the International Research Center for the Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS) from Università degli Studi del ...
'' * '' Münster Journal of Mathematics'' * ''
The New York Journal of Mathematics The ''New York Journal of Mathematics'' is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on algebra, analysis, geometry and topology. Its editorial board, , consists of 17 university-affiliated scholars in addition to the Editor-in-chief. Articles in the ''Ne ...
'' * '' Open Mathematics'' * ''
Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni , abbreviation = Rend. Mat. Appl. , publisher = "Guido Castelnuovo" Department of Mathematics, Sapienza University of Rome and Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi , country = Italy , frequency = Biannual , history = 1913-p ...
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Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire The ''Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire'' (English: ''Lotharingian Seminar of Combinatorics'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in combinatorial mathematics, named after Lotharingia. It has existed since 1980 as a regular j ...
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Medicine, pharmaceutical and health sciences

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Annals of Saudi Medicine The ''Annals of Saudi Medicine'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). It was established in 1981 as the ''King Faisal Specialist Hospital Medical J ...
'' * '' Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology'' * '' Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal'' * ''
BMC Health Services Research ''BMC Health Services Research'' is an open access healthcare journal, which covers research on the subject of health services. It was established in 2001 and is published by BioMed Central. Abstracting and indexing ''BMC Health Services Resea ...
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BMC Medicine ''BMC Medicine'' is a peer-reviewed electronic-only medical journal published since 2003 by BioMed Central which is part of Springer Nature. It is described as "the flagship medical journal of the BMC series. An open access, open peer-reviewed ge ...
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BMJ Open ''BMJ Open'' is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal that is dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. It is published by BMJ and considers all research study types, from protocols through phase ...
'' * '' Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences'' * ''
British Columbia Medical Journal The ''British Columbia Medical Journal'' is a peer-reviewed general medical journal covering scientific research, review articles, and updates on contemporary clinical practices written by British Columbian physicians or focused on topics likel ...
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British Medical Journal ''The BMJ'' is a weekly peer-reviewed medical trade journal, published by the trade union the British Medical Association (BMA). ''The BMJ'' has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. Origi ...
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Canadian Medical Association Journal The ''Canadian Medical Association Journal'' (French ''Journal de l'Association Médicale Canadienne'') is a peer-reviewed general medical journal published by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). It publishes original clinical research, anal ...
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Clinical and Translational Science ''Clinical and Translational Science'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering translational medicine. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is an official journal of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and T ...
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Dermatology Online Journal The ''Dermatology Online Journal'' is a monthly open-access peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1995 by Arthur Huntley (Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis). It is published by the California Digital Libra ...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases ''Emerging Infectious Diseases'' (EID) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). EID is a public domain journal and covers global instances of new and reemerging infectious diseas ...
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International Journal of Medical Sciences The ''International Journal of Medical Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by Ivyspring International Publisher covering research in basic medical sciences. Articles include original research papers, reviews, and sh ...
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Journal of the American Heart Association ''Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal and an official journal of the American Heart Association. Since 2015, it is also published with John Wile ...
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Journal of Clinical Investigation The ''Journal of Clinical Investigation'' is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering biomedical research. It was established in 1924 and is published by the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Articles focus on the mechanism ...
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine The ''Journal of Postgraduate Medicine'' is a multidisciplinary quarterly bio medical journal. The journal is the official publication of the Staff Society of Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, I ...
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The New England Journal of Medicine ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' (''NEJM'') is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one. H ...
'' * '' Open Heart'' * '' Open Medicine'' * '' PLOS Medicine'' * '' PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases'' * ''
PLOS Pathogens ''PLOS Pathogens'' is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal. All content in ''PLOS Pathogens'' is published under the Creative Commons "by-attribution" license. ''PLOS Pathogens'' began operation in September 2005. It was the fifth journa ...
'' * '' Scientia Pharmaceutica'' * '' Swiss Medical Weekly''


Music

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Music Theory Online ''Music Theory Online'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering music theory and analysis. It was established in 1993 and is published by the Society for Music Theory. The initial issues were designated as part of volu ...
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Nutrition

* '' Journal of Nutrition''


Philosophy

* '' Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy'' * ''
Philosophers' Imprint ''Philosophers' Imprint'' is a refereed philosophy journal. The journal was launched by University of Michigan Philosophy professors Stephen Darwall (now at Yale University) and J. David Velleman (now at New York University and Johns Hopkins Uni ...
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Physics

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New Journal of Physics ''New Journal of Physics'' is an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in all aspects of physics, as well as interdisciplinary topics where physics forms the central theme. The journal was established in 1998 ...
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Open Physics ''Open Physics'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all aspects of physics. It is published by De Gruyter and the editor-in-chief is Sally Seidel (University of New Mexico). Occasionally, the journal publishes special issues ...
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Optics Express ''Optics Express'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Optica. It was established in 1997. The journal reports on scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics. The Energy Express supplement ...
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Physical Review X ''Physical Review X'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the American Physical Society covering all branches of pure, applied, and interdisciplinary physics. It carefully applies highly selective editorial standards and ...
'' * '' Physical Review Research''


Pluridisciplinary

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GigaScience ''GigaScience'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 2012. It covers research and large data-sets that result from work in the biomedical and life sciences. The editor-in-chief is Scott Edmunds. Originally, the journal was ...
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Nature Communications ''Nature Communications'' is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio since 2010. It is a multidisciplinary journal and it covers the natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, earth sciences, medic ...
'' * '' PLOS ONE'' * '' Royal Society Open Science'' * ''
Science Advances ''Science Advances'' is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal established in early 2015 and published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The journal's scope includes all areas of science, inclu ...
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Scientific Reports ''Scientific Reports'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific mega journal published by Nature Portfolio, covering all areas of the natural sciences. The journal was established in 2011. The journal states that their aim is to assess sole ...
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Political science

* '' Caucasian Review of International Affairs'' * ''
Central European Journal of International and Security Studies The ''Central European Journal of International and Security Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that addresses theoretical and empirical issues in the fields of international relations and security studies. The editor-in-chief ...
'' * '' Journal of Politics & Society''


Robotics

* '' Paladyn''


Social science

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Cultural Anthropology Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The portma ...
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Demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...
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Frontiers in Psychology ''Frontiers in Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering all aspects of psychology. It was established in 2010 and is published by Frontiers Media. The editor-in-chief is Axel Cleeremans ( Université libre de Bruxelles) ...
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Jadaliyya ''Jadaliyya'' ("dialectic") is an independent ezine founded in 2010 by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) to cover the Arab World and the broader Middle East. It publishes articles in Arabic, French, English and Turkish, and is run primarily on a ...
'' * '' Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation'' * '' Journal of Political Ecology'' * ''
Journal of World-Systems Research The ''Journal of World-Systems Research'' (''JWSR'') is a biannual, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of world-systems analysis, established in 1995 by founding editor Christopher Chase-Dunn at the Institute for World-Syst ...
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Statistics

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Bayesian Analysis Bayesian inference is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available. Bayesian inference is an important technique in statistics, and e ...
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Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics The ''Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics'' ( pt, Revista Brasileira de Probabilidade e Estatística) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistics. It is published four times a year by the Brazilian ...
'' *'' Chilean Journal of Statistics'' *''
Electronic Journal of Statistics The ''Electronic Journal of Statistics'' is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society. It covers all aspects of statistics (theoretical, computational, and applie ...
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Journal of Official Statistics The ''Journal of Official Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers related to official statistics. It is published by Statistics Sweden, the national statistical office of Sweden. The journal was established in 1985 ...
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Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods The ''Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods'' is a biannual peer-reviewed open access journal. It was established in 2002 by Shlomo Sawilowsky, and is currently published by the Wayne State University Library System in Detroit, MI. The ''Cu ...
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Journal of Statistical Software The ''Journal of Statistical Software'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistical software. The ''Journal of Statistical Software'' was founded in 1996 by Jan de Leeuw of the Department of Sta ...
'' *'' Journal of Statistics Education'' *'' Revista Colombiana de Estadistica'' *'' REVSTAT'' *'' SORT'' *''
Statistics Surveys ''Statistics Surveys'' is an open-access electronic journal, founded in 2007, that is jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Bernoulli Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Statistical Society of Canad ...
'' *'' Survey Methodology/Techniques d'enquête'' *'' The R Journal''


See also

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Directory of Open Access Journals The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a website that hosts a community-curated list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA). It was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. The proje ...
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