Free to publish SCI Open access journals

There are more than 5000 open-access research journals that are indexed in SCI and are free for article publication.

All articles in open-access journals are immediately and permanently free for readers.

In this blog post, we list 32 such Science Citation Indexed (SCI) open-access journals with their impact factors. These journals don’t charge any kind of fee from authors to publish their research papers.

List of Open Access SCI Journals

Journal Title	Impact Factor	Publisher	ISSN
Big Data Mining and Analytics	7.7	Tsinghua University Press
East European Journal of Physics	1	V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Publishing	2312-4539
Applied Computing and Informatics	12.3	Emerald Publishing	2210-8327
Journal of High Energy Physics	5	SpringerOpen	1029-8479
Journal of Universal Computer Science	0.7	Graz University of Technology	0948-6968
Journal of Computer Science and Technology	1.2	Postgraduate Office, School of Computer Science, Universidad Nacional de La Plata	1666-6038
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences	1.8	Sciendo	2300-3405
Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences	2.5	Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine	1880-2206
Journal of Data and Information Science	1.5	Sciendo	2543-683X
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Research	1.1	Iranian Chemical Society	2383-093X
Nuclear Physics B	2.5	Elsevier	1873-1562
Computational Visual Media	17.2	SpringerOpen	2096-0662
Computer Science Journal of Moldova	0.2	Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science	2587-4330
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry	2.2	Beilstein-Institut	1860-5397
Data Intelligence	1.3	The MIT Press	2641-435X
Vietnam Journal of Computer Science	0.6	World Scientific Publishing	2196-8896
Decision Science Letters	1.4	Growing Science	1929-5812
Living Reviews in Solar Physics	23	Springer	1614-4961
Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering	1.1	Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia	1857-5625
Matter and Radiation at Extremes	4.8	AIP Publishing LLC	2468-080X
Computer Science and Information Systems	1.2	ComSIS Consortium	2406-1018
Scientific Annals of Computer Science	0.5	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi	2248-2695
Logical Methods in Computer Science	0.6	Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V.	1860-5974
Armenian Journal of Mathematics	0.5	Republic of Armenia National Academy of Sciences	1829-1163
Arabian Journal of Mathematics	0.9	SpringerOpen	2193-5351
Condensed Matter Physics	0.9	Institute for Condensed Matter Physics	2224-9079
Bayesian Analysis	4.9	International Society for Bayesian Analysis	1931-6690
Discrete Mathematics Letters	1	Shahin Digital Publisher	2664-2557
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy	1.2	Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica	2083-4640
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging	0.9	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.	1998-3808
Fuzzy Information and Engineering	1.3	Tsinghua University Press	1616-8666
Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts	0.2	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	2183-0088

List of Open Access SCI Journals

Finding Open Access Journals

Here are a few approaches to finding open-access journals:

1. Using the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Till December 2024, DOAJ is listing 21,175 peer-reviewed open access journals. Researchers can use DOAJ filters to find free-to-publish journals. However, one has to visit the official website of the journal or the Clarivate website to check the journal’s SCIE status. DOAJ doesn’t provide this facility.
2. Using the PhDTalks journal Finder: PhDTalks provides an online journal finder tool to find various types of journals.
3. Journals by reputed publishers: Many publishers like Springer, and Elsevier offer discounts or full fee waivers for publishing in their open-access journals.