Publishing research in Scopus-indexed journals is the best way to demonstrate research credibility. However, many Scopus journals demand hefty publication fee.
There are also various Scopus indexed journals in Q3 and Q4 that publish with no publication fee.
Below are listing open access Q3/Q4 journals that publish free and fast. The journals are indexed in DOAJ and Scopus / Web of Science.
List of Free & Fast Open Access Scopus Journals in Q3 and Q4
| Journal Title | Quartile | Broad Publication Area | Publication Time (Average) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IATREIA | Q4 | Medicine, General & Internal | 4 weeks |
| Balkan Journal of Geometry and its Applications | Q3 | Geometry and Topology (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Education and Community Health | Q3 | Education (Q3); Health (social science) (Q3); | 8 weeks |
| Anthropologica | Q3 | Anthropology (Q3); Arts and Humanities | 8 weeks |
| Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research | Q3 | Immunology | 8 weeks |
| Urogynaecologia International Journal | Q4 | Obstetrics and Gynecology (Q4); Urology (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Biomedical Photonics | Q3 | Dermatology (Q3); Surgery (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| BRICS LAW JOURNAL | Q3 | Law | 8 weeks |
| Vikalpa | Q3 | Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous… | 10 weeks |
| Revista de historia | Q3 | History (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Wirtschaftsdienst | Q3 | Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous… | 8 weeks |
| Botanica Pacifica | Q4 | Ecology (Q4); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Sys… | 6 weeks |
| Italian Journal of Sociology of Education | Q3 | Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3); Education | 8 weeks |
| Advances in Laboratory Medicine | Q3 | Medical Laboratory Technology (Q3); Education (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Balkan Medical Journal | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal | 8 weeks |
| CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN MIGRATION REVIEW | Q3 | Demography | 9 weeks |
| Therya | Q3 | Animal Science and Zoology (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Siglo Cero | Q3 | Education (Q3); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q4);… | 4 weeks |
| Christian Journal for Global Health | Q4 | Health Policy (Q4); Public Health, Environmental | 8 weeks |
| Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia | Q3 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular System | 10 weeks |
| Journal of Cellular and Molecular Anesthesia | Q3 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q3); | 6 weeks |
| Studies of Transition States and Societies | Q4 | Sociology and Political Science (Q4) | 5 weeks |
| Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute | Q3 | Oncology | 11 weeks |
| Agraarteadus | Q3 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 weeks |
| AFRICAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY | Q3 | Urology & Nephrology | 9 weeks |
| Iranian Journal of Medical Physics | Q3 | Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (Q3); | 8 weeks |
| Revista Paulista de Pediatria | Q3 | Pediatrics | 11 weeks |
| EGYPTIAN LIVER JOURNAL | Q4 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 9 weeks |
| NOTE DI MATEMATICA | Q3 | Mathematics | 10 weeks |
| REVISTA DE URBANISMO | Q3 | Urban Studies | 3 weeks |
| Journal of Small Business Strategy | Q3 | Strategy and Management (Q3) | 4 weeks |
| OCEAN AND COASTAL RESEARCH | Q3 | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Oceanography | 7 weeks |
| SCIENTIFIC ANNALS OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS | Q3 | Economics | 10 weeks |
| Sriwijaya Law Review | Q3 | Law (Q3); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3); So… | 8 weeks |
| REVISTA DE DERECHO CIVIL | Q4 | Law | 5 weeks |
| Inteligencia Artificial | Q4 | Artificial Intelligence (Q4); Software (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Archives of endocrinology and metabolism | Q3 | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q3) | 7 weeks |
| Journal of Smooth Muscle Research | Q4 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4); Physiology (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| International Journal of Aquatic Biology | Q3 | Ecology (Q3); Aquatic Science (Q4); Ecology, Evolu… | 10 weeks |
| DERECHO PUCP | Q3 | Law | 8 weeks |
| MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY | Q3 | Psychology, Clinical | 4 weeks |
| Moroccan Journal of Pure and Applied Analysis | Q3 | Analysis (Q3); Applied Mathematics (Q3); Control a… | 8 weeks |
| Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Q3 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| KYIV-MOHYLA HUMANITIES JOURNAL | Q3 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 8 weeks |
| Applied Microscopy | Q3 | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q3); | 10 weeks |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology | Q4 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneou… | 8 weeks |
| REVISTA DE HUMANIDADES | Q4 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 8 weeks |
| Middle East Current Psychiatry | Q3 | Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q3) | 9 weeks |
| Cybernetics and Physics | Q3 | Artificial Intelligence (Q3); Computer Vision | 10 weeks |
| International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture | Q4 | Applied Psychology (Q4); Psychiatry and Mental | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research | Q3 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular System | 7 weeks |
| IAFOR Journal of Education | Q3 | Education (Q3); Public Administration (Q3) | 4 weeks |
| Tehran University Medical Journal | Q4 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 4 weeks |
| ANALES DE HISTORIA DEL ARTE | Q4 | Art | 9 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE STUDIES IN BUSINESS | Q4 | Business | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Crop Protection | Q3 | Agronomy and Crop Science (Q3); Plant Science (Q3) | 10 weeks |
| Perspectives on Federalism | Q4 | Law (Q4); Political Science and International Rela… | 5 weeks |
| Natural History Sciences | Q3 | Animal Science and Zoology (Q3); Ecology, Evolutio… | 8 weeks |
| Improved Oil and Gas Recovery | Q4 | Energy Engineering and Power Technology (Q4); Ener… | 8 weeks |
| Historia Naturalis Bulgarica | Q3 | Animal Science and Zoology (Q3); Aquatic Science | 6 weeks |
| Gerokomos | Q4 | Geriatrics and Gerontology (Q4); Gerontology (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Bali Journal of Anesthesiology | Q4 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q4); Critical Ca… | 10 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF PRINT AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH | Q3 | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | 10 weeks |
| Electronic Communications of the EASST | Q4 | Computational Theory and Mathematics (Q4); | 8 weeks |
| MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN SOLIDS | Q4 | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | 5 weeks |
| ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE | Q3 | Zoology | 10 weeks |
| Contemporary Southeastern Europe | Q3 | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q3); Cultural… | 8 weeks |
| Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences | Q3 | Mathematics (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Chimia | Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | 8 weeks |
| TUNING JOURNAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | Q4 | Education & Educational Research | 11 weeks |
| Revista Chilena de Anestesia | Q4 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Journal of Excipients and Food Chemicals | Q3 | Pharmaceutical Science (Q3); Food Science (Q4) | 6 weeks |
| International Journal of Chinese Education | Q3 | Education (Q3) | 11 weeks |
| ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT | Q4 | Health Policy & Services | 9 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF TAX REFORM | Q3 | Business, Finance | 6 weeks |
| Journal of Oral Research | Q4 | Dentistry (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control | Q4 | Food Science (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation | Q4 | Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Q4); Physical The… | 8 weeks |
| Bionatura | Q4 | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q4); Biote… | 8 weeks |
| Ideology and Politics Journal | Q4 | Sociology and Political Science (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Geomatics and Environmental Engineering | Q3 | Computers in Earth Sciences (Q3); | 6 weeks |
| Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology | Q4 | Infectious Diseases (Q4); Microbiology (Q4); | 8 weeks |
| Croatian Medical Journal | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal | 10 weeks |
| Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal | Q4 | Education (Q4); Linguistics and Language (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Economic Horizons | Q3 | Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous… | 8 weeks |
| Acta Periodica Technologica | Q3 | Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Biblios | Q4 | Library and Information Sciences (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION | Q4 | Peripheral Vascular Diseases | 10 weeks |
| Qatar Medical Journal | Q4 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 6 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF THERMAL ENGINEERING | Q3 | Thermodynamics | 4 weeks |
| Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Q4 | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q4); | 8 weeks |
| Fatigue of Aircraft Structures | Q4 | Aerospace Engineering (Q4); Civil and Structural E… | 8 weeks |
| CURRENT ISSUES IN PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY | Q3 | Psychology, Social | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Current Ophthalmology | Q3 | Ophthalmology | 8 weeks |
| HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY REPORT | Q3 | Psychology, Social | 8 weeks |
| Cumhuriyet Dental Journal | Q4 | Dentistry (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer | Q4 | Hematology (Q4); Oncology (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| FORMOSAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY | Q4 | Surgery | 11 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY | Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | 8 weeks |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN MOVEMENT | Q3 | Sport Sciences | 5 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY | Q3 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 11 weeks |
| Journal of Neurocritical Care | Q4 | Advanced and Specialized Nursing (Q4); Neurology | 10 weeks |
| Chimica Techno Acta | Q4 | Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q4); Chemistry | 4 weeks |
| Fruit Growing Research | Q4 | Agronomy and Crop Science (Q4); Horticulture (Q4); | 8 weeks |
| Open Information Science | Q3 | Library and Information Sciences (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Zoodiversity | Q3 | Animal Science and Zoology (Q3); Ecology | 8 weeks |
| PROCESSING AND APPLICATION OF CERAMICS | Q3 | Materials Science, Ceramics | 10 weeks |
| Journal of Engineering and Applied Science | Q4 | Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 9 weeks |
| BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY | Q3 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 8 weeks |
| UCJC BUSINESS AND SOCIETY REVIEW | Q4 | Business | 10 weeks |
| South-East European Forestry | Q3 | Forestry (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| IMAGING | Q4 | Medicine, General & Internal | 7 weeks |
| AGING MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE | Q4 | Geriatrics & Gerontology | 8 weeks |
| Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery | Q3 | Nursing (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 6 weeks |
| UKRAINIAN FOOD JOURNAL | Q4 | Food Science & Technology | 10 weeks |
| SPIRITUALITY STUDIES | Q3 | Religion | 10 weeks |
| UROLOGICAL SCIENCE | Q3 | Urology & Nephrology | 6 weeks |
| Rwanda Medical Journal | Q4 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 7 weeks |
| Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal | Q3 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 7 weeks |
| Journal of Health Sciences | Q3 | Nursing (miscellaneous) (Q3); Medicine (miscellane… | 6 weeks |
| Journal of Membrane Science and Research | Q3 | Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q3); | 8 weeks |
| AUSTRALASIAN ORTHODONTIC JOURNAL | Q3 | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine | 8 weeks |
| RADICAL TEACHER | Q4 | Education & Educational Research | 6 weeks |
| Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine | Q4 | Family Practice (Q4); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 8 weeks |
| Tribology in Industry | Q3 | Mechanical Engineering (Q3); Mechanics of Material | 8 weeks |
| Pleura and Peritoneum | Q3 | Oncology | Surgery | 9 weeks |
| Engineering and Applied Science Research | Q3 | Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q3); Computer Science | 11 weeks |
| Universum | Q3 | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q3); | 6 weeks |
| CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation | Q4 | Information Systems and Management (Q4); Management | 4 weeks |
| Law, Technology and Humans | Q3 | Law (Q3); Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q4); | 9 weeks |
| Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology | Q4 | Applied Psychology (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web | Q4 | Control and Systems Engineering (Q4); | 10 weeks |
| Diferents | Q3 | Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q3); Museology (Q… | 8 weeks |
| Current Medical Mycology | Q3 | Infectious Diseases (Q3); Microbiology (Q4) | 4 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF NANOSTRUCTURES | Q3 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 7 weeks |
| Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology | Q3 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q3); Critical Care | 8 weeks |
| FRAGMENTA ENTOMOLOGICA | Q3 | Entomology | Zoology | 10 weeks |
| IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE | Q3 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | 8 weeks |
| Studies in Fungi | Q3 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 weeks |
| Journal of Air Pollution and Health | Q3 | Pollution (Q3); Global and Planetary Change (Q4); | 8 weeks |
| Iranian Journal of Toxicology | Q4 | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (Q4); | 9 weeks |
| Hong Kong Medical Journal | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal | 10 weeks |
| IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS | Q3 | Chemistry, Physical | 8 weeks |
| Peitho | Q4 | Philosophy (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS | Q4 | Computer Science, Information Systems | Telecommun… | 8 weeks |
| Indonesian Journal on Geoscience | Q3 | Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3) | 8 weeks |
| Proceedings from the Document Academy | Q3 | Conservation (Q3); Library and Information Science… | 10 weeks |
| Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences | Q4 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q4) | 10 weeks |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia | Q3 | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 5 weeks |
| MASS SPECTROMETRY LETTERS | Q4 | Spectroscopy | 6 weeks |
| Acta Linguistica Lithuanica | Q3 | Linguistics and Language (Q3) | 5 weeks |
| Professions and Professionalism | Q3 | Education (Q3); Life-span and Life-course Studies | 8 weeks |
| ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION | Q3 | Reproductive Biology | 9 weeks |
| Journal of Medical Ultrasound | Q3 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 10 weeks |
| Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine | Q3 | Tropical Medicine | 4 weeks |
| JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC BIODIVERSITY | Q3 | Biodiversity Conservation | 10 weeks |
| Botanica | Q4 | Ecology (Q4); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Sys… | 10 weeks |
| COLLECTANEA CHRISTIANA ORIENTALIA | Q4 | Religion | 8 weeks |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES | Q3 | Law | 8 weeks |
| RUSSIAN OPEN MEDICAL JOURNAL | Q4 | Medicine, General & Internal | 10 weeks |
| META | Q4 | Language & Linguistics | 10 weeks |
| ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETICS | Q3 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 10 weeks |
| Journal of Daylighting | Q3 | Energy (miscellaneous) (Q3); Renewable Energy, | 10 weeks |
| LEPROSY REVIEW | Q3 | Dermatology | Infectious Diseases | Pathology | | 8 weeks |
| Journal of Economic Geology | Q4 | Economic Geology (Q4); Geochemistry and Petrology | 8 weeks |
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