Scopus journals are considered reputed journals worldwide. Scopus covers nearly 38,000 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers. Out of these total journals, around 5800 journals are open access. Open access journals keep their research papers freely available on the Internet and openly accessible to everyone. This blog post aims to provide a list of top Scopus indexed open access journals.
Top 100 Scopus indexed open access journals
| S.No. | Journal Title | CiteScore | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living Reviews in Relativity | 84.8 | Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) |
| 2 | Molecular Cancer | 52.7 | Cancer Research |
| 3 | The Lancet Global Health | 41.8 | General Medicine |
| 4 | The Lancet Public Health | 39.7 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
| 5 | Living Reviews in Solar Physics | 38.5 | Space and Planetary Science |
| 6 | Annual Review of Plant Biology | 38.3 | Plant Science |
| 7 | Studies in Mycology | 33.4 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| 8 | Nucleic Acids Research | 28.0 | Genetics |
| 9 | Journal of Hematology and Oncology | 27.5 | Molecular Biology |
| 10 | Journal of Extracellular Vesicles | 27.4 | Histology |
| 11 | Light: Science and Applications | 27.0 | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
| 12 | Physical Review X | 26.5 | General Physics and Astronomy |
| 13 | InfoMat | 25.3 | Surfaces, Coatings and Films |
| 14 | Array | 25.2 | General Computer Science |
| 15 | Journal of the American Chemical Society | 25.2 | Biochemistry |
| 16 | Microbiome | 24.5 | Microbiology |
| 17 | International journal of oral science | 24.4 | General Dentistry |
| 18 | Applied Computing and Informatics | 24.3 | Computer Science Applications |
| 19 | Nature Communications | 23.2 | – |
| 20 | Nano-Micro Letters | 22.9 | Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| 21 | Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems | 22.8 | Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality |
| 22 | Military Medical Research | 22.5 | General Medicine |
| 23 | Eurosurveillance | 22.1 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
| 24 | Limnology And Oceanography Letters | 22.0 | Aquatic Science |
| 25 | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 21.9 | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| 26 | OpenNano | 21.9 | Pharmaceutical Science |
| 27 | ACS Central Science | 21.4 | General Chemical Engineering |
| 28 | Molecular Neurodegeneration | 21.1 | Neurology (clinical) |
| 29 | Advanced Science | 20.8 | General Engineering |
| 30 | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 20.8 | General Medicine |
| 31 | Reviews in Physics | 20.5 | General Physics and Astronomy |
| 32 | The Lancet Digital Health | 20.5 | Health Informatics |
| 33 | The Lancet Planetary Health | 20.5 | Health Policy |
| 34 | Bone Research | 20.4 | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
| 35 | Genome Biology | 20.1 | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| 36 | Optica | 19.8 | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
| 37 | Protein and Cell | 19.4 | Drug Discovery |
| 38 | National Science Review | 19.1 | – |
| 39 | npj Flexible Electronics | 19.1 | Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| 40 | Emerging Microbes and Infections | 19.0 | Parasitology |
| 41 | Conservation Letters | 18.7 | Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| 42 | Science advances | 18.5 | – |
| 43 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | 18.4 | Genetics |
| 44 | The Lancet Microbe | 18.4 | Infectious Diseases |
| 45 | Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering | 18.1 | General Decision Sciences |
| 46 | Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research | 18.1 | Oncology |
| 47 | Biomaterials Research | 17.8 | Medicine (miscellaneous) |
| 48 | NPG Asia Materials | 17.8 | Modeling and Simulation |
| 49 | Cell Discovery | 17.3 | Biochemistry |
| 50 | Environment international | 17.1 | General Environmental Science |
| 51 | Journal of Advanced Research | 17.1 | – |
| 52 | Journal of Innovation and Knowledge | 17.0 | Business and International Management |
| 53 | Theranostics | 16.7 | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) |
| 54 | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 16.6 | Agronomy and Crop Science |
| 55 | Carbon Energy | 16.4 | Materials Science (miscellaneous) |
| 56 | Redox Biology | 16.4 | Organic Chemistry |
| 57 | EMBO Molecular Medicine | 16.2 | Molecular Medicine |
| 58 | Molecular Systems Biology | 16.2 | Applied Mathematics |
| 59 | Annals of Surgery | 16.1 | Surgery |
| 60 | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B | 15.9 | General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
| 61 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 15.8 | Strategy and Management |
| 62 | Journal of Biomedical Science | 15.7 | Pharmacology (medical) |
| 63 | Experimental and Molecular Medicine | 15.6 | Biochemistry |
| 64 | Cell Reports | 15.1 | General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| 65 | eBioMedicine | 15.0 | General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| 66 | PLoS Medicine | 15.0 | General Medicine |
| 67 | PLoS Biology | 14.9 | General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| 68 | Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series | 14.7 | Space and Planetary Science |
| 69 | Chemical Science | 14.7 | General Chemistry |
| 70 | Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts | 14.6 | Forestry |
| 71 | Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry | 14.5 | Physiology |
| 72 | Engineering | 14.5 | General Engineering |
| 73 | Resources, Conservation and Recycling: X | 14.5 | Economics and Econometrics |
| 74 | ACS applied materials & interfaces | 14.4 | General Materials Science |
| 75 | Journal of Big Data | 14.4 | Information Systems and Management |
| 76 | Bioactive Materials | 14.3 | Biomedical Engineering |
| 77 | Cancer Communications | 14.3 | Oncology |
| 78 | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | 14.3 | Pharmacology |
| 79 | Nano Materials Science | 14.3 | Mechanics of Materials |
| 80 | Critical Care | 14.2 | Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine |
| 81 | Journal of Innate Immunity | 14.2 | Immunology and Allergy |
| 82 | Digital Communications and Networks | 14.1 | Computer Networks and Communications |
| 83 | Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle | 14.1 | Orthopedics and Sports Medicine |
| 84 | Ultrasonics Sonochemistry | 14.1 | Acoustics and Ultrasonics |
| 85 | npj Computational Materials | 14.0 | Modeling and Simulation |
| 86 | Mycosphere | 13.9 | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| 87 | Advanced Photonics | 13.8 | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
| 88 | Aging Cell | 13.8 | Aging |
| 89 | Astrophysical Journal Letters | 13.8 | Space and Planetary Science |
| 90 | Earth System Science Data | 13.8 | General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| 91 | Environmental Health Perspectives | 13.8 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
| 92 | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context | 13.8 | Law |
| 93 | Advances in Physics: X | 13.7 | General Physics and Astronomy |
| 94 | npj Clean Water | 13.7 | Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law |
| 95 | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 13.7 | Atmospheric Science |
| 96 | Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology | 13.6 | Pharmaceutical Science |
| 97 | Materials Research Letters | 13.6 | General Materials Science |
| 98 | Cell Death and Disease | 13.5 | Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience |
| 99 | Genome Medicine | 13.4 | Genetics |
| 100 | JCI insight | 13.4 | – |
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