Open Access Journals List 2026

Are you looking for a list of free open access publishing? Then you are in the right place.

Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed Gold, Green, and Hybrid Open Access Journals.

Before driving to list let's talk about what are the academic open access journals.

What is open access?

Open access means that research articles are freely available online to anyone, without any paywalls or restrictions.

This means that anyone can read, download, copy, distribute, print, and adapt the article for any non-commercial purpose under creative commons license.

It aims to make research more accessible to everyone (Free-to-read journals), including researchers, students, and the general public, promoting wider dissemination of knowledge and supporting scientific progress.

Open Access Journals List 2026	ISSN
Lodzkie Studia Etnograficzne	00760382
Locus Amoenus	11359722
Local Population Studies	01432974
Llull	02108615
LLT Journal Journal on Language and Language Teaching	14107201
Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada	18465412
Lizi Jiaohuan Yu Xifu Ion Exchange and Adsorption	10015493
Living Reviews in Solar Physics	23673648
Living Reviews in Relativity	23673613
Livestock Science	18711413
Livestock Research for Rural Development	01213784
Liver Cancer	22351795
Litteraria Pragensia	08628424
Litteraria Copernicana	1899315X
Lithuanian Journal of Physics	16488504
Lithosphere Russian Federation	16819004
Lithosphere	19418264
Lithics	02627817
Literature Film Quarterly	00904260
Literature of the Americas	25417894
Literature and Theology	02691205
Literatura Teoria, Historia, Critica	01235931
Literatura y Linguistica	07165811
Literatura	02580802
Literatur und Kritik	0024466X
Literator	02582279
Literary Text Research	22517138
Literary Fact	25418297
Litera Turkey	13040057
Listy Filologicke	00244457
Linye Kexue Scientia Silvae Sinicae	10017488
Lino	02112574
LingVaria	18962122
Linguistische Treffen in Wroclaw	20843062
Linguistique Balkanique	03241653
Linguistics and Education	08985898
Linguistics	00243949
Linguistica Uralica	08684731
Linguistica Silesiana	02084228
Linguistica Pragensia	08628432
Linguistica Lettica	14071932
Linguistica Slovenia	00243922
Linguistica	11320214
Linguistic Typology	14300532
Linguistic Research	12291374
Lingua Nostra	00243868
Lingua	00243841
Linear Algebra and Its Applications	00243795
Lindbergia	01050761
Limnological Review	16425952
Limnetica	02138409
Lilloa	00759481
Lijecnicki Vjesnik	00243477
Light Advanced Manufacturing	26899620
Lifestyle Genomics	25043161
Life Metabolism	20972555
Lietuvos Muzikologija	13929313
Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos	13920448
Lietuvos Chirurgija	13920995
Lietuvos Archeologija	02078694
Lied und Populare Kultur	16190548
Lidil	11466480
Libyan Journal of Medicine	19932820
Libri Oncologici	03008142
Libri	00242667
Library Resources and Technical Services	00242527
Library and Information Service	02523116
Library and Information Science Research	07408188
Liberte	00242020
LIBER Quarterly	14355205
Libellula	07236514
Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care	27073521
Liaoning Gongcheng Jishu Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexue Ban Journal of Liaoning Technical University Natural Science Edition	10080562
Lexis Peru	02549239
Lexikos	16844904
Lex Scientia Law Review	25989677
Lex Portus	2524101X
Leviathan Germany	03400425
Leukemia Research Reports	22130489
Lettres Romanes	00241415
Letras Peru	03784878
Letonica	14073110
Lethaia	00241164
Lesnoy Zhurnal	05361036
Ler Historia	08706182
Leprosy Review	03057518
Leonardo	0024094X
Lentera Hukum	23554673
Lenguas Modernas	07160542
Lengua y Sociedad	17299721
Lengua y Migracion	18895425
Lekarsky Obzor	04574214
Leiden Journal of International Law	09221565
Legal Education Review	10332839
Legado de Arquitectura y Diseno	20073615
Led i Sneg	20766734
Lecture Notes of TICMI	15120511
Lecturas de Economia	01202596
Lectora	11365781
Leather and Footwear Journal	15834433
Learning and Teaching	17552273
Learning and Instruction	09594752
LEARN Journal Language Education and Acquisition Research Network	26300672
Law Journal of the University of Latvia	16917677
Law Reform Jurnal Pembaharuan Hukum	18584810
Law Library Journal	00239283
Law and Contemporary Problems	00239186
Laval Theologique et Philosophique	00239054
Latvijas Universitates Zurnals Vesture	25009621
Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences	08688257
Latina et Graeca	0350414X
Latin American Theatre Review	00238813
Latin American Research Review	00238791
Latin American Legal Studies	07199104
Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures	16797817
Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis	16697316
Latin American Economic Review	21983526
Laser and Particle Beams	02630346
Laser and Optoelectronics Progress	10064125
Large Animal Review	11244593
LAnnee Sociologique	00662399
Lankesteriana	14093871
Langue Francaise	00238368
Languages Cultures Mediation	22841881
Language Classic Modern Postmodern	25229281
Language, Culture and Curriculum	07908318
Language Sciences	03880001
Language and Semiotic Studies	2096031X
Language and Linguistics	1606822X
Language and Education	09500782
Language and Communication	02715309
Language and Cognition	18669808
Langage et Societe	01814095
Langage et lHomme	04587251
Landschap	01696300
Landscape Online	18651542
Landscape Architecture Frontiers	2096336X
Landscape and Urban Planning	01692046
Landfall	00237930
Landbauforschung	21943605
Land Use Policy	02648377
Lampung Journal of International Law	26566532
Lahivordlusi Lahivertailuja	17369290
Laeknabladid	00237213
Labour History	00236942
Labour Economics	09275371
Laboratory Phonology	18686346
Laboratory Animal Research	17386055
Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine	16745817
Laboratorio de Arte	11305762