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
Revista Brasileira de Economia	00347140
Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal	23593881
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plastica	19835175
Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano	14158426
Revista Brasileira de Ciencias do Esporte	01013289
Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo	01000683
Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	1516635X
Revista Brasileira de Cartografia	05604613
Revista Bioetica	19838042
Revista Baiana de Enfermagem	01025430
Revista Arvore	01006762
Revista Argentina de Microbiologia	03257541
Revista Argentina de Cirugia Argentina	00487600
Revista Archai	21794960
Revista Ambiente e Agua	1980993X
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses	02144808
Revista Alergia Mexico	00025151
Revista Academia and Negocios	07197713
Revista 180	07182309
Revisiones en Cancer	02138573
Revija za Sociologiju	0350154X
Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku	13302965
Revija za Kriminalistiko in Kriminologijo	0034690X
Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	16065131
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine	15306550
Reviews in Analytical Chemistry	07930135
Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education	1791261X
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	00346667
Review of Korean Studies	12290076
Review of International American Studies	19912773
Review of Economics and Political Science	23569980
Review of Economic Perspectives	12132446
Review of Development Finance	18799337
Review of Business and Economics Studies	2308944X
REVESCO Revista de Estudios Cooperativos	11356618
Reumatologia	00346233
Reumatismo	00487449
Retraite et Societe	11674687
Retos Ecuador	13906291
Reti Medievali Rivista	15932214
Rethinking History	13642529
Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics	22347658
Respiratory Research	14659921
Respectus Philologicus	13928295
Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances	26673789
Resources Science	10077588
Resources Policy	03014207
Resource Recycling	07444710
Resource and Energy Economics	09287655
Resonancias	07173474
Resital	20859910
Reserve Bank of India Occasional Papers	09727493
Researches in Mathematics	26644991
Research Policy	00487333
Research of Environmental Sciences	10016929
Research Journal of Pharmacognosy	23454458
Research in Transportation Economics	07398859
Research in Transportation Business and Management	22105395
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	02765624
Research in Social Psychology	09161503
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy	15517411
Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology, Process and Outcome	22398031
Research in Plant Disease	15982262
Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences	17355362
Research in Organizational Behavior	01913085
Research in Medical Education	20087284
Research in Learning Technology	21567069
Research in Language	17317533
Research in International Business and Finance	02755319
Research in Hospitality Management	22243534
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing	29830648
Research in Cold and Arid Regions	20971583
Research in Agricultural Engineering	12129151
Research Ethics	17470161
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice	15416577
Research	20965168
Res Gestae	24504475
Reproductive Medicine and Biology	14455781
Reproductive Health of Woman	27088723
Reproductive Endocrinology	23094117
Reproductive Biology	1642431X
Reports on Mathematical Physics	00344877
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy	15071367
ReOrient	20555601
Rentgenologiya i Radiologiya	0486400X
Rengong Jingti Xuebao Journal of Synthetic Crystals	1000985X
Renewable Energy Research and Applications	2717252X
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development	23568518
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	17421705
Reneng Dongli Gongcheng Journal of Engineering for Thermal Energy and Power	10012060
Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana	20358008
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell Universita di Padova Mathematical Journal of the University of Padova	00418994
Renal Failure	0886022X
Remote Sensing Technology and Application	10040323
REM International Engineering Journal	2448167X
Religiski Filozofiski Raksti	14071908
Religious Jurnal Studi Agama Agama dan Lintas Budaya	25287230
Religious Inquiries	23224894
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift	01081993
Religion and Society	21509298
Relations Beyond Anthropocentrism	22833196
Reinwardtia	0034365X
Rehabilitacja Medyczna	14279622
Rehabilitacia	03750922
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems	25198521
Regions and Cohesion	2152906X
Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies	15784460
Regenerative Biomaterials	20563418
Refuge	02295113
Reforma y Democracia	13152378
Reflexe	08626901
Reference and User Services Quarterly	10949054
Redox Report	13510002
Redox Biology	22132317
Redia	03704327
Redescriptions Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory	23080906
Records of the Australian Museum	00671975
Records of Natural Products	13076167
Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal	24231398
Rechtskultur	25684469
Rechtsgeschichte	16194993
Recht und Psychiatrie	07242247
Recherches Germaniques	03991989
Recherches en Didactiques des Sciences et des Technologies	21106460
Recherches de Science Religieuse	00341258
Recherche et Formation	09881824
Recerca	11306149
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology	10035141
REC Interventional Cardiology	26047306
Reading Teacher	00340561
Reading Research Quarterly	00340553
Reading and Writing South Africa	20798245
Reactive and Functional Polymers	13815148
Reabilitacijos Mokslai Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija	20293194
Rawal Medical Journal	03035212
Raumforschung und Raumordnung	00340111
Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology	18196446
Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo	18213944
Rassegna Iberistica	03924777
Rassegna della Letteratura Italiana	00339423
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje	13316745
Raritan	02751607
Rare Tumors	20363605
Ranshao Kexue Yu Jishu Journal of Combustion Science and Technology	10068740
Rangeland Ecology and Management	15507424
Rakenteiden Mekaniikka	07836104
Railway Standard Design	10042954
Railway Sciences	27550907
Railway Engineering Science	26624745
RAE Revista de Administracao de Empresas	00347590