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
Prostate Cancer	20903111
Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators	10988823
Prospettiva	03940802
Prophetic Law Review	26862379
Propagation of Ornamental Plants	13119109
Prometheus Critical Studies in Innovation	08109028
Prometeica	18529488
Promet Traffic and Transportation	03535320
Projeto Historia	01024442
Project Baikal	23074485
Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and its Derivatives	18965644
Progress in Surface Science	00796816
Progress in Steel Building Structures	16719379
Progress in Solid State Chemistry	00796786
Progress in Quantum Electronics	00796727
Progress in Planning	03059006
Progress in Physics of Metals	16081021
Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	01466410
Progress in Orthodontics	17237785
Progress in Organic Coatings	03009440
Progress in Oceanography	00796611
Progress in Nutrition	11298723
Progress in Nuclear Energy	01491970
Progress in Geography	10076301
Progress in Electromagnetics Research C	19378718
Progress in Electromagnetics Research B	19376472
Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials	09608974
Progress in Color, Colorants and Coatings	20082134
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics	10003282
Progress in Aerospace Sciences	03760421
Progres en Urologie FMC	1761676X
Programme Grants for Applied Research	20504322
Profile Issues in Teachers Professional Development	16570790
Profesorado	1138414X
Production Engineering Archives	23535156
Production	01036513
Processing and Application of Ceramics	18206131
Proceedings on Engineering Sciences	26202832
Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding	22278834
Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Medical Sciences	27088634
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria	00359211
Proceedings of the Romanian Academy Series A Mathematics Physics Technical Sciences Information Science	14549069
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B Physical and Biological Sciences	03862208
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series A Mathematical Sciences	03862194
Proceedings of the International Geometry Center	20729812
Proceedings of the International Cryptology and Information Security Conference, Cryptology	27166783
Proceedings of the Geologists Association	00167878
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences	17366046
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington	00138797
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	00973157
Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare	20101058
Problemy Osobo Opasnykh Infektsii	03701069
Problemy Istoricheskoy Poetiki	10269479
Problemy Ekorozwoju	18956912
Problemy Analiza	23063424
Problems of the Regional Energetics	18570070
Problems of Strength and Plasticity	18149146
Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	02049155
Problems of Forensic Sciences	12307483
Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine	23076143
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology, Series Thermonuclear Fusion	02023822
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology	16829344
Problems and Perspectives in Management	17277051
Problemos	13921126
Problemi Sjevernog Jadrana	03518825
Problemi	05552419
Problemas del Desarrollo	03017036
Problema	20074387
Probability and Mathematical Statistics	02084147
Prismas Revista de Historia Intelectual	16661508
PRISM	25783491
Priroda Czech Republic	12113603
Prion	19336896
Print Quarterly	02658305
Principia	14144247
Primerjalna Knjizevnost	03511189
Primenjena Psihologija	18210147
Primate Conservation	08986207
Primary Health Care Research and Development	14634236
Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju	13300644
Preventing Chronic Disease	15451151
Pressure Vessel Technology	10014837
Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture	21952957
Present Environment and Sustainable Development	18435971
Prescrire International	11677422
Precision Nutrition	25639021
Precision Engineering	01416359
Precision Clinical Medicine	20965303
Precambrian Research	03019268
Pravnik	02316625
Pravni Zapisi	22172815
Pravni Vjesnik	03525317
Pravnehistoricke Studie	00794929
Pratiques en Nutrition	17667305
Praticien en Anesthesie Reanimation	12797960
Pratacultural Science	10010629
Praktische Tierarzt	0032681X
Prakseologia	00794872
Prajna Vihara	15136442
Prague Medical Report	12146994
Pragmatics	10182101
Pragmalinguistica	1133682X
Practical Gastroenterology	02774208
Practica Oto Rhino Laryngologica	00326313
Practica Otologica, Supplement	09121870
Prace Historyczne	00834351
Prace Filologiczne Literaturoznawstwo	20846045
Prabandhan Indian Journal of Management	09752854
PPAR Research	16874757
Poznanskie Studia Slawistyczne	20843011
Poznanskie Studia Polonistyczne, Seria Literacka	12338680
Power Generation Technology	20964528
Power Electronics and Drives	25434292
Povolzhskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal	16847318
Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya	23064099
Poultry Science Journal	23456604
Poultry Science	00325791
Potestas	18889867
Post Soviet Affairs	1060586X
Postscriptum Polonistyczne	18981593
Postharvest Biology and Technology	09255214
Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	17349338
Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii	12302813
Postepy Biochemii	00325422
Positif	00484911
Portuguese Studies	02675315
Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics	21843333
Portugaliae Mathematica	00325155
Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis	27705838
Porta Linguarum	16977467
Port and Waterway Engineering	10024972
Porownania	1733165X
Poradnik Jezykowy	05515343
Population and Societies	01847783
Pomorstvo	13320718
Polytechnic Journal	23135727
Polyoxometalates	29579821
Polyolefins Journal	23222212
Polymers and Polymer Composites	09673911
Polymer Testing	01429418
Polymer Degradation and Stability	01413910
Polymer Korea	0379153X
Polymer	00323861
Polyhedron	02775387
Polski Proces Cywilny Polish Civil Procedure	20821743
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski	14269686
Pollution	2383451X
Poljoprivreda	13307142
Polityka Energetyczna	14296675
Politologija	13921681