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
Orbis	00304387
Oral Therapeutics and Pharmacology	02881012
Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry	16021622
Opuscula Mathematica	12329274
Opuscula Historiae Artium	12117390
Opuscula	20000898
Opus	01037412
Opto Electronic Science	20970382
Option Bio	09925945
Optics Letters	01469592
Optics Communications	00304018
Optics and Lasers in Engineering	01438166
Optics and Laser Technology	00303992
Optical Switching and Networking	15734277
Optical Materials	09253467
Opiniao Publica	01046276
Ophthalmology in China	10044469
Ophthalmology and Therapy	21938245
Ophthalmic Research	00303747
Operators and Matrices	18463886
Operations Research Transactions	10076093
Operations Research Letters	01676377
Operations Research for Health Care	22116923
Operations Research and Decisions	20818858
Operations Engineer	26323451
Operating Systems Review ACM	01635980
OpenNano	23529520
Open Veterinary Journal	22264485
Open Sports Sciences Journal	1875399X
Open Praxis	13699997
Open Nursing Journal	18744346
Open Heart	2398595X
Open Dentistry Journal	18742106
Open Anesthesia Journal	25896458
Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series	19157398
Onomastica	00784648
Online Learning Journal	24725749
Online Learning In Educational Research	27989763
Onkologija	14081741
One Health and Risk Management	25873458
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research	00302465
Oncoradiology	20966210
Oncology Reviews	19705557
Oncology in Clinical Practice	24501654
Oncology and Translational Medicine	20959621
Oncology and Therapy	23661070
Oncology United States	08909091
Oncologist	10837159
Oncologie	12923818
OncoImmunology	21624011
Onco News	16467868
Omega United Kingdom	03050483
Oman Medical Journal	1999768X
Old Testament Essays	10109919
Ojkumena Regional Researches	19986785
Oilfield Chemistry	10004092
Oil Shale	0208189X
Oil and Gas Geology	02539985
OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development	19236654
Ohio Journal of Science	00300950
Oftalmologiya	18165095
Oftalmologicheskii Zhurnal	00300675
Ofioliti	03912612
Official Publication EuroSDR	02570505
Oeno One	24941271
Oeil	0029862X
Oeconomia Copernicana	20831277
OEconomia	21135207
Odrodzenie i Reformacja w Polsce	00298514
Odonatologica	03750183
Odesa Medical Journal	22262008
OCNOS	1885446X
OCL Oilseeds and Fats, Crops and Lipids	22726977
Ochsner Journal	15245012
Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobow Naturalnych	12307831
Oceanus	00298182
Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies	1730413X
Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica	0029814X
Oceanologia	00783234
Oceanography	10428275
Oceania	00298077
Ocean Science	18120784
Ocean Engineering	00298018
Ocean and Polar Research	1598141X
Ocean and Coastal Management	09645691
Occupational Therapy International	09667903
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe	26932229
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction	23137347
Obstetrics and Gynecology Science	22878572
Obstetrics and Gynecology International	16879589
Obshchaya Reanimatologiya	18139779
Observatory	00297704
Observatorio	08748810
Obrazovanie i Nauka	19945639
Obrana a Strategie	12146463
Obradoiro de Historia Moderna	11330481
Obozrenie Psihiatrii i Medicinskoj Psihologii Imeni V M Bekhtereva	23137053
Obnovljeni Zivot	03513947
OBETS	25299727
Obesity Pillars	26673681
Obesity Facts	16624025
Obesity and Metabolism	20718713
NWIG New West Indian Guide	13822373
Nutritional Sciences Journal	10116958
Nutrition and Healthy Aging	24519480
Nutricion Hospitalaria	02121611
Nursing Research and Practice	20901429
Nursing Reports	2039439X
Nursing Practice Today	23831154
Nursing Leadership	1910622X
Nursing History Review	10628061
Nursing Education Perspectives	15365026
Nurse Media Journal of Nursing	20877811
Nurani	16938437
Nuova Rivista di Letteratura Italiana	15907929
Numismatic Chronicle	00782696
Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering	23454296
Nukleonika	00295922
Nuevo Derecho	20114540
Nueva Revista de Filologia Hispanica	01850121
Nucleus	19491034
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection	14513994
Nuclear Physics B	05503213
Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy	1818331X
Nuclear Physics A	03759474
Nuclear Medicine Review	15069680
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms	0168583X
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment	01689002
Nuclear Future	17452058
Nuclear Fusion	00295515
Nuclear Engineering and Technology	17385733
Nuclear Engineering and Design	00295493
Nuclear and Radiation Safety	20736231
Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings	24056014
NTUT Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Management	22266771
NTU Management Review	10181601
NTT Technical Review	13483447
NPG Neurologie Psychiatrie Geriatrie	16274830
NPG Asia Materials	18844049
Nowotwory	0029540X
Novyj Istoriceskij Vestnik	20729286
Novum Jus	16926013
Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii	05685435
Novon	10553177
Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie New Literary Observer	08696365
Novitas ROYAL	13074733
Novel	00295132
Novaya i Novejshaya Istoriya	01303864
Nova Prisutnost	13342312
Nova Mehanizacija Sumarstva	18458815