Publication fees · October 2026

Finance journals in Scopus: publication fees

176 Finance journals in Scopus have a known publication fee. 3 charge nothing. Among those that charge, the median is US$3,290 and the range is US$134 to US$4,981.

176
journals in Scopus
US$3,290
median fee
3
charge nothing
150
in Q1 or Q2
3
fee covered under ONOS

Read this first. The fee is the publisher’s list price for open access, taken from OpenAlex. It can change, and many journals also publish without any fee by the subscription route. A fee, high or low, says nothing about quality. Confirm the price on the journal’s own website.

# Journal Fee (APC) In rupees Scopus 2-yr cites Also in
1 Financial Innovation
Springer Nature
Free Q1 9.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2 · DOAJ · ONOS
2 Journal of Management Science and Engineering
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 2.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
3 British Actuarial Journal
Cambridge University Press
Free Q4 1.1 ABDC B · ABS 1
4 Insurance Markets and Companies
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$134 … Q1 3.1 ABS 1 · DOAJ
5 Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowosci
Scientific Council of the Accountants Association in Poland
US$207 … Q3 0.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
6 Valori e Valutazioni
Societa Italiana di Estimo e Valutazione (SIEV)
US$215 … Q2 0.6 DOAJ
7 Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business
US$307 … Q3 0.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
8 E3 Journal of Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Ponteditora
US$323 … Q4 0.1 –
9 Global Business and Finance Review
People and Global Business Association
US$500 … Q2 0.9 –
10 Journal of Finance and Data Science
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
US$550 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · DOAJ
11 Banks and Bank Systems
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$641 … Q1 3.8 WoS ESCI · ABS 1 · DOAJ
12 Technological and Economic Development of Economy
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
US$727 … Q1 3.7 WoS SSCI · DOAJ
13 Investment Management and Financial Innovations
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$738 … Q1 2.5 ABS 1
14 Public and Municipal Finance
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$749 … Q1 2.1 ABS 1 · DOAJ
15 Accounting Forum
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,100 … Q1 5.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
16 Cogent Economics and Finance
Taylor & Francis
US$1,165 … Q1 4.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
17 Central Bank Review
Elsevier
US$1,200 … Q3 1.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
18 FinTech
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q1 3.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
19 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,270 … Q1 4.9 DOAJ
20 Transnational Corporations Review
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,400 … Q2 5.9 ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
21 Borsa Istanbul Review
Elsevier
US$1,500 … Q1 6.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · DOAJ
22 Journal of Risk and Financial Management
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q1 4.2 –
23 Latin American Journal of Central Banking
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,700 … Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
24 China Journal of Accounting Research
Elsevier
US$1,800 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 2 · DOAJ
25 International Journal of Accounting
World Scientific Publishing
US$1,800 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
26 International Review of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$1,930 … Q1 7.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2 · DOAJ
27 Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,010 … Q1 10.9 DOAJ · ONOS
28 Finance and Stochastics
Springer International Publishing
US$2,090 … Q2 1.8 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
29 International Journal of Financial Studies
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q2 3.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
30 Risks
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
31 Project Leadership and Society
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,270 … Q1 6.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ · ONOS
32 European Actuarial Journal
Springer International Publishing
US$2,290 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
33 Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
Springer International Publishing
US$2,290 … Q2 0.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
34 Journal of Climate Finance
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,470 … Q1 7.1 –
35 Journal of Economics and Business
Elsevier
US$2,640 … Q1 2.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
36 Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q1 0.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
37 Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q3 0.3 –
38 Games and Economic Behavior
Elsevier
US$2,720 … Q3 1.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
39 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$2,740 … Q1 3.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
40 Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,810 … Q2 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
41 Financial Management
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,850 … Q1 2.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
42 Global Finance Journal
Elsevier
US$2,860 … Q1 6.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
43 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,900 … Q1 9.9 –
44 Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q1 4.0 ABDC A · ABS 3
45 Financial Accountability and Management
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q1 2.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
46 International Journal of Auditing
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
47 Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,900 … Q2 1.7 WoS ESCI · ABS 1
48 Financial Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
49 International Review of Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A
50 International Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
51 Accounting Perspectives
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 0.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
52 International Insolvency Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 0.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
53 Journal of Commodity Markets
Elsevier
US$2,910 … Q1 5.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
54 Australian Accounting Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,920 … Q1 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
55 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Elsevier
US$2,930 … Q1 7.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
56 Journal of Empirical Finance
Elsevier
US$2,940 … Q2 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
57 Journal of Financial Markets
Elsevier
US$2,950 … Q2 2.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
58 Accounting and Business Research
Taylor & Francis Online
US$2,970 … Q2 3.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
59 Journal of Economics and Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
60 International Review of Law and Economics
Elsevier
US$2,990 … Q2 1.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
61 Journal of Accounting Literature
Emerald Group Publishing
US$3,000 … Q2 4.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
62 Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,010 … Q1 8.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
63 Economics Letters
Elsevier
US$3,030 … Q2 2.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
64 North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$3,050 … Q1 4.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
65 Emerging Markets Review
Elsevier
US$3,060 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
66 Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft
Duncker und Humblot GmbH
US$3,060 … Q4 0.2 DOAJ
67 Japan and the World Economy
Elsevier
US$3,070 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
68 Journal of Multinational Financial Management
Elsevier
US$3,080 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
69 Pacific Basin Finance Journal
Elsevier
US$3,090 … Q1 5.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
70 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance
Palgrave Macmillan
US$3,090 … Q1 2.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
71 International Tax and Public Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$3,090 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
72 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Springer International Publishing
US$3,090 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
73 Journal of Financial Services Research
Springer International Publishing
US$3,090 … Q2 1.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
74 Journal of International Money and Finance
Elsevier
US$3,130 … Q1 5.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
75 Accounting Education
Taylor & Francis Online
US$3,175 … Q1 3.5 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
76 Review of Accounting Studies
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q1 6.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
77 Journal of Asian Economics
Elsevier
US$3,190 … Q2 3.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
78 Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q2 3.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 3
79 Journal of Asset Management
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
80 GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q2 1.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
81 Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q2 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
82 Annals of Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q3 1.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
83 Risk Management
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q2 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC C
84 Journal of Business Cycle Research
Springer International Publishing
US$3,190 … Q3 0.8 ABDC B
85 Financial Planning Review
Wiley
US$3,200 … Q3 1.1 ABDC B
86 Journal of Futures Markets
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,240 … Q2 2.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
87 Advances in Accounting
Elsevier
US$3,240 … Q3 1.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
88 Insurance: Mathematics and Economics
Elsevier
US$3,270 … Q2 1.4 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
89 Management Review Quarterly
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q1 8.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
90 Journal of Financial Services Marketing
Springer Nature
US$3,290 … Q1 4.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
91 Journal of Banking Regulation
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q2 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 2
92 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q1 1.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
93 Economia Politica
Springer International Publishing AG
US$3,290 … Q1 1.6 WoS SSCI
94 Decisions in Economics and Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q3 1.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
95 Mathematics and Financial Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q3 1.2 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC C
96 Review of Derivatives Research
Springer International Publishing
US$3,290 … Q3 1.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
97 Journal of Banking and Finance
Elsevier
US$3,340 … Q1 4.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
98 European Financial Management
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,350 … Q1 3.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
99 Journal of Industrial Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,350 … Q3 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
100 Journal of Public Economic Theory
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,350 … Q2 0.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
101 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Elsevier
US$3,380 … Q1 3.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
102 Asia-Pacific Financial Markets
Springer International Publishing
US$3,390 … Q1 2.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 2
103 Digital Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$3,390 … Q2 2.1 –
104 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice
Springer International Publishing
US$3,390 … Q1 1.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
105 Contemporary Accounting Research
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q1 4.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
106 International Journal of Finance and Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q1 3.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 3
107 Real Estate Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q2 2.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
108 Journal of Risk and Insurance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
109 Abacus
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q2 1.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
110 Risk Management and Insurance Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,400 … Q2 1.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
111 Risk and Decision Analysis
SAGE Publications Ltd
US$3,400 … Q4 0.6 –
112 Strategic Change
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,460 … Q1 3.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
113 Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,460 … Q2 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
114 Journal of Financial Stability
Elsevier
US$3,470 … Q1 6.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
115 Accounting and Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,470 … Q1 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
116 Review of Financial Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,470 … Q3 1.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
117 Journal of Financial Research
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,470 … Q3 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
118 Public Budgeting and Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,470 … Q3 0.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
119 Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
Elsevier
US$3,490 … Q1 4.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 3
120 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q1 3.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
121 Finance and Society
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q1 2.7 DOAJ
122 ASTIN Bulletin
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q2 1.9 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 2
123 Annals of Actuarial Science
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q3 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 1
124 Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q2 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
125 Financial History Review
Cambridge University Press
US$3,550 … Q1 0.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
126 World Economy
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,570 … Q1 2.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
127 Journal of Emerging Market Finance
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Q2 2.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
128 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Q1 1.5 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
129 South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Q3 1.2 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1
130 Public Finance Review
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Q3 1.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
131 Accounting History
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Q1 0.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
132 Algorithmic Finance
Sage Publications
US$3,650 … Indexed 0.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
133 Management Accounting Research
Elsevier
US$3,690 … Q1 3.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
134 European Economic Review
Elsevier
US$3,690 … Q2 3.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
135 Finance Research Letters
Elsevier
US$3,730 … Q1 6.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
136 International Review of Financial Analysis
Elsevier
US$3,770 … Q1 11.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
137 British Accounting Review
Elsevier
US$3,770 … Q1 5.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
138 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,800 … Q2 2.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
139 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,800 … Q2 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
140 Research in International Business and Finance
Elsevier
US$3,820 … Q1 8.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
141 Mathematical Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,840 … Q1 1.6 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
142 Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics
Elsevier
US$3,860 … Q2 2.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
143 International Journal of Health Economics and Management
Springer Science + Business Media
US$3,890 … Q2 1.9 WoS SSCI · ABS 2
144 Journal of Management
Sage Publications
US$3,900 … Q1 10.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
145 Family Business Review
Sage Publications
US$3,900 … Q1 10.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
146 Long Range Planning
Elsevier
US$3,900 … Q1 5.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
147 Australian Journal of Management
Sage Publications
US$3,900 … Q2 3.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
148 Fiscal Studies
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,920 … Q2 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
149 Journal of Financial Intermediation
Elsevier
US$3,960 … Q1 3.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
150 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
Elsevier
US$3,970 … Q1 2.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
151 World Bank Economic Review
Oxford University Press
US$3,986 … Q1 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
152 Journal of International Management
Elsevier
US$4,020 … Q1 3.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
153 Review of Financial Studies
Oxford University Press
US$4,028 … Q1 11.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
154 Review of Asset Pricing Studies
Oxford University Press
US$4,028 … Q2 4.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
155 Review of Corporate Finance Studies
Oxford University Press
US$4,028 … Q2 2.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
156 Corporate Governance: An International Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$4,030 … Q1 5.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
157 Accounting, Organizations and Society
Elsevier
US$4,040 … Q1 7.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
158 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
Elsevier
US$4,130 … Q1 12.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
159 Journal of Corporate Finance
Elsevier
US$4,140 … Q1 6.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
160 Journal of Accounting and Economics
Elsevier
US$4,170 … Q1 6.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
161 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
Elsevier
US$4,290 … Q1 3.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 1
162 Journal of International Economics
Elsevier
US$4,300 … Q1 6.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
163 China Economic Review
Elsevier
US$4,380 … Q1 5.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
164 Journal of Accounting Research
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$4,420 … Q1 11.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
165 Journal of Finance
American Finance Association
US$4,430 … Q1 13.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
166 Review of Finance
Oxford University Press
US$4,431 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
167 Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Elsevier
US$4,460 … Q1 5.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
168 Journal of Public Economics
Elsevier
US$4,510 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
169 Journal of Financial Regulation
Oxford University Press
US$4,533 … Q1 2.5 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
170 Capital Markets Law Journal
Oxford University Press
US$4,533 … Q2 1.2 WoS ESCI · ABDC A
171 International Business Review
Elsevier
US$4,550 … Q1 7.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
172 Journal of Monetary Economics
Elsevier
US$4,660 … Q1 5.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
173 Journal of Financial Economics
Elsevier
US$4,740 … Q1 12.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4*
174 Journal of World Business
Elsevier
US$4,750 … Q1 5.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
175 Journal of Financial Econometrics
Oxford University Press
US$4,851 … Q2 1.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
176 ICSID Review
Oxford University Press
US$4,981 … Q2 0.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC C

Cheapest first. Rupee amounts are estimates at a fixed exchange rate. Index data dated 2026-10-04.

Questions people ask

Where do these fees come from?

They are the article processing charge (APC) each publisher lists for open access publishing, as recorded by OpenAlex, which takes most of them from DOAJ. A publisher can change its price at any time, so confirm the amount on the journal’s own website before you submit.

Does paying a fee mean the journal is low quality?

No. Many respected open access journals charge an APC, and many weak journals charge very little. The fee tells you the cost, not the quality. Look at the journal’s Scopus quartile, Web of Science coverage and ABDC or ABS rating, which are on each journal’s page here.

Can I publish in these journals without paying?

Often, yes. Many journals are hybrid: the listed APC applies only if you choose open access, and the subscription route costs the author nothing. Authors at Indian institutions should also check the ONOS page, where the fee is covered for a set of journals.

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