Publication fees · October 2026

Physics & Astronomy journals in Scopus: publication fees

1,089 Physics & Astronomy journals in Scopus have a known publication fee. 29 charge nothing. Among those that charge, the median is US$3,230 and the range is US$20 to US$12,690.

1,089
journals in Scopus
US$3,230
median fee
29
charge nothing
916
in Q1 or Q2
38
fee covered under ONOS

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# Journal Fee (APC) In rupees Scopus 2-yr cites Also in
1 Living Reviews in Relativity
Springer International Publishing AG
Free Q1 31.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
2 Living Reviews in Solar Physics
Springer International Publishing AG
Free Q1 29.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
3 eLight
Springer
Free Q1 21.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
4 Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q1 8.2 WoS SCIE
5 Photonic Sensors
Tsinghua University Press
Free Q1 7.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
6 ChemPhysMater
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 6.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
7 Energy Geoscience
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 5.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
8 Journal of High Energy Physics
Springer Verlag
Free Q1 5.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
9 Quantum Frontiers
Springer International Publishing
Free Q2 5.3 DOAJ
10 Droplet
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Free Q1 5.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
11 European Physical Journal C
Springer Nature
Free Q1 5.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
12 Petroleum Science
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 4.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
13 Meta-Radiology
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
Free Q1 4.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ · ONOS
14 Psychoradiology
Oxford University Press
Free Q1 4.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
15 Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Elsevier B.V.
Free Q1 4.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
16 Advances in Aerodynamics
Springer Nature
Free Q1 4.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
17 Chemical and Biomedical Imaging
American Chemical Society
Free Q1 3.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
18 Nuclear Physics B
Elsevier B.V.
Free Q2 3.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
19 Precision Radiation Oncology
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Free Q2 3.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
20 Nuclear Analysis
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
Free Q2 2.3 DOAJ
21 Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
22 Magnetic Resonance Letters
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
23 iRADIOLOGY
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Free Q3 1.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
24 Geodesy and Geodynamics
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
25 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q2 1.2 WoS SCIE
26 Radioprotection
EDP Sciences
Free Q2 1.2 WoS SCIE
27 Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Springer Nature
Free Q3 1.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
28 International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q3 1.0 DOAJ
29 African Journal of Urology
SpringerOpen
Free Q3 0.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
30 Researches in Mathematics
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
US$20 … Q2 0.8 DOAJ
31 Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
US$38 … Q3 0.5 –
32 Innovative Biosystems and Bioengineering
National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
US$50 … Q3 1.6 DOAJ
33 e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology
The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
US$93 … Q4 0.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
34 American Mineralogist
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$100 … Q1 1.9 WoS SCIE
35 Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
US$100 … Q4 0.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
36 Ukrainian Journal of Radiology and Oncology
Grigoriev Institute for medical Radiology and Oncology NAMS of Ukraine
US$107 … Q4 0.3 DOAJ
37 Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences
Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences
US$140 … Q1 1.4 DOAJ
38 Baghdad Science Journal
University of Baghdad
US$150 … Q1 1.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
39 Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences
Institute for Research and Community Services, Institut Teknologi Bandung
US$150 … Q3 0.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
40 Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection
Vinca Inst Nuclear Sci
US$161 … Q3 1.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
41 EUREKA, Physics and Engineering
Scientific Route
US$161 … Q3 1.1 –
42 Thermal Science
Serbian Society of Heat Transfer Engineers
US$161 … Q3 1.0 WoS SCIE
43 Georesursy
Georesursy LLC
US$190 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
44 Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Korean Nuclear Society
US$200 … Q1 2.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
45 Science and Technology Indonesia
Magister Program of Material Sciences, Graduate School of Sriwijaya University
US$200 … Q1 0.9 DOAJ
46 Papers in Physics
Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas Biologicos
US$200 … Q2 0.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
47 Quantum
Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
US$215 … Q1 6.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
48 Image Analysis and Stereology
Slovenian Society For Stereology And Quantitative Image Analysis
US$215 … Q1 1.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
49 Wspolczesna Onkologia
Termedia Publishing House Ltd.
US$215 … Q3 1.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
50 Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
US$218 … Q2 0.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
51 Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology
Korean Radioactive Waste Society
US$230 … Q3 1.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
52 Clinical Endoscopy
Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
US$242 … Q2 2.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
53 Advances in Science and Research
Copernicus Publications
US$253 … Q2 1.4 DOAJ
54 Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
Termedia Publishing House Ltd.
US$269 … Q3 1.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
55 Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer
Tech Science Press
US$275 … Q2 3.4 WoS ESCI
56 Imaging Science in Dentistry
Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
US$276 … Q2 2.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
57 Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences
Polska Akademia Nauk
US$283 … Q2 0.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
58 AIMS Biophysics
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
US$300 … Q3 2.2 WoS ESCI
59 Biophysics and Physicobiology
Biophysical Society of Japan
US$301 … Q3 1.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
60 Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures
S.C. Virtual Company of Physics S.R.L
US$323 … Q3 3.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
61 Emergent Scientist
EDP Sciences
US$339 … Q4 0.7 DOAJ
62 Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance
Sciendo
US$400 … Q3 1.6 DOAJ
63 Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
International Union of Crystallography
US$500 … Q4 0.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
64 Mechanika
Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
US$539 … Q4 1.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
65 EPJ Photovoltaics
EDP Sciences
US$565 … Q2 4.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
66 EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies
EDP Sciences
US$565 … Q2 2.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
67 EPJ Applied Metamaterials
EDP Sciences
US$565 … Q2 2.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
68 He-Huaxue yu Fangshe Huaxue/Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Editorial Department of Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemistry
US$581 … Q4 0.0 DOAJ
69 Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Korean Space Science Society
US$600 … Q2 3.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
70 Journal of Thermal Science and Technology
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
US$602 … Q3 1.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
71 Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
US$650 … Q2 0.9 DOAJ
72 Food Physics
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
US$700 … Q1 6.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
73 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
KeAi Communications Co.
US$700 … Q3 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
74 Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire
European Mathematical Society Publishing House
US$700 … Q1 1.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
75 Metalurgija
Faculty of Metallurgy
US$701 … Q3 0.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
76 Science Talks
Elsevier B.V.
US$740 … Q3 1.8 –
77 Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society
Chinese Society for Mass Spectrometry
US$784 … Q4 0.0 DOAJ
78 Earthquake Research Advances
KeAi Communications Co.
US$800 … Q1 3.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
79 Nukleonika
Sciendo
US$800 … Q3 1.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
80 Sarcoma
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$820 … Q2 4.6 –
81 Journal of Geodetic Science
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$848 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
82 Computational and Mathematical Biophysics
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$848 … Q2 1.3 DOAJ
83 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$848 … Q4 0.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
84 Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$900 … Q1 2.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
85 Journal of Taibah University for Science
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
US$944 … Q1 4.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
86 CASE
Elsevier B.V.
US$950 … Q4 0.4 –
87 Radiology and Oncology
Sciendo
US$970 … Q2 2.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
88 Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Oxford University Press
US$979 … Q1 2.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
89 Magnetic Resonance
Copernicus Publications
US$992 … Q3 2.2 DOAJ
90 Propulsion and Power Research
KeAi Communications Co.
US$1,000 … Q1 7.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
91 International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,000 … Q2 4.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
92 Earthquake Science
KeAi Communications Co.
US$1,000 … Q1 2.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
93 International Journal of Geophysics
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,000 … Q2 1.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
94 Journal of Combustion
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,000 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
95 VideoGIE
Elsevier Inc.
US$1,000 … Q3 0.6 DOAJ
96 European Journal of Histochemistry
Page Press Publications
US$1,024 … Q2 0.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
97 Fundamental Plasma Physics
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,070 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
98 Advances in Astronomy
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,130 … Q3 1.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
99 Annales Geophysicae
Copernicus Publications
US$1,186 … Q2 1.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
100 Applied Rheology
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,187 … Q2 4.2 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
101 High Temperature Materials and Processes
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,187 … Q3 2.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
102 Main Group Metal Chemistry
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,187 … Q2 1.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
103 Open Astronomy
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,187 … Q3 0.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
104 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,190 … Q2 5.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
105 Physchem
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 3.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
106 Thermo
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 2.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
107 Solids
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 2.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
108 Magnetism
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q3 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
109 Metrology
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
110 Dynamics
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 1.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
111 Biophysica
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q3 1.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
112 Journal of Nuclear Engineering
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q3 1.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
113 Biomechanics (Switzerland)
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q3 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
114 Astronomy
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 1.3 DOAJ
115 Radiation
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q2 1.1 DOAJ
116 International Journal of Optomechatronics
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
US$1,226 … Q1 4.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
117 Europhysics News
EDP Sciences
US$1,243 … Q4 0.3 –
118 AIP Advances
American Institute of Physics
US$1,350 … Q2 2.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
119 Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,350 … Q3 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
120 Open Physics
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,356 … Q2 3.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
121 Optics Continuum
Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
US$1,372 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
122 BJR Open
Oxford University Press
US$1,391 … Q2 1.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
123 Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
US$1,410 … Q1 1.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
124 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Copernicus Publications
US$1,412 … Q2 2.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
125 Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
EDP Sciences
US$1,413 … Q2 2.9 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
126 Breast Cancer Management
Newlands Press Ltd
US$1,415 … Q3 0.0 –
127 Optics
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,448 … Q3 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
128 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Oxford University Press
US$1,451 … Q1 6.3 –
129 Reviews on Advanced Materials Science
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,469 … Q1 4.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
130 Advanced Nonlinear Studies
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$1,469 … Q1 2.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
131 Results in Optics
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,470 … Q2 3.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
132 Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
Springer Nature
US$1,490 … Q2 2.5 WoS SCIE
133 Journal of Electric Propulsion
Springer Nature
US$1,490 … Q2 2.3 WoS ESCI
134 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
World Scientific
US$1,500 … Q1 2.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
135 Power Electronic Devices and Components
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,500 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
136 Chemical Physics Impact
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,520 … Q1 8.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
137 Discover Space
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
US$1,520 … Q3 1.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
138 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
Oxford University Press
US$1,550 … Q2 2.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
139 Advances in High Energy Physics
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,550 … Q2 0.9 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
140 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica
US$1,600 … Q2 2.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
141 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,630 … Q1 2.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
142 Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,630 … Q2 2.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
143 Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,630 … Q2 2.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
144 Journal of Spectroscopy
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,630 … Q2 1.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
145 Advances in Meteorology
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,630 … Q1 1.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
146 International Journal of Optics
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$1,630 … Q2 1.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
147 Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$1,630 … Q4 0.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
148 Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,640 … Q3 0.3 –
149 Journal of Biomedical Optics
SPIE
US$1,675 … Q2 3.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
150 Neurophotonics
SPIE
US$1,675 … Q1 3.2 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
151 Earth Surface Dynamics
Copernicus Publications
US$1,682 … Q1 3.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
152 Plasma
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q2 3.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
153 Galaxies
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q1 2.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
154 Quantum Reports
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
155 Physics (Switzerland)
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
156 Instruments
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
157 Nano-Micro Letters
Open Access Science Online
US$1,690 … Q1 32.9 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
158 Physics Open
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,700 … Q3 1.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
159 International Journal of Particle Therapy
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,700 … Q2 0.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
160 Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
Via Medica
US$1,713 … Q3 1.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
161 RAS Techniques and Instruments
Oxford University Press
US$1,732 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
162 Journal of Materiomics
Chinese Ceramic Society
US$1,750 … Q1 7.2 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
163 Journal of Joint Surgery and Research
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,770 … Q4 1.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
164 Imagerie de la Femme
Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
US$1,770 … Q4 0.1 WoS ESCI
165 Micro and Nano Engineering
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,780 … Q1 3.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
166 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
US$1,790 … Q1 5.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
167 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open
Elsevier Inc.
US$1,790 … Q2 2.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
168 Bulletin du Cancer
John Libbey
US$1,790 … Q3 0.4 WoS SCIE
169 ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,800 … Q1 4.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ · ONOS
170 Planetary Science Journal
American Astronomical Society
US$1,800 … Q1 4.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
171 Journal of Mechanics
Oxford University Press
US$1,800 … Q2 2.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
172 International Journal of Nuclear Security
University of Tennessee Institute for Nuclear Security
US$1,800 … Q4 0.5 DOAJ
173 Atoms
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,810 … Q2 1.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
174 Solid Earth
Copernicus Publications
US$1,811 … Q1 2.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
175 Optical Materials Express
Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
US$1,843 … Q2 2.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
176 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
SAGE Publications Ltd
US$1,860 … Q1 3.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
177 Astronomy and Astrophysics
EDP Sciences
US$1,865 … Q1 5.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
178 EPJ Applied Physics
EDP Sciences
US$1,865 … Q3 1.6 WoS SCIE
179 Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
IOP Publishing Ltd.
US$1,875 … Q2 2.3 WoS ESCI
180 Journal of Physics Communications
Institute of Physics Publishing
US$1,880 … Q2 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
181 Advances in Physics: X
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
US$1,895 … Q1 5.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
182 Europhysics Letters
IOP Publishing Ltd.
US$1,895 … Q2 2.1 WoS SCIE
183 Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
Elsevier Ltd
US$1,910 … Q1 2.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
184 Biomedical Optics Express
Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
US$1,913 … Q2 3.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
185 Results in Physics
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,920 … Q1 5.4 DOAJ
186 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications
EDP Sciences
US$1,921 … Q3 1.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
187 Universe
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,930 … Q2 2.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
188 Condensed Matter
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,930 … Q3 1.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
189 Quantum Beam Science
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,930 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
190 Particles
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,930 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
191 Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Institute of Physics
US$1,950 … Q1 3.9 WoS SCIE
192 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
Electrochemical Society Inc.
US$1,950 … Q2 3.3 WoS SCIE
193 Bioscience Reports
Portland Press Ltd
US$1,960 … Q1 2.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
194 Nanoscale Advances
Royal Society of Chemistry
US$1,962 … Q1 7.3 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
195 Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
US$1,980 … Q1 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
196 Journal of Applied Volcanology
Springer International Publishing AG
US$1,990 … Q1 2.6 DOAJ
197 Chip
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,000 … Q1 6.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
198 Chinese Journal of Physics
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,000 … Q1 5.6 WoS SCIE
199 Energy Exploration and Exploitation
SAGE Publications Inc.
US$2,000 … Q1 4.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
200 Physical Review Physics Education Research
American Physical Society
US$2,000 … Q1 4.1 WoS SCIE, SSCI · DOAJ · ONOS
201 Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials
SAGE Publications Ltd
US$2,000 … Q2 1.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
202 Radiation Medicine and Protection
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,000 … Q1 1.4 DOAJ
203 Journal d'imagerie Diagnostique et Interventionnelle
Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
US$2,000 … Q4 0.1 –
204 Reviews in Physics
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,050 … Q1 6.5 ONOS
205 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,070 … Q4 0.5 –
206 IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
US$2,075 … Q1 4.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
207 IEEE Photonics Journal
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
US$2,075 … Q2 2.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
208 IEEE Journal of Microwaves
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
US$2,075 … Q1 1.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ · ONOS
209 NPJ Nanophotonics
Springer Nature
US$2,090 … Q1 10.4 DOAJ
210 Discover Nano
Springer
US$2,090 … Q1 6.9 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
211 Superconductivity
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,100 … Q1 6.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ · ONOS
212 Image and Vision Computing
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,100 … Q1 6.2 WoS SCIE
213 Current Pharmaceutical Analysis
KeAi Communications Co.
US$2,100 … Q3 4.1 WoS SCIE
214 Lithosphere
Geoscienceworld
US$2,100 … Q1 2.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
215 Medecine Nucleaire
Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
US$2,100 … Q4 0.0 WoS SCIE
216 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: X
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,120 … Q1 4.6 –
217 Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,150 … Q2 3.0 WoS SCIE
218 International Journal of Photoenergy
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$2,160 … Q1 3.4 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
219 Geofluids
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$2,160 … Q2 1.2 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
220 WFUMB Ultrasound Open
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,163 … Q4 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
221 Journal of Imaging
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q1 4.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
222 Fluids
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q2 2.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
223 Molecular Imaging
SAGE Publications Inc.
US$2,175 … Q2 5.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
224 Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,180 … Q3 0.9 WoS ESCI
225 Nano Express
Institute of Physics
US$2,185 … Q2 4.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
226 npj Spintronics
Springer Nature
US$2,190 … Q1 12.1 DOAJ
227 EPJ Quantum Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
US$2,190 … Q1 4.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
228 AAPPS Bulletin
Springer
US$2,190 … Q1 4.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
229 3D Printing in Medicine
BioMed Central Ltd
US$2,190 … Q2 3.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
230 Nuclear Materials and Energy
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,190 … Q2 2.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
231 Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
BioMed Central Ltd
US$2,190 … Q2 1.8 –
232 Cancer/Radiotherapie
Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
US$2,190 … Q2 1.5 WoS SCIE
233 APL Bioengineering
American Institute of Physics
US$2,200 … Q1 6.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
234 APL Materials
American Institute of Physics
US$2,200 … Q1 5.8 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
235 IUCrJ
International Union of Crystallography
US$2,200 … Q2 3.9 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
236 Micro and Nano Letters
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,200 … Q2 2.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
237 Biosurface and Biotribology
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,200 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
238 Structural Dynamics
American Crystallographic Association
US$2,200 … Q2 0.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
239 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Institute of Physics
US$2,210 … Q2 1.5 WoS SCIE
240 PhotoniX
Springer International Publishing
US$2,239 … Q1 14.6 WoS SCIE · DOAJ · ONOS
241 Materials Letters: X
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,240 … Q1 0.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
242 Oxford Open Energy
Oxford University Press
US$2,249 … Q1 4.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
243 Revista de Senologia y Patologia Mamaria
Spanish Society of Senology and Breast Pathology
US$2,250 … Q4 0.2 WoS ESCI
244 Nanotechnology Reviews
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,260 … Q1 6.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
245 Astronomy and Computing
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,260 … Q2 2.3 WoS SCIE
246 IET Nanodielectrics
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
US$2,270 … Q1 4.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
247 Optics Express
Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
US$2,270 … Q2 3.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
248 Optical Materials: X
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,270 … Q2 2.6 DOAJ
249 Microelectronics Reliability
Elsevier Ltd
US$2,280 … Q2 2.6 WoS SCIE
250 Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow
Tsinghua University Press
US$2,290 … Q1 6.3 WoS ESCI

The 250 lowest fees are in the table; the other 839 follow below. Cheapest first. Rupee amounts are estimates at a fixed exchange rate. Index data dated 2026-10-04.

The other 839 journals

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.

How do I check that a journal is really in Scopus?

Every journal on this page is on the current Scopus source list held by this site, with its coverage years and quartile on its profile page. A journal’s own website saying “Scopus indexed” is not proof. Check the journal’s page here or the official Scopus source list.

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