Open Access Acoustics Journals
A list of Open Access Acoustics journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Acoustics is science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound
Open Access journals publish research articles that are free to to view and download. The main difference between articles in open access journals and those in closed journals is the business model. Both types of articles have to undergo the same peer review process.
This list of Acoustics Open Access journals will hopefully make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Acoustics manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Acoustics journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. In many cases, you only see lists of Acoustics journals, nonetheless, in our case we have made the list with open access Acoustics journals in mind.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Acoustics venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Acoustics journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Acoustics OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Inframatics | 2169-2696 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 6 | 58 | 100 | ||
Advances in computing | 2163-2944 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 1 | 14 | 100 | ||
Journal of mechanical design and vibration | 2376-9564 | Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. | 7 | 8 | 85.7 | ||
Acta acustica | 2681-4617 | ☑ | EDP Sciences | 113 | 90 | 85 | Website |
Open Journal of Acoustics | 2162-5786 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 186 | 439 | 83.9 | ||
Acoustics | 2624-599X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 180 | 488 | 78.9 | Website |
Acoustical Science and Technology | 0369-4232 | 2104 | 8532 | 76.3 | |||
Advances in Acoustics and Vibration | 1687-6261 | Hindawi Limited | 226 | 1187 | 76.1 | ||
International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration | 1479-1471 | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | 414 | 1948 | 76.1 | ||
The Ultrasound Journal | 2524-8987 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 165 | 775 | 71.5 | Website |
Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control | 1461-3484 | ☑ | SAGE | 1430 | 7190 | 69.5 | Website |
Critical Ultrasound Journal | 2036-3176 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 358 | 3976 | 68.2 | Website |
Vibration | 2571-631X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 150 | 413 | 66.7 | Website |
Sound and Vibration | 1541-0161 | Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press) | 550 | 4317 | 63.5 | ||
Noise & Health | 1463-1741 | ☑ | Medknow Publications | 830 | 17686 | 62.5 | Website |
Journal of Jazz Studies | 2158-1401 | ☑ | Rutgers University Libraries | 63 | 59 | 61.9 | Website |
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea | 1225-4428 | The Acoustical Society of Korea | 1887 | 516 | 60.7 | ||
Research and reports in focused ultrasound | 2253-2609 | Dove Medical Press | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||
Journal of Vibroengineering | 1392-8716 | ☑ | JVE International Ltd. | 2859 | 6935 | 57.8 | Website |
Medical ultrasonography | 1844-4172 | SRUMB - Romanian Society for Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology | 1144 | 6827 | 57.6 | ||
Smart Materials Research (Online) | 2090-357X | Hindawi Limited | 75 | 581 | 57.3 | ||
Trends in hearing | 2331-2165 | ☑ | SAGE | 447 | 4579 | 54.6 | Website |
Journal of creative music systems | 2399-7656 | ☑ | University of Huddersfield Press | 33 | 92 | 54.5 | Website |
Journal of mechanical engineering, automation and control systems | 2669-1361 | JVE International Ltd. | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | Website | |
SoundEffects | 1904-500X | ☑ | Aarhus University Library | 120 | 137 | 53.3 | Website |
Shock and Vibration | 1070-9622 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 5859 | 25563 | 53.2 | Website |
Journal of Computational Acoustics | 0218-396X | World Scientific | 935 | 9177 | 52.5 | Website | |
Open journal of antennas and propagation | 2329-8421 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 75 | 130 | 52 | ||
Cell signalling and trafficking | 2054-1481 | Herbert Publications | 2 | 6 | 50 | ||
Reviews of research in human learning and music | 2162-2213 | Center for Music Learning | 4 | 6 | 50 | ||
Ultrasound International Open | 2199-7152 | ☑ | Georg Thieme Verlag KG | 124 | 874 | 50 | Website |
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry | 1350-4177 | ☑ | Elsevier | 6029 | 193706 | 49.1 | Website |
Journal of Ultrasonography | 2084-8404 | ☑ | Medical Communications Sp. z.o.o. | 614 | 1963 | 48.9 | Website |
POCUS journal | 2369-8543 | Queen's University Library | 114 | 23 | 46.5 | ||
Vibroengineering procedia | 2345-0533 | JVE International Ltd. | 1110 | 880 | 46.4 | ||
Advanced ultrasound in diagnosis and therapy | 2576-2508 | ☑ | 173 | 115 | 45.7 | Website | |
Carl Nielsen studies | 1603-3663 | Aarhus University Library | 73 | 6 | 45.2 | ||
Динамика и виброакустика | 2409-4579 | Samara National Research University | 103 | 10 | 43.7 | ||
Muzikologija | 1450-9814 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 370 | 183 | 43 | Website |
Artes | 2344-3871 | 89 | 13 | 42.7 | |||
Advanced electromagnetics | 2119-0275 | ☑ | Advanced Electromagnetics | 78 | 42 | 42.3 | Website |
Empirical Musicology Review | 1559-5749 | ☑ | The Ohio State University Libraries | 487 | 1795 | 41.5 | Website |
Eurasip Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing | 1687-4714 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 486 | 4094 | 41.4 | Website |
JSME international journal. Series 3, Vibration, control engineering, engineering for industry | 0914-8825 | The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers | 441 | 2200 | 41.3 | ||
Mechanics and Control | 2083-6759 | AGH University of Science and Technology Press | 136 | 252 | 41.2 | ||
Advances in signal processing | 2332-6883 | Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. | 22 | 20 | 40.9 | ||
Journal of Medical Ultrasound | 0929-6441 | ☑ | Medknow Publications | 1031 | 2115 | 40.6 | Website |
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval | 2514-3298 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 65 | 221 | 40 | Website |
Journal of Circadian Rhythms | 1740-3391 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 173 | 4030 | 39.9 | Website |
IASPM@journal | 2079-3871 | ☑ | The International Association for the Study of Popular Music | 214 | 308 | 38.8 | Website |
Music & science | 2059-2043 | ☑ | SAGE | 155 | 527 | 38.7 | Website |
Progress in Electromagnetics Research C | 1937-8718 | The Electromagnetics Academy (EMW Publishing) | 2339 | 12368 | 38.1 | ||
Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science | 2671-7255 | ☑ | Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science | 133 | 95 | 37.6 | Website |
Journal of wireless communications | 2377-3308 | Lazarus Scientific Publishing | 8 | 416 | 37.5 | ||
Journal of measurements in engineering | 2335-2124 | ☑ | JVE International Ltd. | 149 | 203 | 36.9 | Website |
Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation | 1751-8725 | ☑ | Institution of Electrical Engineers | 3843 | 36086 | 36.6 | Website |
Musicologist: International journal of music studies | 2618-5652 | Musicologist | 52 | 12 | 36.5 | ||
Audiology research | 2039-4349 | ☑ | 239 | 1148 | 36.4 | Website | |
Photoacoustics | 2213-5979 | ☑ | Elsevier | 411 | 6081 | 36.3 | Website |
International journal of antennas | 2455-7897 | Academy and Industry Research Collaboration Center | 25 | 26 | 36 | ||
International journal of electromagnetics and applications | 2168-5045 | 37 | 120 | 35.1 | |||
Audiology and neurotology extra | 1664-5537 | S. Karger AG | 20 | 114 | 35 | ||
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation | 1687-5869 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 2530 | 15056 | 34.6 | Website |
Musicological Annual | 0580-373X | ☑ | Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana | 1029 | 149 | 34.4 | Website |
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters | 1937-6480 | The Electromagnetics Academy (EMW Publishing) | 2091 | 12341 | 34.4 | ||
Music Theory Online | 1067-3040 | ☑ | Society for Music Theory | 1039 | 2423 | 34.3 | Website |
Advanced computational techniques in electromagnetics | 2194-0266 | ISPACS GmbH | 41 | 69 | 34.1 | ||
Wireless power transfer | 2052-8418 | Hindawi Limited | 18 | 21 | 33.3 | ||
Journal of network computing and applications | 2371-9206 | 3 | 15 | 33.3 | |||
International journal of instrumentation science | 2324-9986 | 3 | 10 | 33.3 | |||
AmS-skrifter | 0800-0816 | Stavanger University Library | 39 | 7 | 33.3 | ||
International Journal of Chemical Physics (Online) | 2314-6885 | Hindawi Limited | 3 | 10 | 33.3 | ||
Microelectronics and solid state electronics | 2324-6456 | 3 | 7 | 33.3 | |||
Ultrasonography | 2288-5919 | ☑ | Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine | 1125 | 4757 | 33 | Website |
Проблемы музыкальной науки | 1997-0854 | Scholarly-Methodical Center Innovative Art Studies | 553 | 38 | 32.7 | ||
International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics | 1756-8277 | ☑ | SAGE | 252 | 2084 | 32.5 | Website |
International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology | 1687-5826 | Hindawi Limited | 124 | 729 | 32.3 | ||
Mathematical models in engineering | 2351-5279 | ☑ | JVE International Ltd. | 95 | 111 | 31.6 | Website |
Ricercare | 2346-4747 | ☑ | Universidad EAFIT | 86 | 12 | 31.4 | Website |
JSME international journal : bulletin of the JSME | 0913-185X | The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers | 843 | 1753 | 31.4 | ||
Nota bene | 1920-8979 | 103 | 20 | 31.1 | |||
Canadian University Music Review | 0710-0353 | Consortium Erudit | 641 | 415 | 30.9 | ||
Review of Artistic Education | 2069-7554 | ☑ | 449 | 134 | 30.7 | ||
Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications | 2179-1074 | ☑ | SciELO | 550 | 1659 | 30.7 | Website |
Muzykalʹnoe iskusstvo i obrazovanie | 2309-1428 | ☑ | Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow Pedagogical State University | 164 | 26 | 30.5 | Website |
Excellence in performing arts research | 2375-2505 | Kent State University | 23 | 8 | 30.4 | ||
Zbornik Radova Akademije Umetnosti | 2334-8666 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 125 | 16 | 30.4 | Website |
Music and Culture | 1229-5930 | Korean Society of World Music | 285 | 25 | 30.2 | ||
The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science | 1226-3133 | Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science | 2913 | 1337 | 30.1 | ||
Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B-magnetic Resonance Engineering | 1552-5031 | Hindawi Limited | 477 | 4601 | 30 | ||
BME frontiers | 2765-8031 | ☑ | AAAS00 | 40 | 80 | 30 | Website |
Yale journal of music & religion | 2377-231X | Yale University Library | 97 | 44 | 29.9 | ||
Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications | 1942-0730 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 528 | 1968 | 29.7 | ||
International Journal of Rotating Machinery | 1023-621X | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 905 | 7894 | 29.1 | Website |
European journal of musicology | 2504-1916 | University of Bern | 100 | 13 | 29 | ||
Wireless Engineering and Technology | 2152-2294 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 170 | 786 | 28.8 | ||
Progress in Electromagnetics Research B | 1937-6472 | The Electromagnetics Academy (EMW Publishing) | 1537 | 17600 | 28.7 | ||
EPJ | 2272-2394 | ☑ | EDP Sciences | 130 | 588 | 28.5 | Website |
Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science | 2234-8395 | ☑ | Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science | 932 | 2783 | 28.4 | Website |
Jeongbo jeojang si'seu'tem haghoe nonmunjib | 1738-6845 | The Society of Information Storage Systems | 64 | 9 | 28.1 |