Open Access Biology Journals
A list of Open Access Biology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Biology is branch of science that primarily deals with structure, function, growth, evolution, and distribution of organisms
Open Access journals publish papers that are free to the reader to download. OA papers have undergone peer review and are not more or less stringent than papers in closed journals — the main difference is in the business model.
This list of Biology Open Access journals will hopefully make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Biology manuscript.
We have thousands of high-impact factor Biology journals in our list.In many cases, you only see lists of Biology journals, nonetheless, in our case we have made the list with open access Biology journals in mind.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Biology 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 Biology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Biology OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Crop Journal | 2214-5141 | ☑ | Elsevier | 873 | 10606 | 99.8 | Website |
MBio | 2150-7511 | ☑ | American Society for Microbiology | 2023 | 12018 | 99.7 | Website |
Molecular Neurodegeneration | 1750-1326 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1167 | 50866 | 99.7 | Website |
Cell Death and Disease | 2041-4889 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 8198 | 216246 | 99.7 | Website |
International Journal of Cell Biology | 1687-8876 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 311 | 13558 | 99.7 | Website |
Gut Pathogens | 1757-4749 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 645 | 13141 | 99.7 | Website |
BMC Medical Genetics | 1471-2350 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2340 | 47191 | 99.6 | Website |
Vaccines | 2076-393X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 3143 | 16998 | 99.5 | Website |
Journal of Neuroinflammation | 1742-2094 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 3491 | 134411 | 99.5 | Website |
Epigenetics & Chromatin | 1756-8935 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 821 | 19354 | 99.5 | Website |
Molecular Cancer | 1476-4598 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2879 | 166706 | 99.5 | Website |
Cancer Cell International | 1475-2867 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 3124 | 42943 | 99.5 | Website |
Molecular Pain | 1744-8069 | ☑ | SAGE | 1390 | 43054 | 99.4 | Website |
Cancer and Metabolism | 2049-3002 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 311 | 7535 | 99.4 | Website |
Acta neuropathologica communications | 2051-5960 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1487 | 34390 | 99.4 | Website |
Stem cell reports | 2213-6711 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2166 | 62946 | 99.4 | Website |
Clinical Epigenetics | 1868-7075 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1434 | 31441 | 99.4 | Website |
Cell Reports | 2211-1247 | ☑ | Elsevier | 10829 | 435662 | 99.4 | Website |
Diabetes Therapy | 1869-6961 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1315 | 12870 | 99.4 | Website |
Biotechnology for Biofuels | 1754-6834 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2534 | 100282 | 99.4 | Website |
Microbiome | 2049-2618 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1315 | 65564 | 99.3 | Website |
Gut microbes | 1949-0976 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1225 | 40288 | 99.3 | Website |
Genome Announcements | 2169-8287 | American Society for Microbiology | 6737 | 41575 | 99.3 | ||
Genes & Development | 0890-9369 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 8436 | 1625734 | 99.3 | Website | |
DNA Research | 1340-2838 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 1189 | 59058 | 99.3 | Website |
Virology Journal | 1743-422X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4235 | 94604 | 99.3 | Website |
Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology | 1735-1502 | ☑ | Knowledge E | 1067 | 6006 | 99.3 | Website |
Stem Cell Research | 1873-5061 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2906 | 34372 | 99.2 | Website |
Parasites & Vectors | 1756-3305 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 6724 | 130446 | 99.2 | Website |
Nutrition & Diabetes | 2044-4052 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 505 | 10963 | 99.2 | Website |
Plant Production Science | 1343-943X | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1351 | 19711 | 99.2 | Website |
Microbial Cell Factories | 1475-2859 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2840 | 89999 | 99.2 | Website |
Genome Medicine | 1756-994X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1637 | 61607 | 99.2 | Website |
Aquaculture Nutrition | 1353-5773 | Wiley | 2549 | 58785 | 99.2 | Website | |
Microbiology resource announcements | 2576-098X | American Society for Microbiology | 3975 | 5917 | 99.1 | ||
Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics | 2372-7705 | ☑ | Elsevier | 680 | 7317 | 99.1 | Website |
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids | 2162-2531 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2050 | 43157 | 99.1 | Website |
Mitochondrial DNA Part B | 2380-2359 | Taylor & Francis | 6949 | 10091 | 99.1 | Website | |
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | 2051-1426 | ☑ | BMJ | 5578 | 51966 | 99.1 | Website |
Molecules and Cells | 1016-8478 | Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology | 3434 | 63887 | 99.1 | ||
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 1477-7827 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2293 | 66493 | 99.1 | Website |
Cell Communication and Signaling | 1478-811X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1350 | 31325 | 99.1 | Website |
AMB Express | 2191-0855 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1609 | 22867 | 99.1 | Website |
Neural Development | 1749-8104 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 413 | 14290 | 99 | Website |
Skeletal Muscle | 2044-5040 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 389 | 11113 | 99 | Website |
BMC Evolutionary Biology | 1471-2148 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4284 | 179188 | 99 | Website |
Oncology Letters | 1792-1074 | Spandidos Publications | 13424 | 109834 | 99 | ||
Plant Biotechnology Journal | 1467-7644 | ☑ | Wiley | 2794 | 114614 | 99 | Website |
BMC Genomics | 1471-2164 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 15131 | 522290 | 99 | Website |
Stem Cells International | 1687-966X | ☑ | Hindawi Publishing Corporation (Sage-Hindawi Access to Research) | 2617 | 46335 | 99 | Website |
Redox biology | 2213-2317 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2420 | 78078 | 99 | Website |
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity | 1942-0994 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 6669 | 135260 | 99 | Website |
Lipids in Health and Disease | 1476-511X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2889 | 60040 | 99 | Website |
Eukaryotic Cell | 1535-9786 | American Society for Microbiology | 2551 | 126463 | 99 | ||
Aquatic Biology | 1864-7782 | ☑ | Inter-Research Science Center | 782 | 15183 | 99 | Website |
Molecular Cytogenetics | 1755-8166 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1045 | 8849 | 99 | Website |
Nucleic Acids Research | 0305-1048 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 50628 | 3964410 | 99 | Website |
Diversity and Distributions | 1366-9516 | ☑ | Wiley | 2830 | 111996 | 99 | Website |
Annals of Microbiology | 1590-4261 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2335 | 30800 | 99 | Website |
Ppar Research | 1687-4757 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 650 | 15650 | 98.9 | Website |
Nutrition & Metabolism | 1743-7075 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1645 | 46799 | 98.9 | Website |
Oncogenesis | 2157-9024 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 784 | 19175 | 98.9 | Website |
Polish Journal of Microbiology | 1733-1331 | ☑ | Polish Society of Microbiologists | 993 | 8586 | 98.9 | |
OncoImmunology | 2162-4011 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 3474 | 77837 | 98.9 | |
Blood Cancer Journal | 2044-5385 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1328 | 24675 | 98.9 | Website |
Stem Cell Research & Therapy | 1757-6512 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 3477 | 74667 | 98.9 | Website |
Immunity & Ageing | 1742-4933 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 470 | 12200 | 98.9 | Website |
Molecular Brain | 1756-6606 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1211 | 28314 | 98.9 | Website |
Genome Biology and Evolution | 1759-6653 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 3002 | 71511 | 98.9 | Website |
World Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1949-8454 | Baishideng Publishing Group Co (World Journal of Chemistry) | 255 | 6808 | 98.8 | ||
BMC Plant Biology | 1471-2229 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 5217 | 158576 | 98.8 | Website |
Journal of Hematology & Oncology | 1756-8722 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1679 | 64897 | 98.8 | Website |
Journal of Inflammation | 1476-9255 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 754 | 20697 | 98.8 | Website |
Genomics | 0888-7543 | ☑ | Elsevier | 10505 | 394622 | 98.8 | Website |
Evolutionary Applications | 1752-4571 | ☑ | Wiley | 1809 | 46941 | 98.8 | Website |
BMC Microbiology | 1471-2180 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4799 | 144292 | 98.8 | Website |
OncoTargets and Therapy | 1178-6930 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 6276 | 69323 | 98.8 | Website |
Clinical Proteomics | 1542-6416 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 493 | 8068 | 98.8 | Website |
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience | 1662-5099 | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 2960 | 55403 | 98.7 | Website |
Cell Adhesion & Migration | 1933-6918 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 854 | 24299 | 98.7 | Website |
Aging Cell | 1474-9718 | ☑ | Wiley | 2661 | 127789 | 98.7 | Website |
BMC Genetics | 2730-6844 | Springer Nature | 2310 | 57045 | 98.7 | Website | |
Asn Neuro | 1759-0914 | ☑ | SAGE | 397 | 10157 | 98.7 | Website |
PLOS Genetics | 1553-7390 | ☑ | 11140 | 591229 | 98.7 | Website | |
Australian Journal of Crop Science | 1835-2707 | Southern Cross Publishing | 2886 | 18632 | 98.6 | ||
Malaria Journal | 1475-2875 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 7490 | 178992 | 98.6 | Website |
Mobile Dna | 1759-8753 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 370 | 9314 | 98.6 | Website |
Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 1976-6696 | ☑ | Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - BMB Reports | 3452 | 51236 | 98.6 | Website |
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome | 1758-5996 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1550 | 20554 | 98.6 | Website |
npj biofilms and microbiomes | 2055-5008 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 358 | 6787 | 98.6 | Website |
Translational neurodegeneration | 2047-9158 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 364 | 9640 | 98.6 | Website |
Biology Open | 2046-6390 | ☑ | The Company of Biologists | 2027 | 24167 | 98.6 | Website |
Journal of Fungi | 2309-608X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 2671 | 15561 | 98.6 | Website |
Journal of Insect Science | 0970-3837 | ☑ | 2495 | 35203 | 98.6 | Website | |
Clinical & Developmental Immunology | 1740-2522 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 2735 | 70558 | 98.6 | Website |
Journal of Ovarian Research | 1757-2215 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1250 | 18140 | 98.6 | Website |
Marine Drugs | 1660-3397 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 5511 | 131725 | 98.6 | Website |
Evodevo | 2041-9139 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 353 | 7604 | 98.6 | Website |
Cellular Microbiology | 1462-5814 | Wiley | 3398 | 165353 | 98.6 | Website | |
International Journal of Inflammation | 2042-0099 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 266 | 7042 | 98.5 | Website |