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Open Access Classics Journals
A list of Open Access Classics journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Classics is study of classical antiquity such as ancient Greece and ancient Rome
A journal article is 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, distribute, print, and search it.
We hope this list of Classics OA journals will be helpful for you in deciding where to publish your Classics manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Classics journals that might be relevant to your field of study.Rather than just the top hits Classics journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Classics journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Classics 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 Classics journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Classics OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Jesuit Studies | 2214-1324 | ☑ | Brill | 885 | 197 | 84.9 | Website |
| Karaite Archives | 2353-2327 | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | 25 | 48 | 72 | ||
| Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia | 0065-0900 | ☑ | University of Oslo Library | 18 | 26 | 55.6 | Website |
| CLARA | 2464-3726 | University of Oslo Library | 43 | 1 | 51.2 | ||
| Annals of orthopedics and musculoskeletal disorders | 2638-3586 | Remedy Publications, LLC | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Annals of radiation therapy and oncology | 2577-8757 | Remedy Publications, LLC | 2 | 3 | 50 | ||
| İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi türk dili ve edebiyatı dergisi | 2602-2648 | ☑ | Istanbul University | 2 | 0 | 50 | Website |
| Wiener Kolloquien zur Antiken Rechtsgeschichte | 2518-3648 | 2 | 4 | 50 | |||
| Monumenta artis musicae Sloveniae | 0353-6408 | 4 | 0 | 50 | |||
| Annals of molecular and genetic medicine | 2692-4595 | Peertechz Publications Private Limited | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Анналы хирургии | 1560-9502 | Izdatelstvo Meditsina | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Annals of clinical case studies | 2688-1241 | Medtext Publishing Services Pvt Ltd | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| eJournal of Indian medicine | 1877-8313 | University of Groningen Press | 6 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Zograf | 0350-1361 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 238 | 86 | 48.3 | Website |
| Studia Ceranea | 2084-140X | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 325 | 107 | 48 | Website |
| Slovene | 2304-0785 | ☑ | Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 119 | 15 | 47.9 | Website |
| Annals of the history and philosophy of biology | 1863-0197 | 23 | 8 | 47.8 | |||
| Slavânskoe i balkanskoe âzykoznanie | 2658-3372 | 93 | 1 | 47.3 | |||
| Acta Periodica Duellatorum | 2064-0404 | ☑ | University of Bern | 148 | 67 | 46.6 | Website |
| Античная древность и средние века | 0320-4472 | ☑ | Ural Federal University | 127 | 6 | 45.7 | Website |
| Zbornik Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta | 0584-9888 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 435 | 416 | 45.7 | Website |
| Suhayl. International Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation | 1576-9372 | 196 | 157 | 38.8 | |||
| Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | 0080-4606 | The Royal Society | 1815 | 3213 | 38.6 | Website | |
| Acta classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis / | 0418-453X | University of Debrecen/Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis | 76 | 2 | 38.2 | ||
| Mediterranea | 2445-2378 | ☑ | Cordoba University Press | 156 | 15 | 37.8 | Website |
| Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures | 2593-743X | ☑ | Ghent University | 37 | 0 | 37.8 | Website |
| Expositions | 1747-5368 | ☑ | Equinox Publishing | 8 | 0 | 37.5 | Website |
| Electrum | 1897-3426 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Jagiellonski – Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego | 32 | 1 | 37.5 | Website |
| Hypothekai | 2587-7127 | ☑ | Hypothekai | 79 | 2 | 36.7 | Website |
| The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries | 0036-0473 | Rutgers University Libraries | 655 | 246 | 36.5 | ||
| Rivista del museo egizio | 2611-3295 | Fondazione Museo Delle Antichita Egizie | 33 | 13 | 36.4 | ||
| Classica Cracoviensia | 1505-8913 | ☑ | Ksiegarnia Akademicka Sp. z.o.o. | 132 | 10 | 36.4 | Website |
| Studia mythologica Slavica (Tiskana izd.) | 1408-6271 | The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU) | 434 | 162 | 35.7 | ||
| Ancient narrative | 1568-3532 | University of Groningen Press | 378 | 543 | 35.2 | ||
| Studies in language and culture | 1403-2570 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | |||
| Annals of pharmacology and pharmaceutics | 2573-6051 | Remedy Publications, LLC | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Balkansko ezikoznanie | 0324-1653 | Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Annals of pediatrics & child health | 2373-9312 | J-SciMed Central, LLC | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Annals of otolaryngology and rhinology | 2379-948X | J-SciMed Central, LLC | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Annals of clinical toxicology | 2641-905X | Remedy Publications, LLC | 3 | 2 | 33.3 | ||
| Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana | 1995-848X | ☑ | Saint Petersburg State University | 523 | 25 | 33.3 | Website |
| Orientalistica | 2618-7043 | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences | 230 | 72 | 32.6 | ||
| Medieval Worlds | 2412-3196 | ☑ | Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | 197 | 127 | 31.5 | Website |
| Classica et Mediaevalia | 0106-5815 | Aarhus University Library | 200 | 330 | 31.5 | Website | |
| The journal of classics teaching | 1741-7627 | ☑ | 316 | 132 | 31 | ||
| Subseciva Groningana | 0169-7463 | University of Groningen Press | 10 | 1 | 30 | ||
| Fragmentology | 2624-9340 | Cantonal and University Library Fribourg | 50 | 4 | 30 | ||
| Magnificat Cultura i Literatura Medievals | 2386-8295 | ☑ | Universitat de Valencia | 54 | 7 | 29.6 | Website |
| Akroterion | 0303-1896 | ☑ | Stellenbosch University - Akroterion | 511 | 191 | 29 | Website |
| al-ʻUṣūr al-Wusṭá = | 1068-1051 | ☑ | 52 | 1 | 28.8 | Website | |
| A.I.O.N. Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli. Dipartimento di studi del mondo classico e del Mediterraneo Antico. Sezione filologico-letteraria | 1128-7209 | Brill | 52 | 0 | 28.8 | ||
| Byzantina Symmeikta | 1791-4884 | ☑ | National Documentation Centre (EKT) | 605 | 193 | 28.8 | Website |
| Slovesnostʹ i istoriâ | 2712-7591 | Institute of Russian Literature Pushkinskij Dom RAN | 77 | 0 | 28.6 | ||
| Resuscitating Paideia | 2375-7728 | Centennial Library | 7 | 1 | 28.6 | ||
| Konštantínove listy | 1337-8740 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | 222 | 53 | 28.4 | ||
| ISTRAŽIVANJA, Јournal of Historical Researches | 0350-2112 | ☑ | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad | 269 | 21 | 27.5 | Website |
| Journal of Greek Linguistics | 1566-5844 | ☑ | Brill | 290 | 1131 | 27.2 | Website |
| Aestimatio : Critical Reviews in the History of Science | 1549-4470 | ☑ | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL | 470 | 3596 | 26.2 | Website |
| Balto-slavânskie issledovaniâ | 2658-5766 | Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 23 | 2 | 26.1 | ||
| Gephyra | 1309-3924 | ☑ | Akdeniz University | 139 | 105 | 25.9 | Website |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing papers of a biological character | 0950-1193 | The Royal Society | 120 | 1029 | 25.8 | ||
| Studia Humaniora Tartuensia | 1406-6203 | University of Tartu | 66 | 35 | 25.8 | ||
| Studia ŹródŁoznawcze | 0081-7147 | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University | 78 | 21 | 25.6 | ||
| History of science in South Asia | 2369-775X | ☑ | HSSA Journal | 59 | 52 | 25.4 | Website |
| Pontes | 2631-0015 | University Library of Pecs | 56 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Marvell studies | 2399-7435 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 48 | 12 | 25 | Website |
| Kiïvsʹka akademìâ | 1995-025X | National University of Kyiv - Mohyla Academy | 65 | 7 | 24.6 | ||
| Theological Journal Kerugma | 2621-8038 | Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injili Indonesia Surabaya | 29 | 1 | 24.1 | ||
| Erga / Logoi | 2280-9678 | ☑ | Led Edizioni Universitarie | 131 | 36 | 23.7 | Website |
| Dubrovnik Annals | 1331-3878 | ☑ | Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 208 | 55 | 23.6 | Website |
| Scrinium | 1817-7530 | ☑ | 482 | 212 | 23.4 | ||
| ǂThe ǂNicholai Studies | 2738-1064 | ☑ | Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church | 30 | 1 | 23.3 | |
| Materialy po arheologii i istorii antičnogo i srednevekovogo Pričernomorʹâ | 2713-2021 | ☑ | Choref Mikhail Mikhailovich | 43 | 0 | 23.3 | Website |
| Akropolis | 2536-572X | ☑ | Center for Hellenic Studies | 43 | 10 | 23.3 | Website |
| Revista de Filosofia Antiga | 1981-9471 | ☑ | Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) | 43 | 3 | 23.3 | Website |
| Cuadernos del CEMYR | 1135-125X | University of La Laguna | 26 | 3 | 23.1 | ||
| Slavistica Vilnensis | 2351-6895 | ☑ | Vilnius University | 308 | 23 | 23.1 | Website |
| Clotho | 2670-6210 | ☑ | Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana | 66 | 8 | 22.7 | Website |
| The Biblical Annals | 2083-2222 | ☑ | Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawla II | 518 | 167 | 22.6 | Website |
| Studia Slavica | 1803-5663 | ☑ | University of Ostrava | 700 | 141 | 22.6 | Website |
| Exemplaria classica: journal of classical philology | 1699-3225 | Universidad de Huelva - UHU.pdf | 893 | 78 | 22.5 | ||
| Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica | 1989-1709 | ☑ | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 222 | 25 | 22.5 | Website |
| Journal of the Council for Research on Religion | 2563-0288 | ☑ | McGill University Library and Archives | 36 | 0 | 22.2 | Website |
| Islamika Indonesiana: Indonesian Journal of Contemporer | 2355-6242 | Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University of Bandung | 9 | 12 | 22.2 | ||
| Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia | 2081-1330 | Pontifical Universtiy of John Paul II in Krakow | 86 | 14 | 22.1 | ||
| CLOCKSS Archive | 1824-7601 | ☑ | 82 | 1 | 22 | Website | |
| Miscellanea Hadriatica et Mediterranea | 1849-0670 | ☑ | University of Zadar | 82 | 7 | 22 | Website |
| Judaica librarianship | 0739-5086 | 270 | 71 | 21.9 | |||
| The Bible and Critical Theory | 1832-3391 | ☑ | Monash University | 795 | 382 | 21.9 | Website |
| Bulletin of the History of Archaeology | 1062-4740 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 607 | 564 | 21.9 | Website |
| Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae | 0302-7384 | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | 175 | 13 | 21.7 | ||
| Lehahayer | 2082-6184 | ☑ | Ksiegarnia Akademicka Sp. z.o.o. | 60 | 5 | 21.7 | Website |
| Antigüedad y cristianismo | 0214-7165 | Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad e Murcia | 23 | 1 | 21.7 | ||
| Starinar | 0350-0241 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 304 | 424 | 21.7 | Website |
| Sinhag gwa seon'gyo | 1738-0138 | Christian Theology Institute Center | 14 | 0 | 21.4 | ||
| Studia mythologica Slavica | 1581-9744 | 14 | 9 | 21.4 | |||
| Cataloghi e collezioni | 2704-5854 | 14 | 61 | 21.4 | |||
| Aktualʹnye problemy teorii i istorii iskusstva | 2312-2129 | Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art | 235 | 7 | 21.3 | ||
| Folia Historica Cracoviensia | 0867-8294 | ☑ | Pontifical Universtiy of John Paul II in Krakow | 479 | 96 | 21.1 | Website |
| Royal studies journal | 2057-6730 | ☑ | Winchester University Press | 299 | 33 | 20.7 | Website |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Classics paper?
You can publish your Classics paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access aims to provide immediate and unrestricted access to research articles while along you to also share it freely
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
Relevance is used to quantify the level of association between a journal and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100. For example, “Brain Stimulation” has a relevance of “24” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it is somewhat related to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations demonstrate how frequently publications from this journal are cited in other papers. We obtain this information via OpenAlex. Although the accuracy is questionable, it might nevertheless aid you in gaining an understanding of how prestigious a publication is overall.
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