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Open Access Literature Journals
A list of Open Access Literature journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Literature is polysemous term referring to a written art form, and the set of literary work
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.
This list of Literature OA journals will hopefully make it easier for you to have a better idea regarding where your want to publish your Literature manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Literature journals that might be relevant to your field of study.We've made this extensive list of open access Literature journals so you can get a better overview of all the journals where you can publish open access.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Literature 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 Literature journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Literature OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TESOL in context | 2209-0916 | Deakin University | 32 | 11 | 96.9 | ||
| Aboriginal History | 0314-8769 | ANU Press | 1219 | 2438 | 96.3 | ||
| Pacific Journalism Review | 1023-9499 | ☑ | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library | 1242 | 1802 | 84.9 | Website |
| South Australian Geographical Journal | 1030-0481 | Exeley, Inc. | 117 | 130 | 84.6 | Website | |
| Ethnomusicology Translations | 2473-6422 | IUScholarWorks | 12 | 4 | 83.3 | ||
| International journal on graft and corruption research | 2362-7476 | Philippine Association of Institutions for Research | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | ||
| Multicultural Shakespeare | 2083-8530 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 232 | 25 | 82.3 | Website |
| Transnational Literature | 1836-4845 | ☑ | Ubitech Solutions Pvt Ltd | 496 | 80 | 81.3 | Website |
| The European Journal of Life Writing | 2211-243X | ☑ | University of Groningen Press | 330 | 121 | 80.6 | Website |
| Law in context | 0811-5796 | 348 | 801 | 80.5 | |||
| Journal of Music and Dance | 2360-8579 | Academic Journals | 9 | 2 | 77.8 | ||
| Ancient narrative | 1568-3532 | University of Groningen Press | 378 | 543 | 77.5 | ||
| The comics grid | 2048-0792 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 145 | 156 | 77.2 | Website |
| Cedarville Review | 2372-286X | Centennial Library | 197 | 17 | 76.6 | ||
| Narrative and conflict | 2332-6379 | Mason Publishing, George Mason University Libraries | 16 | 5 | 75 | ||
| Prague Journal of English Studies | 1804-8722 | ☑ | 86 | 63 | 74.4 | ||
| Narrative works | 1925-0622 | Consortium Erudit | 52 | 44 | 73.1 | ||
| Artes | 2344-3871 | 89 | 13 | 71.9 | |||
| Слово і час | 0236-1477 | Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | 197 | 6 | 71.6 | ||
| Authorship | 2034-4643 | ☑ | Ghent University | 108 | 47 | 71.3 | Website |
| Lingua Susastra | 2746-704X | Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP) | 20 | 4 | 70 | ||
| Official Journal of the Koeran Society of Dance Science | 1229-7836 | Korean Society of Dance Science | 484 | 60 | 70 | ||
| Journal of British and Irish innovative poetry | 1758-2733 | ☑ | 99 | 25 | 69.7 | ||
| Muzikologija | 1450-9814 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 370 | 183 | 69.5 | Website |
| Vìsnik Kiïvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu kulʹturi ì mistectv | 2616-7581 | ☑ | Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts | 98 | 1 | 69.4 | Website |
| Asia Pacific journal of health management | 1833-3818 | ☑ | Australasian College of Health Service Management | 569 | 643 | 69.4 | Website |
| The Journal of Korean Dance | 1975-8502 | The Society of Korean Dances Studies | 394 | 48 | 68.3 | ||
| C i n d e r | 2209-7775 | Deakin University | 22 | 1 | 68.2 | ||
| SEDERI. Sociedad Española de Estudios Renacentistas Ingleses | 1135-7789 | SEDERI | 112 | 13 | 67.9 | ||
| Oral Tradition | 0883-5365 | ☑ | 456 | 1172 | 67.8 | Website | |
| Journal of Classic and English Renaissance Literature | 1226-8798 | The Classic and English Renaissance Literature Association of Korea | 238 | 7 | 67.6 | ||
| Text Matters | 2083-2931 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 252 | 103 | 67.5 | Website |
| International journal of transmedia literacy | 2465-2261 | Led Edizioni Universitarie | 40 | 22 | 67.5 | ||
| Humanities | 2076-0787 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 319 | 80 | 67.4 | Website |
| Dialogic Pedagogy | 2325-3290 | ☑ | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 119 | 340 | 67.2 | Website |
| Aspekti ìstoričnogo muzikoznavstva | 2519-4143 | Kharkiv I.P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts | 182 | 3 | 67 | ||
| CINEJ Cinema Journal | 2158-8724 | ☑ | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 248 | 96 | 66.9 | Website |
| World transactions on engineering and technology education | 1446-2257 | Universitas Negeri Makassar | 3 | 55 | 66.7 | ||
| Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology | 1734-2406 | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | 6 | 2 | 66.7 | ||
| Journal of literary education | 2659-3149 | Universitat de Valencia | 56 | 10 | 66.1 | ||
| Yearbook of Conrad Studies, Poland | 1899-3028 | Uniwersytet Jagiellonski – Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego | 38 | 1 | 65.8 | ||
| Medieval and Early Modern English Studies | 1229-0394 | The Medieval and Early Modern English Studies Association of Korea | 206 | 24 | 65 | ||
| Musicological Annual | 0580-373X | ☑ | Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana | 1029 | 149 | 64.8 | Website |
| Studia Metrica et Poetica | 2346-6901 | ☑ | University of Tartu | 116 | 63 | 64.7 | Website |
| Writers in conversation | 2203-4293 | Flinders University Library | 48 | 5 | 64.6 | ||
| The Korean Journal of Dance Studies | 1226-900X | Korean Society for Dance Studies | 601 | 42 | 64.6 | ||
| Images | 1731-450X | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | 98 | 3 | 64.3 | ||
| ES review | 2531-1646 | ☑ | Universidad de Valladolid | 28 | 3 | 64.3 | Website |
| Karaite Archives | 2353-2327 | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | 25 | 48 | 64 | ||
| Časopis Nacìonalʹnoï muzičnoï akademìï Ukraïni ìmenì P.Ì. Čajkovsʹkogo | 2414-052X | Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music | 163 | 1 | 63.8 | ||
| International journal of English and comparative literary studies | 2709-4952 | Baynoon Centre for Studies and Development | 47 | 2 | 63.8 | ||
| Bangladesh journal of library & information science | 2223-6368 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 11 | 48 | 63.6 | ||
| Сюжетология и сюжетография | 2410-7883 | Novosibirsk State University (NSU) | 132 | 3 | 63.6 | ||
| Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies | 2616-9533 | Austrian Association for American Studies | 52 | 2 | 63.5 | ||
| Carl Nielsen studies | 1603-3663 | Aarhus University Library | 73 | 6 | 63 | ||
| Питання літературознавства | 2306-2908 | ☑ | Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University | 334 | 29 | 62.9 | Website |
| Problemi vzaêmodìï mistectv, pedagogìki ta teorìï ì praktiki osvìti | 2519-4496 | Kharkiv I.P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts | 182 | 5 | 62.6 | ||
| Swedish journal of Romanian studies | 2003-0924 | Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University - Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies | 85 | 2 | 62.4 | ||
| Prism | 2578-3491 | Duke University Press | 73 | 13 | 61.6 | ||
| Comparative cinema | 2604-9821 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | 31 | 1 | 61.3 | ||
| Facta Universitatis | 2466-2887 | University of Nis | 49 | 4 | 61.2 | ||
| Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis | 0867-7441 | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego | 176 | 8 | 60.8 | ||
| Journal of creative music systems | 2399-7656 | ☑ | University of Huddersfield Press | 33 | 92 | 60.6 | Website |
| International Research Journal of Tamil | 2582-1113 | IOR Press | 590 | 17 | 60.2 | ||
| Shakespeare Review | 1226-2668 | The Shakespeare Association of Korea | 1088 | 155 | 60.2 | ||
| Revista de estudios norteamericanos | 1133-309X | Editorial Universidad de Sevilla | 25 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Classica et Mediaevalia | 0106-5815 | Aarhus University Library | 200 | 330 | 60 | Website | |
| Advances in literary study | 2327-4034 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 166 | 44 | 59.6 | ||
| Проблемы музыкальной науки | 1997-0854 | Scholarly-Methodical Center Innovative Art Studies | 553 | 38 | 59.1 | ||
| Studia Celtica Fennica | 1795-097X | ☑ | Studia Celtica Fennica | 17 | 1 | 58.8 | Website |
| Forum | 1749-9771 | ☑ | Edinburgh University Library | 29 | 0 | 58.6 | Website |
| Marvell studies | 2399-7435 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 48 | 12 | 58.3 | Website |
| Deakin Law Review | 1321-3660 | Deakin University | 333 | 1002 | 58.3 | Website | |
| International journal of young adult literature | 2634-5277 | Fincham Press | 26 | 2 | 57.7 | ||
| New West Indian Guide | 1382-2373 | ☑ | Brill | 3247 | 2542 | 57.7 | Website |
| Journal of Human Security | 1835-3800 | ☑ | Librello | 197 | 329 | 57.4 | Website |
| Open screens | 2516-2888 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 56 | 2 | 57.1 | Website |
| Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek | 0168-2148 | 7 | 2 | 57.1 | |||
| James Baldwin Review | 2056-9203 | ☑ | Manchester University Press | 93 | 16 | 57 | Website |
| European Journal of American Studies | 1991-9336 | ☑ | OpenEdition | 884 | 614 | 56.9 | Website |
| Etudes lawrenciennes | 0994-5490 | ☑ | OpenEdition | 185 | 7 | 56.8 | Website |
| Greget (Surakarta) | 1412-551X | Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta | 44 | 1 | 56.8 | ||
| Orbit: A Journal of American Literature | 2398-6786 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 132 | 105 | 56.8 | Website |
| Arta | 2345-1181 | ☑ | Institute of Cultural Heritage | 39 | 3 | 56.4 | Website |
| Dva veka russkoj klassiki | 2686-7494 | Ð. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 144 | 37 | 56.3 | Website | |
| International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies | 2202-9451 | 286 | 134 | 56.3 | |||
| Romanica Silesiana | 1898-2433 | University of Silesia in Katowice | 82 | 1 | 56.1 | ||
| Musicologist: International journal of music studies | 2618-5652 | Musicologist | 52 | 12 | 55.8 | ||
| European Journal of Literary Studies | 2601-971X | Open Access Publishing Group | 27 | 1 | 55.6 | ||
| Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia | 0065-0900 | ☑ | University of Oslo Library | 18 | 26 | 55.6 | Website |
| Asian literature and translation | 2051-5863 | Cardiff University Press | 45 | 13 | 55.6 | ||
| Complutense journal of English studies | 2386-6624 | 36 | 1 | 55.6 | |||
| Magnificat Cultura i Literatura Medievals | 2386-8295 | ☑ | Universitat de Valencia | 54 | 7 | 55.6 | Website |
| Studia litterarum | 2500-4247 | ☑ | Ð. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 555 | 71 | 55.3 | Website |
| Theological Journal Kerugma | 2621-8038 | Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injili Indonesia Surabaya | 29 | 1 | 55.2 | ||
| Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication | 2162-3309 | ☑ | Pacific University Library | 268 | 987 | 55.2 | Website |
| Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts | 2006-1838 | African Journals Online | 109 | 9 | 55 | ||
| Достоевский и мировая культура. Филологический журнал | 2619-0311 | ☑ | Ð. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 266 | 55 | 54.9 | Website |
| Interlitteraria | 1406-0701 | ☑ | University of Tartu | 417 | 92 | 54.9 | Website |
| The international journal of James Bond studies | 2514-2178 | ☑ | Fincham Press | 51 | 6 | 54.9 | Website |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Literature paper?
You can publish your Literature paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access is the free online access of research articles coupled with the rights to use and distribute these articles fully in the digital environment.
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
It refers to the level of association between a journal being listed and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100. For example, the Journal Of Physics Through Computation has a relevance of “100” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it has relevance 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.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you're interested in seing more lists similar to this one, you can find all our lists on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
That's exactly why we made these lists, so you can find a journal that will publish your paper. We at OA.mg don't offer publishing services.
What is an APC?
In some cases, articles published in journals are made open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made usually made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services provided.
What are the different Open Access types?
Although there are Gold, Green, Hybrid, Bronze, Diamond, and Black Open Access licenses, here are the most common ones:
Full Gold Open Access: article is freely and permanently accessible for everyone, immediately after publication.
Hybrid Open Access: refers to a publishing model in which subscription-based journals allow authors to make individual articles gold open access immediately on payment of an article publication charge.
Green Open Access: refers to the possibility to make subscription-based journal articles open access by uploading the peer-reviewed and accepted author manuscript to an institutional repository (such as DiVA)