Science studies is interdisciplinary research area that seeks to situate scientific expertise in broad social, historical, and philosophical contexts
All articles published in Open Access journals have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Our team made this list of Science studies Open Access journals with the aim to help you to decide where to publish your Science studies manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Science studies journals that may be relevant to your field of study. In any case, we've also included other journals that may also offer more affordable publishing fees.Rather than displaying just the most relevant Science studies journals, we have made an in-depth list of all the open accesss Science studies journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Science studies 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 Science studies journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Science studies OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Science studies paper?
You can publish your Science studies paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open access is an international movement that aims to provide free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data
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?
To search for more open journal lists, look on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
At the moment, we do not offer publishing services, that's why we made these lists, so you can find the right journal to publish your paper in. Our goal with OA.mg is to help disseminate research.
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?
Depending on the license, a research paper might be categorised as a) Gold Open Access, which means the paper is freely available and fully accessible to everyone, b) Hybrid Open Access, which means that the authors can pay an APC to make the paper freely available, or c) Green Open Access, which means that there is a possiblity to make subcription based journal articles freely avaiable by uploading the peer-reviewed article to an instiutional repository. Among these, Diamond, Black, and Bronze Open Access also exist.