85 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology and Evolution | 2045-7758 | 2,024 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,40,519 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| PeerJ | 2167-8359 | 1,755 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,175 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Royal Society Open Science | 2054-5703 | 674 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,78,470 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales | 0370-3908 | 343 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Functional Ecology | 0269-8463 | 292 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,31,938 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 2296-701X | 273 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,94,078 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| PhytoKeys | 1314-2003 | 269 | 1 | ≈ ₹84,889 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Biology Letters | 1744-9561 | 213 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Peer Community Journal | 2804-3871 | 142 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Current Zoology | 1674-5507 | 116 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,25,227 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Climate Risk Management | 2212-0963 | 105 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,35,223 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity | 2287-884X | 99 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Revue Congolaise des Sciences & Technologies | 2959-202X | 92 | 3 | ≈ ₹6,743 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Climate Services | 2405-8807 | 91 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,29,262 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Turczaninowia | 1560-7259 | 88 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Acarologia | 0044-586X | 85 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| REVISTA CHILENA DE ENTOMOLOGÍA | 0034-740X | 72 | 2 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Taxonomy | 2673-6500 | 72 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Lilloa | 0075-9481 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Botanical Sciences | 2007-4298 | 63 | 1 | ≈ ₹14,449 to publish | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Rodriguésia | 0370-6583 | 62 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Biota Neotropica | 1676-0611 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹43,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Acta Botanica Brasilica | 0102-3306 | 60 | 1 | ≈ ₹14,853 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Hymenoptera Research | 1070-9428 | 56 | 1 | ≈ ₹87,066 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Evolution Letters | 2056-3744 | 55 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,48,046 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management | 1756-8692 | 55 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,43,554 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Acta Botanica Mexicana | 0187-7151 | 54 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología | 0210-8984 | 51 | 1 | ≈ ₹8,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal Africain des Sciences | 3006-2306 | 51 | 4 | ≈ ₹14,449 to publish | Yes | Yes | Congo - Brazzaville |
| Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia | 0031-1049 | 51 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Integrative Organismal Biology | 2517-4843 | 49 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,95,643 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Acta Biológica Colombiana | 0120-548X | 46 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Ecología Austral | 0327-5477 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| European Journal of Entomology | 1210-5759 | 45 | 1 | ≈ ₹32,650 to publish | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica | 0373-580X | 41 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Frontiers in Zoology | 1742-9994 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,92,758 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux | 0035-1865 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Revista Peruana de Biología | 1561-0837 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Cahiers Agricultures | 1166-7699 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Paubrasilia | 2595-6752 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Plant Ecology and Evolution | 2032-3913 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Belgium |
| Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny | 1863-7221 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Electronic Journal of University of Aden for Basic and Applied Sciences | 2708-0684 | 36 | 2 | YER 20,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Yemen |
| Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID) | 1590-7198 | 34 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Botanica Pacifica | 2226-4701 | 33 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Bulletin of The Iraq Natural History Museum | 1017-8678 | 33 | 2 | IQD 200,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Hoehnea | 0073-2877 | 33 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Natura Croatica | 1330-0520 | 33 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Sciences des Structures et de la Matiere | 2630-1180 | 30 | 4 | XOF 100,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Caldasia | 0366-5232 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Climate Resilience and Sustainability | 2692-4587 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,68,757 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Pollination Ecology | 1920-7603 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Comprehensive Plant Biology | 3042-3201 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Orthoptera Research | 1082-6467 | 26 | 1 | ≈ ₹14,449 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| BASE | 1370-6233 | 24 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Belgium |
| Contributions to Entomology | 0005-805X | 24 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Adansonia | 1280-8571 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy | 1028-2092 | 22 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,890 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bangladesh |
| Bonplandia | 0524-0476 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Darwiniana nueva serie | 0011-6793 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Revue congolaise des sciences humaines et sociales | 2957-6385 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Tecnociencia | 1609-8102 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Panama |
| Animal taxonomy and ecology. | 3004-300X | 21 | 1 | ≈ ₹54,416 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” | 1223-2254 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| UNED Research Journal | 1659-4266 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Costa Rica |
| Earth history and biodiversity. | 2950-4759 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | XXK |
| Graellsia | 0367-5041 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Psyche A Journal of Entomology | 0033-2615 | 18 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,05,961 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Natural History Sciences | 0037-8844 | 17 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Revue Internationale des Économistes de Langue Française | 2551-895X | 17 | 3 | ≈ ₹10,883 to publish | Yes | Yes | France |
| Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica | 1698-0476 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| APN Science Bulletin | 2185-761X | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Bothalia | 0006-8241 | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Heringeriana | 1983-6996 | 14 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Alpine Entomology | 2535-0889 | 13 | 1 | ≈ ₹46,130 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research | 0030-2465 | 13 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,10,751 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Revista Geológica de América Central | 0256-7024 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Costa Rica |
| Acta Palaeobotanica | 0001-6594 | 12 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| African Invertebrates | 1681-5556 | 12 | 2 | ≈ ₹32,650 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Arnaldoa | 1815-8242 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Edinburgh Journal of Botany | 0960-4286 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| EMI Animal & Environment | 2998-6990 | 12 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,20,411 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Lindbergia | 2001-5909 | 12 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Denmark |
| Gayana. Botánica | 0016-5301 | 10 | 2 | ≈ ₹33,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Lankesteriana | 1409-3871 | 10 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Costa Rica |