74 Nursing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMC Nursing | 1472-6955 | 1,615 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,641 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Applied Food Research | 2772-5022 | 959 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,25,409 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Discover Food | 2731-4286 | 492 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Health Population and Nutrition | 1606-0997 | 474 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,875 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Nursing Reports | 2039-439X | 456 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Future Foods | 2666-8335 | 355 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,46,601 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Nursing Open | 2054-1058 | 293 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,42,930 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Intestinal failure. | 2950-4562 | 270 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | XXU |
| BMC Nutrition | 2055-0928 | 243 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,27,459 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| SAGE Open Nursing | 2377-9608 | 229 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances | 2666-142X | 183 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,88,022 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Maternal and Child Nutrition | 1740-8695 | 182 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,37,332 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development | 1684-5358 | 163 | 1 | ≈ ₹72,246 to publish | Yes | Yes | Kenya |
| National Journal of Community Medicine | 0976-3325 | 157 | 2 | ₹20,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Health SA Gesondheid | 1025-9848 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹97,494 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| International Journal of Food Science | 2314-5765 | 127 | 1 | ≈ ₹95,365 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| PLOS Water | 2767-3219 | 119 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,069 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Nursing Sciences | 2096-6296 | 96 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of arts, humanities and social science. | 3006-9491 | 94 | 3 | ≈ ₹4,816 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Belitung Nursing Journal | 2477-4073 | 91 | 1 | ≈ ₹95,365 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Food Production Processing and Nutrition | 2661-8974 | 72 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,16,576 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Nursing Research and Practice | 2090-1429 | 69 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,05,961 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| World Nutrition | 2041-9775 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Carpathian Journal of Food Science and Technology | 2066-6845 | 65 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute | 1687-1235 | 61 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene | 2287-1705 | 61 | 3 | ≈ ₹21,937 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Journal of Nursing Research | 1682-3141 | 61 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Taiwan |
| Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism | 2090-0724 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,05,961 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi | 2149-018X | 60 | 2 | ≈ ₹15,413 to publish | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Environmental Health Insights | 1178-6302 | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Measurement Food | 2772-2759 | 56 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,82,061 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research | 2588-1582 | 54 | 2 | ≈ ₹19,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | Algeria |
| Frontiers in Food Science and Technology | 2674-1121 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,24,883 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Food Technology Research Journal | 2974-3990 | 45 | 2 | EGP 1,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Healthline | 2229-337X | 45 | 4 | ₹7,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Exploration of Foods and Foodomics | 2837-9020 | 44 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences | 2321-7006 | 44 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| International Journal of Home Economics Hospitality and Allied Research | 2971-5121 | 43 | 3 | NGN 60,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nigeria |
| Curationis | 0379-8577 | 42 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,00,749 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery | 2791-7940 | 42 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of dental hygiene science | 1598-4478 | 41 | 3 | ≈ ₹21,229 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Nursology | 2822-2954 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine | 1021-2604 | 41 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sri Lanka |
| International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research | 2682-4574 | 40 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière | 2368-6669 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1607-0658 | 39 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,59,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing | 2146-0639 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Food, Nutrition and Health. | 3059-2658 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,79,137 to publish | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Grain & Oil Science and Technology | 2096-4501 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| International Social Research Nexus (ISRN) | 3105-0069 | 33 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bangladesh |
| Journal of Food and Nutrition Research | 1336-8672 | 33 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Pediatric Health Medicine and Therapeutics | 1179-9927 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,141 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Journal of Food Innovation, Nutrition, and Environmental Sciences | 3078-5537 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Uganda |
| Agricultural Products Processing and Storage | 3059-4510 | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics | 0302-4660 | 30 | 3 | ≈ ₹14,449 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nigeria |
| Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery | 2336-3517 | 28 | 2 | ≈ ₹10,883 to publish | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Food and Feed Research | 2217-5369 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences | 2090-3650 | 26 | 2 | ≈ ₹10,596 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Jurnal Gastrohepatologi Anak Indonesia/Archives of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition | 1829-5274 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Korean Journal of Stress Research | 1225-665X | 24 | 3 | ≈ ₹21,229 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Slovenian Nursing Review | 1318-2951 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Translational Food Sciences | 3049-5202 | 22 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,03,965 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology | 1847-3466 | 21 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Journal of Nutrition and Public Health | 3123-5654 | 20 | 4 | ≈ ₹16,104 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Allied Health Sciences & Medical Research | 3082-4583 | 18 | 4 | ≈ ₹3,528 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Applied Science Information and Computing | 1813-3509 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Nursing Research and Reviews | 2230-522X | 15 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,141 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Journal on Processing and Energy in Agriculture | 1821-4487 | 14 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Nursing and Healthcare Science | 2983-4058 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Nutrition and Dietary Supplements | 1179-1489 | 13 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,11,141 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt | 1110-0974 | 12 | 2 | ≈ ₹72,246 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Witness The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse | 2291-5796 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| IMCC Journal of Science | 2783-0357 | 10 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Food Studies | 2182-1054 | 10 | 1 | ≈ ₹43,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | Portugal |