95 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology journals with no fee to publish with at least 10 papers in 2025. No fee means the journal, DOAJ or OpenAlex states the fee as zero. A journal that has not published a fee is not listed here, and neither is a subscription journal that charges only for open access.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellcome Open Research | 2398-502X | 823 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Virology | 0022-538X | 746 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 0066-4804 | 439 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Indian Dermatology Online Journal | 2229-5178 | 289 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 0095-1137 | 269 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Bacteriology | 0021-9193 | 244 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry | 1860-5397 | 211 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics | 1110-8630 | 200 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Revista Científica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias | 0798-2259 | 196 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Venezuela |
| Infection and Immunity | 0019-9567 | 176 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| European Journal of Taxonomy | 2118-9773 | 169 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology | 1516-8913 | 133 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| PRX Life | 2835-8279 | 113 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Ceylon Journal of Science | 2513-230X | 108 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sri Lanka |
| The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences | 0367-8318 | 105 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Indian Journal of Experimental Biology | 0019-5189 | 104 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Journal of Ginseng Research | 1226-8453 | 103 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology | 2319-7250 | 100 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Infection and Chemotherapy | 1598-8112 | 86 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Intestinal Research | 1598-9100 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute | 1110-0362 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revista Española de Quimioterapia | 0214-3429 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología | 0300-5267 | 78 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Rare Diseases | 2731-085X | 77 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal | 0201-8470 | 70 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of microbiology epidemiology immunobiology | 0372-9311 | 64 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Croatian Medical Journal | 0353-9504 | 63 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections | 0370-1069 | 62 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Portuguese Journal of Dermatology and Venereology | 2795-5001 | 61 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Biophysics Reports | 2364-3439 | 60 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY | 1300-0152 | 59 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Sociobiology | 0361-6525 | 57 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira | 0100-736X | 52 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science | 1738-3544 | 50 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Journal of the Egyptian Womenʼs Dermatologic Society | 1687-1537 | 48 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine | 0044-0086 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Genetic Resources | 2708-3764 | 46 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Molecular vision | 1090-0535 | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Acta Materia Medica | 2737-7946 | 43 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ireland |
| BMC Proceedings | 1753-6561 | 43 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Cytology | 0970-9371 | 42 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 1684-4386 | 41 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Artium Quaestiones | 0239-202X | 38 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| One Health Advances | 2731-9970 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Advanced Biotechnology | 2948-2801 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish | No | No | |
| Life Medicine | 2755-1733 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B | 0386-2208 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Historia naturalis bulgarica | 0205-3640 | 35 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Environmental and Experimental Biology | 1691-8088 | 34 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Latvia |
| Experimed | 2630-6050 | 34 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES | 1300-0128 | 33 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| International journal of basic science in medicine | 2476-664X | 32 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Libri Oncologici Croatian Journal of Oncology | 0300-8142 | 32 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Pigment International | 2349-5782 | 32 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials | 2147-673X | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY | 2734-9330 | 30 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| Ciencia Veterinaria | 1515-1883 | 29 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Sağlık Bilimlerinde İleri Araştırmalar Dergisi / Journal of Advanced Research in Health Sciences | 2651-4060 | 29 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Farmacist ro | 1584-6539 | 28 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics | 1658-807X | 28 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Saudi Arabia |
| Archivos de Zootecnia | 0004-0592 | 26 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Arachnologische Mitteilungen Arachnology Letters | 1018-4171 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences | 2147-0294 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Health Promotion & Physical Activity | 2544-9117 | 24 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease | 2633-0040 | 24 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Advanced Gut & Microbiome Research | 2755-1652 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Natura Sloveniae | 1580-0814 | 23 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Nepal Journal of Biotechnology | 2091-1130 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Nepal |
| The EuroBiotech Journal | 2564-615X | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation | 1868-1883 | 21 | 2 | Free to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología | 0123-3475 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies | 2348-2125 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Public Health Toxicology | 2732-8929 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Greece |
| Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Animal Science and Biotechnologies | 1843-5262 | 18 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Caucasiana | 1512-1720 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Georgia |
| Journal of Multidisciplinary Dental Research | 2277-3525 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Veterinaria (Montevideo) | 1688-4809 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Uruguay |
| Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine | 1658-6786 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Saudi Arabia |
| TURKISH MEDICAL STUDENT JOURNAL | 2148-4724 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry | 1450-9156 | 15 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Ask Research and Methods | 1234-9224 | 14 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Jurnal Rekonstruksi dan Estetik | 2301-7937 | 14 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| REINWARDTIA | 0034-365X | 14 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Computer Science Journal of Moldova | 1561-4042 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Comparative Psychology | 0889-3667 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Animal Sentience | 2377-7478 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Entomology Beginners | 2675-9276 | 12 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Genetics & Applications | 2566-2937 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Microbiologia medica | 1120-0146 | 12 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Vascular Biology | 2516-5658 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| EMJ Gastroenterology | 2054-6203 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| ExRNA | 2398-0060 | 11 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Intelligent Procedures in Electrical Technology روشهای هوشمند در صنعت برق | 2322-3871 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Microbiota and Host | 2753-6955 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Precision Nutrition | 2563-9021 | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes |