33 Chemistry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCS Chemistry | 2096-5745 | 376 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| ACS Central Science | 2374-7943 | 275 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| ChemistryEurope | 2751-4765 | 241 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assiut | 1110-0052 | 168 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Chemistry International | 0193-6484 | 119 | 4 | Free to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Indian Journal of Chemistry | 0019-5103 | 107 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| ARKIVOC | 1551-7004 | 82 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| ERU Research Journal | 2812-6211 | 81 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Orbital - The Electronic Journal of Chemistry | 1984-6428 | 63 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY | 1300-0527 | 62 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| ADMET & DMPK | 1848-7718 | 61 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open | 2949-771X | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Grasas y Aceites | 0017-3495 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Current issues in pharmacy and medicine science and practice | 2306-8094 | 44 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Pharmaceutical Research | 0973-7200 | 41 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| OCL | 2257-6614 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Arhiv za farmaciju | 0004-1963 | 35 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Croatica Chemica Acta | 0011-1643 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Tetrahedron Green Chem | 2773-2231 | 29 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | 1857-5552 | 28 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | North Macedonia |
| Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open | 2666-4410 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Substantia | 2532-3997 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Eclética Química | 0100-4670 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Research | 2357-0539 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Mass Spectrometry | 2186-5116 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Journal of organic and pharmaceutical chemistry | 2308-8303 | 20 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Pharmata | 2980-1966 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Revista Colombiana de Química | 0120-2804 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| South African Journal of Chemistry | 0379-4350 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Drug Analytical Research | 2527-2616 | 15 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Kharkov University Bulletin Chemical Series | 2220-637X | 15 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Al-Azhar Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Al-Azhar Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1110-1644 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Pharmedicine journal. | 3023-6967 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | TU |