70 Epidemiology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurosurveillance | 1025-496X | 243 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sweden |
| Clinical review for general practice | 2713-2552 | 199 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine | 1110-7782 | 189 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | 1300-0144 | 186 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Clinical and Preventive Medicine | 2616-4868 | 162 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette | 1110-6638 | 157 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Лечащий врач | 1560-5175 | 134 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Annals of Pediatric Cardiology | 0974-2069 | 133 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Russian Medical Inquiry | 2587-6821 | 125 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Terapevticheskii arkhiv | 0040-3660 | 121 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Russian Journal of Geriatric Medicine | 2686-8636 | 112 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Hong Kong Medical Journal | 1024-2708 | 105 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Journal Infectology | 2072-6732 | 98 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Military Medical Research | 2054-9369 | 92 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Bulletin of Siberian Medicine | 1682-0363 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Pediatric Quality and Safety | 2472-0054 | 80 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine | 2078-1962 | 78 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Medical Science of Ukraine (MSU) | 2664-472X | 76 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Medicinski podmladak | 0369-1527 | 69 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention | 2073-3046 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | 2090-7184 | 64 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Disaster Medicine | 2070-1004 | 61 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| City Healthcare | 2713-2617 | 60 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Stroke | 2287-6391 | 60 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Addiction and Health | 2008-4633 | 56 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Romanian Journal of Military Medicine | 1222-5126 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Russian Journal of Woman and Child Health | 2618-8430 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| University proceedings Volga region Medical sciences | 2072-3032 | 55 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Science and Innovations in Medicine | 2500-1388 | 51 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| University therapeutic journal | 2713-1912 | 51 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Exploration of Digestive Diseases | 2833-6321 | 48 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Problems of Virology | 0507-4088 | 48 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Baikal Medical Journal | 2949-0715 | 47 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Nobel Medical College | 2091-2331 | 47 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Nepal |
| Canada Communicable Disease Report | 1188-4169 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| ASIDE Internal Medicine | 3065-9671 | 44 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | 1455-0725 | 41 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Finland |
| Northwestern Medical Journal | 2979-9538 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics | 2184-4453 | 41 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| The Scientific Notes of the Pavlov University | 1607-4181 | 41 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences | 1858-5051 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sudan |
| Medicine and health care organization | 2658-4212 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International journal of medical biochemistry/International journal of medical biochemistry : | 2587-2362 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Galician Medical Journal | 2306-4285 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| One Health & Risk Management | 2587-3458 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Moldova |
| Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research | 1313-6917 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Medicus | 2663-7758 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Acta Medica Leopoliensia | 1029-4244 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Actual Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine | 2790-1289 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Almanac of Clinical Medicine | 2072-0505 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Биомедицинска истраживања | 1986-8529 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Research in Molecular Medicine | 2322-133X | 23 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Urogenital Tract Infection | 2465-8243 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Saratov Medical Journal | 2712-8253 | 20 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Alcoholism and Drug Addiction | 0867-4361 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| african journal of gastroenterology and hepatology | 2735-5489 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| British and Irish Orthoptic Journal | 1743-9868 | 16 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Pediatric Sciences Journal | 2682-3985 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Clinical and Research Journal in Internal Medicine | 2723-5122 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Indian Journal of Burns | 0971-653X | 14 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Mustansiriya Medical Journal | 2070-1128 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Alcohol research | 2168-3492 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| IMC Journal of Medical Science | 2519-1586 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bangladesh |
| Kasmera | 0075-5222 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Venezuela |
| Redox Experimental Medicine | 2755-158X | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Viral Hepatitis Journal | 1307-9441 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Microbiology Independent Research Journal (MIR Journal) | 2500-2236 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Al-Salam Journal for Medical Science | 2958-0870 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Intensive Care Research | 2666-9862 | 11 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis /Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis | 2314-8748 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes |