25 Nursing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intestinal failure. | 2950-4562 | 270 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | XXU |
| 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 Nursing Research | 1682-3141 | 61 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Taiwan |
| MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences | 2321-7006 | 44 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery | 2791-7940 | 42 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | 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 |
| Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing | 2146-0639 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Grain & Oil Science and Technology | 2096-4501 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of Food and Nutrition Research | 1336-8672 | 33 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| 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 | |
| Food and Feed Research | 2217-5369 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Jurnal Gastrohepatologi Anak Indonesia/Archives of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition | 1829-5274 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Slovenian Nursing Review | 1318-2951 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology | 1847-3466 | 21 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Journal of Applied Science Information and Computing | 1813-3509 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |