128 Cultural Studies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestnik NSU Series History and Philology | 1818-7919 | 124 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids | 1382-2373 | 110 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| REVISTA CUHSO | 0716-1557 | 108 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Neophilology | 2587-6953 | 90 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| SibScript | 2949-2092 | 90 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University Series Humanitarian and Social Sciences | 2227-6564 | 88 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Transnational American Studies | 1940-0764 | 83 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism | 2312-9220 | 83 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Sign problematic field in mediaeducation | 2070-0695 | 78 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Literary Fact | 2541-8297 | 76 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo | 0582-6152 | 70 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Current Issues in Philology and Pedagogical Linguistics | 2079-6021 | 67 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Two centuries of the Russian classics | 2686-7494 | 66 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| RUDN Journal of Language Studies Semiotics and Semantics | 2313-2299 | 65 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 2 Jazykoznanije | 1998-9911 | 65 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Texts and History Journal of Philological Historical and Cultural Texts and History Studies | 2712-7591 | 64 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Cuadernos medievales | 2422-7471 | 61 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Semiotic studies | 2782-2958 | 61 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Izvestiya of Saratov University Philology Journalism | 1817-7115 | 60 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Prismas - Revista de historia intelectual | 1666-1508 | 58 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Language and Text | 2312-2757 | 56 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Recial | 1853-4112 | 56 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts | 2227-2283 | 54 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Amerika | 2107-0806 | 53 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Gondang Jurnal Seni dan Budaya | 2599-0543 | 53 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| TRANSMODERNITY Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World | 2154-1353 | 51 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Mundo Agrario | 1515-5994 | 50 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Anuario de la Escuela de Historia - Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba/Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual | 1666-5856 | 46 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| International Journal “Speech Genres” | 2311-0740 | 46 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Catedral Tomada Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana | 2169-0847 | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Japanese Studies in Russia | 2500-2872 | 45 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian language studies | 2618-8163 | 44 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Creativity Student | 2502-1958 | 43 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| La Palabra | 0121-8530 | 43 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Germanic Philology Journal of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University | 2518-7090 | 40 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Вопросы ономастики | 1994-2400 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Border Crossings The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies | 2383-5222 | 39 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology | 0353-1589 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Latin American Literary Review | 0047-4134 | 39 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Mitologías hoy | 2014-1130 | 38 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Studia Philologica | 2311-2425 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Théorème | 1159-7941 | 38 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Glasnik Etnografskog instituta | 0350-0861 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Paradigma Jurnal Kajian Budaya | 2087-6017 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Art and Interpretation | 2822-2865 | 35 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| MESSENGER OF KYIV NATIONAL LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY Series Philology | 2311-0821 | 35 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Quinto Sol | 0329-2665 | 35 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Estudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas | 0716-0925 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Industrii vpečatlenij. Tehnologii sociokulʹturnyh issledovanij. | 2949-1606 | 34 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Art-Sanat | 2148-3582 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Dharmasmrti Jurnal Ilmu Agama dan Kebudayaan | 1693-0304 | 32 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Japanese Journal of Religious Studies | 0304-1042 | 32 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas Mario J. Buschiazzo. | 0328-9796 | 30 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Antigua & Barbuda |
| Brikolase Jurnal Kajian Teori Praktik dan Wacana Seni Budaya Rupa | 2087-0795 | 30 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Anclajes | 0329-3807 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Selçuklu Medeniyeti Araştırmaları Dergisi | 2651-2602 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Compàs d amalgama | 2696-0982 | 28 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Re-visiones | 2173-0040 | 28 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Slavica Revalensia | 2346-5824 | 28 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Estonia |
| The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies | 2689-2596 | 28 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| AIBR Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana | 1578-9705 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Cahiers d études des cultures ibériques et latino-américaines | 2428-7245 | 27 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Devenir - Revista de estudios sobre patrimonio edificado | 2312-7562 | 27 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Mudra Jurnal Seni Budaya | 0854-3461 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Revista de Antropología Social | 1131-558X | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Visitas al Patio | 2027-0585 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| New Horizons in English Studies | 2543-8980 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Perspectivas Afro | 2805-7090 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Poligramas | 0120-4130 | 26 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Studia Rossica Posnaniensia | 0081-6884 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Távol-keleti Tanulmányok | 2060-9655 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Telar. | 1668-2963 | 26 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Antigua & Barbuda |
| Antropologías del Sur | 0719-4498 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| CONNOTAS REVISTA DE CRÍTICA Y TEORÍA LITERARIAS | 1870-6630 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| EntreDiversidades Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades | 2007-7602 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Monstrum | 2561-5629 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Quêtes littéraires | 2084-8099 | 23 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Rhema | 2500-2953 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Avances del Cesor | 1514-3899 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Boletín Antropológico/Boletín antropológico | 0257-750X | 22 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Venezuela |
| Gelar Jurnal Seni Budaya | 1410-9700 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Periferica | 1577-1172 | 22 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Revista Historia y Patrimonio | 2810-6245 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Revue d études culturelles | 1959-1985 | 22 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Kipus Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales | 1390-0102 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Maya America Journal of Essays Commentary and Analysis | 2688-9188 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Mirai Estudios Japoneses | 2531-145X | 21 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Proceedings of Southern Federal University Philology | 1995-0640 | 21 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Confluenze | 2036-0967 | 20 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Folia Histórica del Nordeste | 0325-8238 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Fontes Linguae Vasconum | 0046-435X | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 1536-7827 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Ostrava Journal of English Philology | 1803-8174 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Palmet Dergisi | 2822-3551 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Polis | 2223-8174 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Turismo y Patrimonio | 1680-9556 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Cuadernos del CILHA | 1515-6125 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Journal of Urban Society s Arts | 2355-2131 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Revista UNES Universidad Escuela y Sociedad | 2530-1012 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Antigua Matanza | 2545-8701 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
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