23 Library and Information Sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Research | 1368-1613 | 212 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Evidence Based Library and Information Practice | 1715-720X | 59 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Maine policy review | 1064-2587 | 53 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| College & Research Libraries | 0010-0870 | 52 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Librarianship | 2474-3542 | 49 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Annals of Library and Information Studies | 0003-4835 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske | 0507-1925 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Libri | 0024-2667 | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Journal of Information Literacy | 1750-5968 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Cybrarians Journal | 1687-2215 | 25 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship | 2369-937X | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Journal of New Librarianship | 2471-3880 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Communications in Information Literacy | 1933-5954 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Regional journal of information and knowledge management. | 2412-6535 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies | 2597-0593 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Denmark |
| Pennsylvania Libraries Research & Practice | 2324-7878 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Graduate Librarianship | 2995-9063 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Partnership The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research | 1911-9593 | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| SLIS Connecting | 2330-2917 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement | 2690-2672 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| School of Information Student Research Journal | 2575-2499 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Revista Română de Biblioteconomie și Știința Informării = Romanian Journal of Library and Information Science | 1841-1940 | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| The International Journal of Information Diversity & Inclusion (IJIDI) | 2574-3430 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |