59 Linguistics and Language 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poradnik Językowy | 0551-5343 | 100 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Lidil | 1146-6480 | 55 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Język Religia Tożsamość | 2083-8964 | 51 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Litteraria Polonica | 1505-9057 | 48 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Bohemistyka | 1642-9893 | 47 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Językoznawstwo | 1897-0389 | 46 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne Seria Językoznawcza | 1233-8672 | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Sztuka Edycji | 2084-7963 | 43 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Postscriptum Polonistyczne | 1898-1593 | 42 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Przekładaniec | 1425-6851 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Res Rhetorica | 2392-3113 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Acta Philologica | 0065-1524 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Stylistyka | 1230-2287 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| LingVaria | 1896-2122 | 35 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| ANNALES UNIVERSITATIS PAEDAGOGICAE CRACOVIENSIS STUDIA LINGUISTICA | 2083-1765 | 32 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Discurso & sociedad | 1887-4606 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | SP |
| Fabrica Litterarum Polona-Italica | 2658-185X | 31 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Forum Lingwistyczne | 2449-9587 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Repères | 2800-6194 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej | 0081-7090 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio FF – Philologiae | 0239-426X | 30 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Między Oryginałem a Przekładem | 1689-9121 | 29 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Studia Slavica | 1803-5663 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Napis Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej | 1507-4153 | 28 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures | 1958-5772 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Alsic | 1286-4986 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Avant | 2082-6710 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Prace Filologiczne Literaturoznawstwo | 2084-6045 | 27 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso | 2447-9543 | 27 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Contextes et didactiques | 2551-6116 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Guadeloupe |
| Onomastica | 0078-4648 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium | 2543-7844 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Socjolingwistyka | 0208-6808 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Terminus | 2082-0984 | 21 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców | 0860-6587 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Forum Filologiczne Ateneum | 2353-2912 | 20 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Logopaedica Lodziensia | 2544-7238 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce) | 0867-8286 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Anglica An International Journal of English Studies | 0860-5734 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Journal of Modern Languages | 1675-526X | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Acta Baltico-Slavica | 0065-1044 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Filologia Polska. | 1898-4258 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Filozofia i Nauka | 2300-4711 | 17 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Language Policy in Africa | 3042-4046 | 16 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Linguistica | 0208-6077 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Meluzyna | 2449-7339 | 15 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Nordand | 0809-9227 | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Studies in Polish Linguistics | 1732-8160 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie | 2449-8297 | 14 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Logopaedica | 2083-7283 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Études créoles | 0708-2398 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of African Languages and Linguistics | 0167-6164 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Speech and Context International Journal of Linguistics Semiotics and Literary Science | 1857-4149 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Moldova |
| Adeptus | 2300-0783 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives | 2080-7147 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Legon Journal of the Humanities | 0855-1502 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ghana |
| Colloquia Litteraria | 1896-3455 | 10 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Himalayan Linguistics | 1544-7502 | 10 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Z Teorii i Praktyki Dydaktycznej Języka Polskiego | 0208-5011 | 10 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |