44 Social Sciences journals with no fee to publish from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GADE Revista Científica | 2745-2891 | 166 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública | 1020-4989 | 136 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| American Indian Culture and Research Journal | 0161-6463 | 68 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Podium | 1390-5473 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Nordic Social Work Research | 2156-857X | 63 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Cultura Ciencia y Deporte | 1696-5043 | 57 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal | 2949-8406 | 55 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research | 1501-7419 | 54 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sweden |
| Disability Studies Quarterly | 1041-5718 | 44 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| RUHS Journal of Health Science | 2456-8309 | 37 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Apunts Educación Física y Deportes | 0214-8757 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Health Spirituality and Medical Ethics | 2322-4304 | 32 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública | 0120-386X | 31 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Canadian Journal of Disability Studies | 1929-9192 | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Interdisciplinary Nursing Research | 2832-918X | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development | 1481-9112 | 30 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Salud Colectiva | 1669-2381 | 29 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Journal of Comparative Social Work | 0809-9936 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Journal of Ethics in Entrepreneurship and Technology | 2633-7436 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Wieś i Rolnictwo | 0137-1673 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Human-Machine Communication | 2638-602X | 25 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Revista Chilena de Salud Pública | 0717-3652 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| The new real magazine. | 3029-0139 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy | 2515-1355 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materiales para la historia del deporte | 1887-9586 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| International Journal of Disability and Social Justice | 2732-4036 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revista digital Actividad Física y Deporte | 2462-8948 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics | 0044-1600 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration | 2001-7405 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sweden |
| Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego | 2081-6960 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Clinical innovations in health research-HJM | 2938-6586 | 18 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | SP |
| e-Motion Revista de Educación Motricidad e Investigación | 2341-1473 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Rock Art | 2976-2421 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Martial Arts Studies | 2057-5696 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revista de artes marciales asiáticas | 1885-8643 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Tanzania Journal of Development Studies | 0856-9622 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Tanzania |
| International Journal of Digital Law and Governance | 2941-2552 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Youth Development | 2325-4009 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Sociología del Deporte | 2660-8456 | 15 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Human-Technology Relations | 2773-2266 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Spiritual Psychology and Counseling | 2458-9675 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Educación Física y Deporte | 0120-677X | 12 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Sociologia del trabajo/Sociología del trabajo | 0210-8364 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| International Indigenous Policy Journal | 1916-5781 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |