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1,151 Google Scholar-Indexed Social Sciences Journals Without APC licensed CC BY

Browse 1,151 Google Scholar-indexed Social Sciences journals with no APC licensed CC BY. Every journal is peer reviewed, fully open access and charges authors no article processing charge. Compare peer review, licensing, indexing and time to publication.

Summary and key facts

There are 1,151 Google Scholar-indexed Social Sciences journals with no APC licensed CC BY listed in this directory. Every one is peer reviewed, fully open access, and charges authors no article processing charge (APC) to publish. Examples include Revista do Instituto de Políticas Públicas de Marília, Jeksyah and Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета.

Journals listed
1,151
Article processing charge
None (free to publish)
Subject
Social Sciences
Indexed in
Google Scholar
Licence
CC BY
Peer reviewed
Yes — required for listing

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Вестник Северного (Арктического) федерального университета: Серия «Гуманитарные и социальные науки»

Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University. Series "Humanitarian and Social Sciences"

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov Russian Federation ISSN 2687-1505

Indexed in Crossref Google Scholar
Peer review
Double anonymous peer review
Average time to publication
17 weeks to publish
Articles indexed
126 articles
Licence
CC BY
Subjects
Social Sciences
Transparency score
86

Frequently asked questions

How many Google Scholar-indexed Social Sciences journals with no APC licensed CC BY are there?

This directory lists 1,151 Google Scholar-indexed Social Sciences journals with no APC licensed CC BY. Every listing has been filtered to journals that charge no article processing charge.

Do these journals really charge nothing to publish?

Yes. Every journal listed charges no article processing charge. Some journals may still levy other fees such as submission or page charges — those are shown separately on each journal page, and you can filter to journals with no other fees at all.

Are all of these journals indexed in Google Scholar?

These journals are recorded in our directory as covered by Google Scholar. Indexing coverage changes over time, so confirm current status on the Google Scholar website before relying on it for an assessment exercise.

How do I choose between these social sciences journals?

Start with scope fit — read the aims and scope and the two most recent issues. Then check the indexing databases your institution recognises, the peer review model, the licence, whether you keep copyright, and whether articles receive DOIs and are preserved long term. Every one of those is shown on each journal page here.