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All articles published in Elsevier Open Access Journals are peer reviewed and upon acceptance will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. Permitted reuse is defined by your choice of user license.
Authors publishing in these journals will use an exclusive licensing agreement, where they will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights and Elsevier will be granted publishing and distribution rights.
As there are no subscription charges for Open Access Journals, a fee is payable by the author or research funder to cover the costs associated with publication. Our open access publication fees range from $500-$5000USD. Visit the individual journal homepages for specific pricing information.
Elsevier has established agreements with funding bodies, including Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK. This ensures authors can comply with funding body open access policies and may also be reimbursed for their publication fees.
In addition to Open Access Journals, Elsevier also provides open access options in over 1600 established peer-reviewed journals.
A-Z Directory of Open Access Journals
| Journal Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Applied and Translational Genomics | A new biomedical journal providing a forum for discussion and publication of cutting edge research and new developments in applied and translational genomics. Scope of the journal: The remit of the journal shall be broad to provide a wide coverage across… |
| Burnout Research | Burnout has been an important social issue for many years, with an increasing number of people from various disciplines doing research to understand the phenomenon and to suggest solutions for the problems that burnout poses. This research is being… |
| Cancer Treatment Communications | Cancer Treatment Communications is a new online only open access journal dedicated to publishing communications, case reports and other short form papers that report clinical research or improve clinical practice knowledge in oncology. Articles must be… |
| Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis | Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis provides a forum for the rapid publication of short, structured Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis and related Short Communications, and will provide an essential compendium of case studies for… |
| Case Studies in Fire Safety | Case Studies in Fire Safety provides a forum for the rapid publication of short, structured Case Studies in Fire Safety and related Short Communications, and will provide an essential compendium of case studies for fire protection engineers, designers ,… |
| Case Studies in Structural Engineering | Case Studies in Structural Engineering provides a forum for the rapid publication of short, structured case studies and related short communications. It provides an essential compendium of case studies for researchers and practitioners in the field of… |
| Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering provides a forum for the rapid publication of short, structured Case Studies in Thermal Engineering and related Short Communications. It provides an essential compendium of case studies for researchers and practitioners… |
| Cell Reports | Cell Reports is a new open-access, online-only journal from Cell Press. Cell Reports offers the quality, rigor, and visibility you would expect from Cell Press, combined with the convenience of open access. Cell Reports will publish high-quality papers … |
| Climate Risk Management | Climate Risk Management publishes original scientific contributions, state-of-the-art reviews and reports of practical experience on all aspects of the production and use of climate and climate-related information in decision and policy making from the… |
| Current Therapeutic Research | Current Therapeutic Research serves an international audience of scientists and clinicians in a variety of research, academic and clinical practice settings by quickly disseminating research findings. The journal provides a home for the rapid publication… |
| EJC Supplements | EJC Supplements is an open access companion journal to the European Journal of Cancer . As an open access journal, all published articles are subject to an Article Processing Fee. Immediately upon publication, all articles in EJC Supplements are made… |
| Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports | Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports is a new, online-only, Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy. As a sister journal to Epilepsy & Behavior , case reports… |
| EuPA Open Proteomics | EuPA Open Proteomics is published by Elsevier on behalf of the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) and is aimed at both European and international protein scientists. It will publish on all aspects of proteomics and cover the complete spectrum from … |
| FEBS Open Bio | As a charity whose objectives are to promote research and education in the Life Sciences, FEBS was keen to meet the growing interest in open access publishing and therefore established FEBS Open Bio for the rapid publication of articles in the molecular and… |
| Genomics Data | Genomics Data is an open access journal that considers articles on all aspects of genome-scale analysis: Limited only to nucleic acids analysis Microarray and Next-Gen Sequencing data All organisms Genomics Data publishes high quality and… |
| GeoResJ | GeoResJ is a broad multidisciplinary online journal covering all earth and planetary science fields, processes and components, through diverse approaches (eg fieldwork, modelling/theoretical and experimental studies). The aim of this journal is to provide… |
| Giornale Italiano di Endodonzia | La rivista Giornale Italiano di Endodonzia , fondata nel 1987, è organo ufficiale della Società Italiana di Endodonzia (SIE). Dal 2012 è pubblicata esclusivamente in formato elettronico sulla piattaforma ScienceDirect ed è… |
| Gynecologic Oncology Case Reports | Gynecologic Oncology Case Reports is a new, online-only, Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports. All case reports will be peer reviewed and if accepted for publication in the Journal, Authors will be notified of this… |
| International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance | The International Journal for Parasitology – Drugs and Drug Resistance publishes the results of original research in the area of anti-parasite drug identification, development and evaluation, and parasite drug resistance. The journal also covers… |
| International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife | The International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (IJP-PAW) publishes the results of original research on parasites of all wildlife, invertebrate and vertebrate. This includes free-ranging, wild populations, as well as captive wildlife,… |
| International Journal of Surgery Case Reports | International Journal of Surgery Case Reports is an open access, general surgical journal dedicated to publishing case reports. Case reports must be authentic, understandable, educational and clinically interesting to an international audience of… |
| Journal of Cancer Policy | The Journal of Cancer Policy is an international, open access journal which publishes research and reviews on global cancer policy. The journal encompasses all aspects of cancer policy and public health, including: * Health economics related to cancer *… |
| Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports is an open access journal, dedicated to publishing case reports. JPS Case Reports will provide the most current source of information and references in pediatric surgery. The Journal is based on the need to improve … |
| Leukemia Research Reports | Leukemia Research Reports is a new open access, international journal which will deliver timely information online to all health care professionals involved in basic and/or applied clinical research in leukemias , lymphomas , multiple myeloma and other … |
| Materials Today | Materials Today is the gateway to materials science and home to the leading Open Access Journal. Visit www.materialstoday.com for access to the journal and much more. |
| Medical Mycology Case Reports | Medical Mycology Case Reports is an online journal devoted to the publication of case reports that concern unusual medical or veterinary fungal infections. The journal aims to provide a valuable collection of fungal cases with clinically important… |
| Molecular Metabolism | Molecular Metabolism is committed to serving as a platform reporting breakthroughs from all stages of the discovery and development of novel and improved personalized medicines for obesity, diabetes and associated diseases. The journal aims to publish… |
| NeuroImage: Clinical | The new online only, author pays, open access, peer reviewed journal in clinical neuroimaging. NeuroImage: Clinical , a Journal of Diseases affecting the Nervous System , provides a vehicle for communicating important advances in the study of abnormal … |
| Perspectives in Medicine | Perspectives in Medicine is Elsevier's new peer-reviewed open access journal for publishing unique collections of research papers and can cover: Reports of research projects Conference proceedings Trend and niche topics Why publish in… |
| Perspectives in Science | Perspectives in Science is Elsevier's new peer-reviewed open access journal for publishing unique collections of research papers and can cover: Reports of research projects. Conference proceedings. Trend and niche topics. Why publish in… |
| Photoacoustics | The aim of the Photoacoustics journal ( PACS ) is to publish original research and review contributions within the fast growing field of photoacoustics ( optoacoustics ) and thermoacoustics , which exploits optically and electromagnetically excited… |
| Physics of the Dark Universe | Physics of the Dark Universe is a new and innovative online-only, fully open access journal. The journal offers rapid publication of peer-reviewed, original research articles considered of high scientific impact. The journal is focused on the understanding … |
| Redox Biology | Redox Biology is a forum for novel research, methods and review articles in redox biology in the areas of both health and disease. Acceptable paper types are research articles (short or full communications), methods, mini-reviews, and commentaries in … |
| Respiratory Medicine Case Reports | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports is an open access, respiratory journal dedicated to publishing case reports. Case reports must be authentic, understandable, educational and clinically interesting to an international audience of respiratory physicians,… |
| Results in Immunology | Results in Immunology is the new online only, author-pays, open access journal covering all aspects of immunology. All papers published within the journal have been peer reviewed and evaluated on the basis of scientific soundness. The acceptance… |
| Results in Pharma Sciences | Results in Pharma Sciences is an online-only, author pays, open access journal publishing peer reviewed research from all areas of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical sciences in academia and industry, including but not limited to pharmaceutical… |
| Results in Physics | Results in Physics is a new Elsevier journal offering authors the opportunity to publish in all fundamental and interdisciplinary areas of physics , materials science , and applied physics. Papers of a theoretical, computational, and experimental… |
| Stem Cell Reports | Stem Cell Reports publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research presenting conceptual or practical advances across the breadth of stem cell research and its applications to medicine. Our particular focus on shorter, single-point articles, timely… |
| The Lancet Global Health | Launching in June, 2013, The Lancet Global Health will publish high-quality original research, commentary, correspondence, and blogs on the following subjects as they pertain to low- and middle-income countries: reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child… |
| Translational Proteomics | Translational Proteomics covers all areas of human proteomics using multi-disciplinary approaches to untangle complex disease processes. Emphasis is placed on linking basic sciences to clinical research (from patient to bench to bedside). It focuses on … |
| Trials in Vaccinology | Trials in Vaccinology is a new peer-reviewed online-only journal that will guarantee direct public access to the results of vaccine trials in humans and target animals, especially those of whose scientific novelty is not exceptional, and thus increase… |
| Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy | Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is developing rapidly: Modern endoscopic imaging offers a plethora of detailed visual information and endoscopic procedures are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex. Therefore endoscopists need a new appropriate… |
| Water Resources and Industry | Water Resources and Industry aims to bridge the existing gap existing in the field of the role industry plays in the exploitation, management and treatment of water resources. Different kinds of industries consume radically different quantities of water… |
| Weather and Climate Extremes | Weather and Climate Extremes provides academics, decision makers, international development agencies, nongovernmental organizations and civil society with publications on different aspects of research in weather and climate extremes, monitoring and early… |
