Artificial Intelligence · 116 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best open-access journals for Artificial Intelligence
The top 40 of 116 Artificial Intelligence journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Artificial Intelligence is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Journal Of Big Data15.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Computational Linguistics15.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computational LinguisticsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3npj Digital Medicine13.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4npj Quantum Information6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Applied Artificial Intelligence6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7JMIR Medical Informatics5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · JMIR PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8AI5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Big Data and Cognitive Computing5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Complex & Intelligent Systems5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · AI Access FoundationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Information6.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Frontiers in Computer Science4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23International Journal of Data and Network Science4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Growing ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 24Journal of Intelligent Systems4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · IlmuKomputer.ComOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 25Machine Learning Science and Technology3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · IOP PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Algorithms3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Data2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Information Technology And Control1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Kaunas University of TechnologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 32Advances in Mathematics of Communications0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · American Institute of Mathematical SciencesOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 33Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN)0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · International University of SarajevoOpen AccessScopus
- 34Journal of Advances in Information Technology2.3 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 35International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Science and Information OrganizationOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 36IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES)Open AccessScopus
- 37Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Fuji Technology Press Ltd.Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 39Logical Methods in Computer Science0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V.Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 40International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications0.0 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessScopus
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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