History · 58 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for History
The top History journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. 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).
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- 4História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Historia Contemporánea0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · University of the Basque CountryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Anuario de Estudios Medievales0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Casa de VelázquezOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8TSEG/ Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History0.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)Open AccessDOAJScopus
- 9Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia0.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Universidad de NavarraOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 10Arbor0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 12Hispania Sacra0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Asclepio0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Memoria y Civilización0.0 cites/paper · Q3 · University of NavarreOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 16Archiwa Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne0.0 cites/paper · Q3 · John Paul II Catholic University of LublinOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 18Revista Portuguesa de História0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of CoimbraOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 19Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Servicio de PublicacionesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Cahiers de civilisation espagnole contemporaine0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Centre de Recherches Ibériques et Ibéro-AméricainesOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
- 21e-Spania0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Civilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris SorbonneOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
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- 23Índice Histórico Español0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of BarcelonaOpen AccessDOAJ
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- 25Príncipe de Viana0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institución Príncipe de VianaOpen AccessPubMed
- 26Cahiers d’histoire Revue d’histoire critique0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Association Paul LangevinOpen AccessDOAJPubMed
- 27Historia y Comunicación Social0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Servicio de PublicacionesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 28Hipogrifo Revista de literatura y cultural del Siglo de Oro0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 29Vox Patrum0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · John Paul II Catholic University of LublinOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 30Anuario de Estudios Americanos0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Acta Poloniae Historica0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Polska Akademia NaukOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Sprawozdania Archeologiczne0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 34Archeologia Polski0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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- 36Revista de Indias0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Archivo Español de Arte0.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Investigación Bibliotecológica Archivonomía Bibliotecología e Información0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · National Autonomous University of MexicoOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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“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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