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Best open-access journals for Immunology

The top 40 of 42 Immunology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Immunology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, 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.

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  1. 1
    Immune Network
    9.5 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    OncoImmunology
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Landes Bioscience
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Mucosal Immunology
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Frontiers in Immunology
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    PLoS Pathogens
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Expert Review of Vaccines
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Journal of Immunology Research
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Journal of Clinical Investigation
    10.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Clinical Investigation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Molecular Medicine
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    JCI Insight
    6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Clinical Investigation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Journal of Innate Immunity
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Karger Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Autoimmunity
    4.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Immunity Inflammation and Disease
    4.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
    3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Innate Immunity
    3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Mediators of Inflammation
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Immunobiology
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    BMC Immunology
    3.2 cites/paper · Q3 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Central European Journal of Immunology
    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Termedia Publishing House
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Cellular Microbiology
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    The Journal of Toxicological Sciences
    2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Japanese Society of Toxicological Sciences
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Fish Pathology
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Japanese Society of Fish Pathology
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    European Journal of Inflammation
    0.7 cites/paper · Q4 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Medical Immunology (Russia)
    0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · SPb RAACI
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  26. 26
    Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Index Copernicus International S.A.
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Okayama Igakkai Zasshi (Journal of Okayama Medical Association)
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Okayama Medical Association
    Open AccessPubMed
  28. 28
    Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
    10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    npj Vaccines
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Infection and Immunity
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    mAbs
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Landes Bioscience
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Cell Reports Medicine
    12.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Biomedical Journal
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Dermatology and Therapy
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer Healthcare
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Experimental and Molecular Pathology
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Immuno-Oncology Technology
    0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  37. 37
    Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
    50.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    MedComm
    10.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Journal of Translational Medicine
    8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Retrovirology
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“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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Frequently asked

Immune Network, OncoImmunology, Mucosal Immunology, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, Frontiers in Immunology lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 42 ranked venues are listed on this page; 25 are Scimago Q1, 6 Q2, 5 Q3, 3 Q4 and 1 has no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Immunology ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Immunology is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 6 journals OpenAlex files under Immunology are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Immunology come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Immunology come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Immunology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Immunology — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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