Hi researchers, could you please recommend high-impact scientific journals that offer free publication for research papers in architecture and urban planning?
Well, there are several scientific journals offer free publication options, allowing researchers to disseminate their work without incurring publication fees.
Journals like PLOS ONE, BMC Research Notes, and Scientific Reports are known for their open access models, which often include waivers or reduced fees for researchers from low-income countries.
Additionally, eLife and PeerJ provide funding options and community-supported models to minimize costs.
However, it is advisable to check each journal's specific policies and funding opportunities, as they often have provisions to support authors who may face financial constraints. Researchers can also explore institutional repositories and preprint servers like arXiv and bioRxiv, which facilitate free dissemination of scientific findings prior to peer-reviewed publication.
I would suggest that there is a few options that you need to consider:
For example number of Emerald Journals allow for papers to be published for free but under this approach they would not be free access for the readers. Those in educational may be able to access them based on their university libraries subscriptions.
SCImago Journal ranking (https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php) provide lists of Scopus and Web of Science listed journals based on the selected subject area. Exploring this list should help you identify journals that can publish papers free of charge.
The same apply for Directory of Open Access Journals https://doaj.org/. There there is an option to select journals in a particular area that publish papers for free.
It would require a bit of effort by you but you should be able to locate journals that would be able to consider your papers for publication.