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| S.No. | Title | Publisher | Broad Publication Area | ISSN | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living Reviews in Relativity | Springer International Publishing AG | Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | |
| 2 | Living Reviews in Solar Physics | Springer International Publishing AG | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | |
| 3 | International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education | Springer Netherlands | Computer Science; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 4 | Photonics Insights | SPIE | Engineering | Q1 | |
| 5 | Military Medical Research | KeAi Communications Co. | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 6 | Matter | Cell Press | Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 7 | Organization Theory | SAGE Publications Ltd | Business, Management and Accounting | Q1 | |
| 8 | International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing | IOP Publishing Ltd. | Engineering | Q1 | |
| 9 | Nano Research Energy | Tsinghua University Press | Chemistry; Energy; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 10 | Journal of Sport and Health Science | Elsevier B.V. | Health Professions; Medicine | Q1 | |
| 11 | Journal of the European Mathematical Society | European Mathematical Society Publishing House | Mathematics | Q1 | |
| 12 | Journal of Statistical Software | University of California at Los Angeles | Computer Science; Decision Sciences; Mathematics | Q1 | |
| 13 | Journal of Biomedical Science | BioMed Central Ltd | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | Q1 | |
| 14 | Opto-Electronic Science | Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | ||
| 15 | Energy Material Advances | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Energy; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 16 | Visual Intelligence | Springer | Computer Science | Q1 | |
| 17 | Satellite Navigation | Springer International Publishing | Computer Science; Engineering | Q1 | |
| 18 | International Journal of Mining Science and Technology | China University of Mining and Technology | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Energy | Q1 | |
| 19 | Computational Visual Media | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Computer Science | Q1 | |
| 20 | Energy Materials and Devices | Tsinghua University Press | Engineering; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 21 | Eurosurveillance | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | Q1 | |
| 22 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services | Environmental Science; Medicine | Q1 | |
| 23 | Journal of Stroke | Korean Stroke Society | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 24 | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | Oxford University Press | Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 25 | ACS Central Science | American Chemical Society | Chemical Engineering; Chemistry | Q1 | |
| 26 | Petroleum Exploration and Development | KeAi Communications Co. | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Energy | Q1 | |
| 27 | CCS Chemistry | Chinese Chemical Society | Chemistry | Q1 | |
| 28 | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q1 | |
| 29 | Journal of Road Engineering | KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. | Engineering | Q1 | |
| 30 | eGastroenterology | BMJ Publishing Group | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 31 | Campbell Systematic Reviews | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 32 | Nano Materials Science | KeAi Communications Co. | Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 33 | Algebraic Geometry | European Mathematical Society Publishing House | Mathematics | Q2 | |
| 34 | Materials Futures | Institute of Physics | Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 35 | CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems | China Electric Power Research Institute | Energy; Engineering; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 36 | Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching | Adam Mickiewicz University | Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 37 | Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research | KeAi Communications Co. | Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Materials Science | Q1 | |
| 38 | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | KeAi Communications Co. | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | Q1 | |
| 39 | Carbon Neutrality | Springer | Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Energy; Environmental Science | Q1 | |
| 40 | Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Nanjing Branch | Energy | Q1 | |
| 41 | Nexus | Cell Press | Engineering; Environmental Science | Q1 | |
| 42 | Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics | MIT Press | Computer Science; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 43 | Light: Advanced Manufacturing | Light Publishing Group | Engineering; Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | |
| 44 | Advances in Combinatorics | Alliance of Diamond OA Journals | Mathematics | Q1 | |
| 45 | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 46 | Chemical Science | Royal Society of Chemistry | Chemistry | Q1 | |
| 47 | Communications in Transportation Research | Tsinghua University Press | Decision Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 48 | SciPost Physics Lecture Notes | SciPost Foundation | Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | |
| 49 | Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis | Korean Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 50 | Computational Linguistics | MIT Press | Computer Science; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 51 | Energy and Built Environment | KeAi Communications Co. | Energy; Engineering; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 52 | Preventing Chronic Disease | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Medicine | Q1 | |
| 53 | Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici | European Mathematical Society Publishing House | Mathematics | Q1 | |
| 54 | Psychoradiology | Oxford University Press | Computer Science; Medicine; Neuroscience; Psychology | Q1 | |
| 55 | Japanese Dental Science Review | Elsevier Ltd | Dentistry | Q1 | |
| 56 | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) | Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 57 | Russian Musicology | Gnesins Russian Academy of Music | Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences | N/A | |
| 58 | Life Medicine | Oxford University Press | Arts and Humanities; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Mathematics; Social Sciences | Q1 | |
| 59 | Stress Biology | Springer | Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology | Q1 | |
| 60 | Economica | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Q2 |