Open access by journal

The 388 tracked journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known. Also as Markdown.

By category: Finance · Accounting · Economics · Health Economics and Policy · Management · Marketing · Information Systems · Tourism and Hospitality · Higher Education and Research · Operations Research · Statistics · AI

Key findings#

Of the 161,505 papers the 391 tracked journals published in 2023–2025, 46% are open access (diamond 1%, gold 5%, hybrid 25%, bronze 3% and green 13%).
The open-access share went from 37% in 2017 to 45% in 2025.
The most open journal is Agricultural and Food Economics (100%), followed by Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights (100%) and Borsa Istanbul Review (100%); the least open is Journal of global entrepreneurship research (11%).

Tracked journals by open-access share of their 2023–2025 papers (OpenAlex); the last 3, with fewer than 30 papers, are not ranked
#	Journal	Category	Papers 2023–2025	Open access	Diamond	Gold	Hybrid	Bronze	Green	Closed
1	Agricultural and Food Economics	Economics	201	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2	Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights	Tourism and Hospitality	114	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
3	Borsa Istanbul Review	Finance	382	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
4	Central Bank Review	Finance	59	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
5	China Journal of Accounting Research	Accounting	103	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
6	Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain	Operations Research	193	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
7	Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence	Higher Education and Research	413	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8	Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation	Health Economics and Policy	285	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
9	Decision Analytics Journal	Operations Research	479	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
10	Digital Business	Information Systems	104	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
11	European Research on Management and Business Economics	Management	86	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
12	Finance Research Open	Finance	86	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
13	Financial Innovation	Finance	404	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
14	Future Business Journal	Management	518	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
15	Health Economics Review	Health Economics and Policy	284	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
16	Health Policy OPEN	Health Economics and Policy	68	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
17	IIMB Management Review	Management	129	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
18	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	206	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
19	International Journal of Information Management Data Insights	Information Systems	227	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
20	Israel Journal of Health Policy Research	Health Economics and Policy	194	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
21	Journal Of Big Data	AI	652	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
22	Journal for Labour Market Research	Economics	91	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
23	Journal of Economic Structures	Economics	74	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
24	Journal of Innovation & Knowledge	Management	612	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
25	Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Management	327	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
26	Journal of Management Science and Engineering	Management	86	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
27	Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity	Management	691	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
28	Operations Research Perspectives	Operations Research	103	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
29	PharmacoEconomics - Open	Health Economics and Policy	242	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
30	Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research	Management	80	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
31	Supply Chain Analytics	Operations Research	165	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
32	Telematics and Informatics Reports	Information Systems	226	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
33	The Journal of Finance and Data Science	Finance	66	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
34	Asia Pacific Management Review	Management	128	99%	0%	0%	99%	0%	0%	1%
35	SERIEs	Economics	54	96%	0%	0%	91%	2%	4%	4%
36	Business & Information Systems Engineering	Information Systems	190	91%	0%	0%	83%	4%	4%	9%
37	Experimental Economics	Economics	123	88%	0%	0%	78%	5%	5%	12%
38	Journal of Business Economics	Management	115	87%	0%	0%	84%	2%	1%	13%
39	Artificial Intelligence Review	AI	1,068	86%	0%	0%	80%	3%	3%	14%
40	Mathematical Programming	Operations Research	390	85%	0%	0%	45%	3%	38%	15%
41	Machine Learning	AI	660	85%	0%	0%	49%	25%	10%	15%
42	Ethics and Information Technology	Information Systems	210	83%	0%	0%	74%	1%	8%	17%
43	Journal of International Business Policy	Management	84	83%	0%	0%	49%	23%	12%	17%
44	Journal of Automated Reasoning	AI	95	83%	0%	0%	62%	2%	19%	17%
45	European Actuarial Journal	Finance	99	82%	0%	0%	53%	4%	25%	18%
46	Mathematical Programming Computation	Operations Research	66	82%	0%	0%	48%	0%	33%	18%
47	Finance and Stochastics	Finance	84	81%	0%	0%	52%	5%	24%	19%
48	Review of Accounting Studies	Accounting	173	81%	0%	0%	53%	3%	25%	19%
49	Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems	AI	131	80%	0%	0%	57%	0%	23%	20%
50	Minerva	Higher Education and Research	139	80%	0%	0%	71%	4%	5%	20%
51	Information Systems and e-Business Management	Information Systems	93	80%	0%	0%	68%	10%	2%	20%
52	Journal of Economic Growth	Economics	39	79%	0%	0%	56%	3%	21%	21%
53	Journal of Consumer Policy	Marketing	74	78%	0%	0%	64%	9%	5%	22%
54	PharmacoEconomics	Health Economics and Policy	341	78%	0%	0%	66%	6%	6%	22%
55	Management International Review	Management	101	77%	0%	0%	64%	9%	4%	23%
56	Review of Managerial Science	Management	347	77%	0%	0%	66%	7%	3%	23%
57	OR Spectrum	Operations Research	135	76%	0%	0%	64%	5%	7%	24%
58	The European Journal of Health Economics	Health Economics and Policy	319	76%	0%	0%	69%	3%	4%	24%
59	Decisions in Economics and Finance	Finance	175	76%	0%	0%	53%	6%	17%	24%
60	Social Choice and Welfare	Economics	188	76%	0%	0%	51%	1%	24%	24%
61	Computational Management Science	Operations Research	117	75%	0%	0%	50%	1%	25%	25%
62	Journal of Management Control	Accounting	54	74%	0%	0%	65%	2%	7%	26%
63	Journal of Risk and Uncertainty	Economics	69	74%	0%	0%	59%	3%	12%	26%
64	Small Business Economics	Economics	433	73%	0%	0%	62%	3%	9%	27%
65	AI & Society	AI	1,178	73%	0%	0%	45%	23%	5%	27%
66	Environmental and Resource Economics	Economics	292	73%	0%	0%	59%	3%	11%	27%
67	Electronic Markets	Information Systems	237	73%	0%	0%	65%	5%	2%	27%
68	Research Policy	Economics	477	73%	0%	0%	60%	2%	10%	27%
69	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	Accounting	153	72%	0%	0%	63%	2%	7%	28%
70	The Journal of Economic Inequality	Economics	159	71%	0%	0%	55%	3%	14%	29%
71	Economic Theory	Economics	203	71%	0%	0%	43%	1%	27%	29%
72	European Journal of Law and Economics	Economics	99	71%	0%	0%	52%	4%	15%	29%
73	Ecological Economics	Economics	893	71%	0%	0%	54%	6%	11%	29%
74	Queueing Systems	Operations Research	95	71%	0%	0%	36%	4%	31%	29%
75	Mathematics and Financial Economics	Finance	78	71%	0%	0%	38%	3%	29%	29%
76	Health Policy	Health Economics and Policy	554	70%	0%	0%	61%	1%	7%	30%
77	Italian Economic Journal	Economics	139	69%	0%	0%	55%	3%	12%	31%
78	Labour Economics	Economics	367	69%	0%	0%	50%	2%	16%	31%
79	Review of Economics of the Household	Economics	181	69%	0%	0%	45%	5%	19%	31%
80	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	Health Economics and Policy	239	68%	0%	0%	56%	3%	9%	32%
81	Annals of Finance	Finance	53	68%	0%	0%	47%	0%	21%	32%
82	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	Economics	366	67%	0%	0%	43%	7%	18%	33%
83	International Tax and Public Finance	Economics	162	67%	0%	0%	49%	4%	14%	33%
84	Journal of Health Economics	Health Economics and Policy	253	67%	0%	0%	41%	6%	20%	33%
85	Statistical Methods & Applications	Statistics	148	67%	0%	0%	52%	2%	13%	33%
86	Computational Optimization and Applications	Operations Research	311	67%	0%	0%	34%	4%	29%	33%
87	Theory and Decision	Economics	172	67%	0%	0%	48%	1%	17%	33%
88	Artificial Intelligence	AI	380	67%	0%	0%	45%	7%	14%	33%
89	Statistics and Computing	Statistics	602	67%	0%	0%	36%	1%	29%	33%
90	Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery	AI	276	67%	0%	0%	48%	3%	16%	33%
91	Journal of Economic Theory	Economics	353	67%	0%	0%	39%	8%	20%	33%
92	Games and Economic Behavior	Economics	461	66%	0%	0%	39%	5%	23%	34%
93	Empirica	Economics	110	66%	0%	0%	53%	5%	8%	34%
94	Constitutional Political Economy	Economics	115	66%	0%	0%	51%	4%	10%	34%
95	European Economic Review	Economics	600	66%	0%	0%	47%	3%	15%	34%
96	Food Policy	Economics	446	66%	0%	0%	50%	7%	9%	34%
97	International Journal of Game Theory	Economics	129	66%	0%	0%	44%	2%	20%	34%
98	Review of Evolutionary Political Economy	Economics	73	66%	0%	0%	51%	4%	11%	34%
99	Scandinavian Journal of Management	Management	122	66%	0%	0%	53%	2%	11%	34%
100	Economia Politica	Economics	101	65%	0%	0%	53%	4%	8%	35%
101	Information Economics and Policy	Economics	72	65%	0%	0%	44%	7%	14%	35%
102	Economics of Disasters and Climate Change	Economics	66	65%	0%	0%	41%	11%	14%	35%
103	Economics & Human Biology	Health Economics and Policy	266	65%	0%	0%	47%	4%	14%	35%
104	Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science	Marketing	211	65%	0%	0%	45%	11%	9%	35%
105	Journal of Productivity Analysis	Economics	134	65%	0%	0%	46%	7%	12%	35%
106	Journal of International Business Studies	Management	248	65%	0%	0%	37%	18%	10%	35%
107	Journal of Economic Psychology	Economics	165	65%	0%	0%	47%	7%	11%	35%
108	Journal of Cultural Economics	Economics	98	64%	0%	0%	45%	5%	14%	36%
109	Journal of Population Economics	Economics	212	64%	0%	0%	47%	2%	15%	36%
110	Economic Theory Bulletin	Economics	64	64%	0%	0%	39%	2%	23%	36%
111	International Review of Economics & Finance	Finance	2,136	64%	0%	46%	9%	1%	8%	36%
112	Nature Machine Intelligence	AI	566	64%	0%	0%	28%	7%	29%	36%
113	Resource and Energy Economics	Economics	105	64%	0%	0%	48%	5%	11%	36%
114	Central European Journal of Operations Research	Operations Research	174	64%	0%	0%	56%	1%	6%	36%
115	AMS Review	Marketing	77	64%	0%	0%	40%	17%	6%	36%
116	Insurance Mathematics and Economics	Finance	265	63%	0%	0%	39%	2%	22%	37%
117	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	Economics	1,169	63%	0%	0%	40%	3%	20%	37%
118	Language Resources and Evaluation	AI	251	63%	0%	0%	45%	2%	16%	37%
119	Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	609	63%	0%	0%	57%	3%	3%	37%
120	European Journal of Political Economy	Economics	318	63%	0%	0%	42%	3%	18%	37%
121	World Development	Economics	878	63%	0%	0%	49%	4%	10%	37%
122	Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination	Economics	92	63%	0%	0%	49%	2%	12%	37%
123	Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control	Economics	381	63%	0%	0%	32%	4%	27%	37%
124	Spatial Statistics	Statistics	208	63%	0%	0%	40%	12%	11%	37%
125	Journal of Business and Psychology	Management	223	63%	0%	0%	40%	5%	18%	37%
126	International Journal of Computer Vision	AI	870	63%	0%	0%	22%	4%	37%	37%
127	Health Care Management Science	Operations Research	115	63%	0%	0%	45%	10%	8%	37%
128	Econometrics and Statistics	Statistics	120	62%	0%	0%	38%	2%	22%	38%
129	Japanese Economic Review	Economics	101	62%	0%	0%	40%	16%	7%	38%
130	Digital Finance	Finance	93	62%	0%	0%	39%	3%	20%	38%
131	Mathematical Social Sciences	Economics	191	62%	0%	0%	39%	7%	17%	38%
132	Journal of Evolutionary Economics	Economics	111	62%	0%	0%	48%	2%	13%	38%
133	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics	Economics	405	61%	0%	0%	47%	2%	12%	39%
134	Journal of Mathematical Economics	Economics	254	61%	0%	0%	35%	6%	21%	39%
135	Public Choice	Economics	324	61%	0%	0%	38%	12%	11%	39%
136	Journal of Public Economics	Economics	501	61%	0%	0%	40%	5%	16%	39%
137	International Journal of Forecasting	Economics	270	61%	0%	0%	41%	3%	16%	39%
138	Journal of Econometrics	Economics	559	61%	0%	0%	29%	8%	24%	39%
139	Long Range Planning	Management	147	61%	0%	0%	52%	1%	7%	39%
140	Journal of Management & Governance	Accounting	108	60%	0%	0%	45%	7%	7%	40%
141	Transportation	Operations Research	347	60%	0%	0%	45%	2%	12%	40%
142	International Review of Law and Economics	Economics	106	59%	0%	0%	31%	7%	22%	41%
143	Journal of International Management	Management	197	59%	0%	0%	50%	2%	8%	41%
144	Industrial Marketing Management	Marketing	519	59%	0%	0%	46%	2%	11%	41%
145	Journal of Business Venturing Insights	Management	207	59%	0%	0%	43%	3%	12%	41%
146	Information and Organization	Information Systems	85	59%	0%	0%	44%	6%	9%	41%
147	Comparative Economic Studies	Economics	63	59%	0%	0%	30%	11%	17%	41%
148	Management Review Quarterly	Management	266	59%	0%	0%	52%	5%	2%	41%
149	International Journal of Project Management	Management	205	59%	0%	0%	55%	1%	2%	41%
150	Accounting Organizations and Society	Accounting	106	58%	0%	0%	36%	4%	19%	42%
151	International Business Review	Management	265	58%	0%	0%	43%	2%	14%	42%
152	Journal of Family Business Strategy	Management	65	58%	0%	0%	48%	3%	8%	42%
153	Journal of Financial Services Research	Finance	65	58%	0%	0%	37%	11%	11%	42%
154	The British Accounting Review	Accounting	361	58%	0%	0%	46%	0%	12%	42%
155	Top	Operations Research	60	58%	0%	0%	42%	3%	13%	42%
156	Journal of Development Economics	Economics	520	58%	0%	0%	37%	3%	18%	42%
157	The Journal of Technology Transfer	Management	320	58%	0%	0%	48%	1%	8%	42%
158	The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice	Finance	88	58%	0%	0%	28%	16%	14%	42%
159	International Journal of Research in Marketing	Marketing	202	58%	0%	0%	48%	1%	9%	42%
160	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	Economics	76	58%	0%	0%	29%	12%	17%	42%
161	Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management	Management	140	58%	0%	0%	45%	0%	13%	42%
162	European Journal of Operational Research	Operations Research	1,706	58%	0%	0%	38%	6%	15%	42%
163	Review of Industrial Organization	Economics	146	58%	0%	0%	40%	3%	14%	42%
164	Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management	Operations Research	120	57%	0%	0%	40%	2%	15%	42%
165	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	AI	2,298	57%	0%	0%	7%	0%	50%	43%
166	Operations Research Letters	Operations Research	349	57%	0%	0%	24%	12%	21%	43%
167	Journal of Public Health Policy	Health Economics and Policy	232	57%	0%	0%	31%	19%	7%	43%
168	Mathematical Methods of Operations Research	Operations Research	106	57%	0%	0%	40%	4%	13%	43%
169	Journal of Choice Modelling	Economics	108	56%	0%	0%	43%	4%	10%	44%
170	Government Information Quarterly	Information Systems	209	56%	0%	0%	46%	2%	8%	44%
171	Financial markets and portfolio management	Finance	62	56%	0%	0%	44%	6%	6%	44%
172	Journal of Corporate Finance	Finance	421	56%	0%	0%	32%	2%	23%	44%
173	Journal of Business Ethics	Management	915	56%	0%	0%	44%	4%	8%	44%
174	European Management Journal	Management	290	56%	0%	0%	47%	2%	7%	44%
175	Economics Letters	Economics	1,518	56%	0%	0%	31%	3%	22%	44%
176	International Review of Economics	Economics	104	56%	0%	0%	38%	3%	15%	44%
177	Technovation	Management	561	56%	0%	0%	45%	3%	8%	44%
178	Management Accounting Research	Accounting	63	56%	0%	0%	48%	2%	6%	44%
179	Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice	Operations Research	1,000	56%	0%	0%	42%	2%	11%	44%
180	Journal of Banking & Finance	Finance	520	55%	0%	0%	30%	2%	23%	45%
181	The Annals of Regional Science	Economics	241	55%	0%	0%	45%	5%	5%	45%
182	Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation	Accounting	136	55%	0%	0%	32%	1%	21%	45%
183	Economics of Education Review	Economics	271	55%	0%	0%	42%	1%	11%	45%
184	Explorations in Economic History	Economics	144	55%	0%	0%	40%	5%	10%	45%
185	Information Systems Frontiers	Information Systems	305	55%	0%	0%	42%	6%	7%	45%
186	Journal of Accounting and Economics	Accounting	169	54%	0%	0%	21%	1%	33%	46%
187	Transportation Research Part B Methodological	Operations Research	425	54%	0%	0%	24%	8%	23%	46%
188	Journal of Business Venturing	Management	164	54%	0%	0%	43%	1%	10%	46%
189	Journal of Scheduling	Operations Research	94	54%	0%	0%	43%	0%	12%	46%
190	Journal of Regulatory Economics	Economics	50	54%	0%	0%	32%	4%	18%	46%
191	The Journal of Strategic Information Systems	Information Systems	102	54%	0%	0%	46%	0%	8%	46%
192	International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal	Management	297	54%	0%	0%	40%	5%	8%	46%
193	Discrete Optimization	Operations Research	82	54%	0%	0%	23%	15%	16%	46%
194	Journal of Financial Economics	Finance	356	54%	0%	0%	30%	2%	21%	46%
195	Review of World Economics	Economics	127	54%	0%	0%	33%	1%	20%	46%
196	Journal of commodity markets	Finance	142	54%	0%	0%	33%	1%	19%	46%
197	Journal of Financial Markets	Finance	130	53%	0%	0%	22%	2%	30%	47%
198	International Journal of Industrial Organization	Economics	187	53%	0%	0%	33%	4%	16%	47%
199	Energy Policy	Economics	1,345	53%	0%	0%	40%	4%	10%	47%
200	Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal	Operations Research	163	53%	0%	0%	37%	6%	9%	47%
201	Journal of Multivariate Analysis	Statistics	329	53%	0%	0%	25%	8%	20%	47%
202	4OR	Operations Research	78	53%	0%	0%	18%	3%	32%	47%
203	Computational Statistics & Data Analysis	Statistics	406	52%	0%	0%	28%	12%	13%	48%
204	Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies	Operations Research	1,140	52%	0%	0%	27%	7%	18%	48%
205	Journal of Asset Management	Finance	126	52%	0%	0%	37%	6%	10%	48%
206	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money	Finance	394	52%	0%	0%	38%	2%	13%	48%
207	Public Transport	Operations Research	94	52%	0%	0%	38%	5%	9%	48%
208	Journal of Vocational Behavior	Management	193	52%	0%	0%	37%	5%	10%	48%
209	International Journal of Approximate Reasoning	AI	525	52%	0%	0%	30%	5%	17%	48%
210	Journal of Brand Management	Marketing	118	52%	0%	0%	37%	5%	9%	48%
211	Journal of Labor Research	Economics	35	51%	0%	0%	17%	9%	26%	49%
212	The Leadership Quarterly	Management	113	51%	0%	0%	37%	0%	14%	49%
213	Eastern Economic Journal	Economics	82	51%	0%	0%	18%	16%	17%	49%
214	Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting	Finance	340	51%	0%	0%	34%	3%	15%	49%
215	Open Economies Review	Economics	141	51%	0%	0%	39%	4%	9%	49%
216	Lifetime Data Analysis	Statistics	98	51%	0%	0%	24%	5%	21%	49%
217	Journal of Global Optimization	Operations Research	307	51%	0%	0%	30%	1%	20%	49%
218	Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science	Statistics	136	51%	0%	0%	38%	3%	10%	49%
219	Journal of International Economics	Economics	341	51%	1%	0%	31%	3%	16%	49%
220	Journal of Heuristics	Operations Research	73	51%	0%	0%	32%	3%	16%	49%
221	Innovative Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	229	51%	0%	0%	42%	7%	2%	49%
222	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	Finance	253	51%	0%	0%	36%	1%	13%	49%
223	The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	Finance	99	51%	0%	0%	36%	3%	11%	49%
224	Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications	Operations Research	739	50%	0%	0%	26%	1%	24%	50%
225	Health Policy and Technology	Health Economics and Policy	298	50%	0%	0%	37%	3%	10%	50%
226	Journal of Housing Economics	Economics	114	50%	0%	0%	33%	3%	14%	50%
227	Portuguese Economic Journal	Economics	46	50%	0%	0%	26%	13%	11%	50%
228	Annals of Tourism Research	Tourism and Hospitality	439	50%	0%	0%	37%	1%	12%	50%
229	Journal of Empirical Finance	Finance	239	50%	0%	0%	22%	2%	26%	50%
230	Regional Science and Urban Economics	Economics	191	50%	0%	0%	30%	3%	17%	50%
231	Journal of Monetary Economics	Economics	310	50%	1%	0%	30%	2%	17%	50%
232	Journal of Macroeconomics	Economics	149	50%	0%	0%	26%	7%	17%	50%
233	Empirical Economics	Economics	489	49%	0%	0%	35%	6%	8%	51%
234	Review of Economic Dynamics	Economics	126	49%	0%	0%	20%	6%	23%	51%
235	Journal of Retailing	Marketing	161	49%	0%	0%	38%	1%	11%	51%
236	Computers & Operations Research	Operations Research	974	49%	0%	0%	29%	5%	16%	51%
237	Journal of Urban Economics	Economics	164	49%	0%	0%	34%	2%	12%	51%
238	Review of Economic Design	Economics	68	49%	0%	0%	29%	4%	15%	51%
239	Marketing Letters	Marketing	145	48%	0%	0%	35%	3%	10%	52%
240	Information Technology & Tourism	Tourism and Hospitality	112	48%	0%	0%	38%	5%	4%	52%
241	Scientometrics	Higher Education and Research	890	48%	0%	0%	36%	3%	9%	52%
242	Operations Management Research	Operations Research	236	48%	0%	0%	24%	16%	8%	52%
243	Journal of Economics Race and Policy	Economics	67	48%	0%	0%	21%	15%	12%	52%
244	Journal of World Business	Management	130	48%	0%	0%	39%	2%	7%	52%
245	Journal of Business Cycle Research	Economics	38	47%	0%	0%	32%	8%	8%	53%
246	Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics	Statistics	108	47%	0%	0%	0%	2%	45%	53%
247	Statistical Papers	Statistics	394	47%	0%	0%	30%	1%	15%	53%
248	Journal of Financial Stability	Finance	266	47%	0%	0%	23%	2%	22%	53%
249	Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences	Economics	103	47%	0%	0%	26%	10%	11%	53%
250	Environmental Economics and Policy Studies	Economics	101	47%	0%	0%	33%	6%	8%	53%
251	Optimization and Engineering	Operations Research	280	46%	0%	0%	29%	4%	14%	54%
252	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	138	46%	0%	0%	33%	10%	3%	54%
253	Networks and Spatial Economics	Operations Research	134	46%	0%	0%	28%	1%	17%	54%
254	Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference	Statistics	225	46%	0%	0%	17%	11%	18%	54%
255	Journal of Business Research	Management	1,917	46%	0%	0%	35%	2%	9%	54%
256	Journal of Marketing Analytics	Marketing	241	46%	0%	0%	30%	7%	10%	54%
257	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	Economics	512	46%	0%	0%	30%	2%	14%	54%
258	Human Resource Management Review	Management	96	46%	0%	0%	33%	3%	9%	54%
259	Eurasian economic review :	Economics	224	46%	0%	0%	38%	4%	4%	54%
260	Telecommunications Policy	Economics	365	45%	0%	0%	33%	2%	10%	55%
261	Journal of Industry Competition and Trade	Economics	64	45%	0%	2%	28%	6%	9%	55%
262	Optimization Letters	Operations Research	303	45%	0%	0%	26%	1%	18%	55%
263	Higher Education Policy	Higher Education and Research	135	45%	0%	0%	30%	4%	12%	55%
264	Annals of Operations Research	Operations Research	1,807	45%	0%	0%	30%	7%	9%	55%
265	Research in Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	144	45%	0%	0%	36%	6%	3%	55%
266	Computational Statistics	Statistics	378	45%	0%	0%	24%	3%	18%	55%
267	International Economics	Economics	208	45%	0%	0%	32%	6%	6%	55%
268	Journal of Climate Finance	Finance	65	45%	0%	0%	31%	3%	11%	55%
269	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism	Tourism and Hospitality	305	45%	0%	0%	36%	3%	5%	55%
270	International Journal of Accounting Information Systems	Accounting	99	44%	0%	0%	34%	1%	9%	56%
271	Computer Speech & Language	AI	308	44%	0%	0%	23%	2%	18%	56%
272	Journal of Family and Economic Issues	Economics	178	44%	0%	0%	31%	7%	6%	56%
273	Organizational Dynamics	Management	160	44%	0%	0%	32%	1%	11%	56%
274	The International Journal of Management Education	Management	510	44%	0%	0%	33%	0%	11%	56%
275	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	Accounting	206	44%	0%	0%	20%	1%	22%	56%
276	Journal of Banking Regulation	Finance	87	44%	0%	0%	34%	0%	9%	56%
277	International Journal of Information Management	Information Systems	268	44%	0%	0%	33%	3%	8%	56%
278	Research in Transportation Economics	Economics	307	44%	0%	0%	37%	1%	6%	56%
279	Statistics & Probability Letters	Statistics	615	44%	0%	0%	20%	4%	20%	56%
280	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	Operations Research	726	43%	0%	0%	30%	2%	11%	57%
281	Business Horizons	Management	249	43%	0%	0%	36%	0%	7%	57%
282	Journal of Comparative Economics	Economics	173	43%	1%	0%	25%	2%	16%	57%
283	Journal of Financial Intermediation	Finance	95	43%	1%	0%	21%	3%	18%	57%
284	Place Branding and Public Diplomacy	Marketing	128	43%	0%	0%	30%	8%	5%	57%
285	The Journal of Economic Asymmetries	Economics	149	43%	0%	0%	23%	1%	19%	57%
286	International Advances in Economic Research	Economics	77	43%	0%	0%	35%	1%	6%	57%
287	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	Management	1,902	43%	0%	0%	33%	2%	8%	57%
288	Journal of International Money and Finance	Finance	504	43%	0%	0%	24%	2%	16%	57%
289	Metrika	Statistics	122	43%	0%	0%	25%	2%	16%	57%
290	Maritime Economics & Logistics	Economics	87	43%	0%	0%	22%	8%	13%	57%
291	Service Business	Management	80	42%	0%	0%	31%	10%	1%	57%
292	Journal of Economics	Economics	106	42%	0%	0%	32%	4%	7%	58%
293	Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability	Operations Research	255	42%	0%	0%	20%	1%	21%	58%
294	International Journal of Production Economics	Operations Research	881	42%	0%	0%	23%	3%	16%	58%
295	Japan and the World Economy	Economics	81	42%	0%	0%	20%	11%	11%	58%
296	International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing	Marketing	106	42%	0%	0%	27%	9%	5%	58%
297	Group Decision and Negotiation	Operations Research	150	41%	0%	0%	31%	6%	5%	59%
298	Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management	Finance	155	41%	0%	0%	14%	17%	10%	59%
299	Utilities Policy	Economics	518	41%	0%	0%	33%	2%	6%	59%
300	Mineral Economics	Economics	217	41%	0%	0%	31%	6%	4%	59%
301	Journal of Informetrics	Higher Education and Research	303	41%	0%	0%	20%	1%	20%	59%
302	Telematics and Informatics	Information Systems	244	40%	0%	0%	26%	0%	14%	60%
303	Energy Economics	Economics	2,283	40%	0%	0%	28%	2%	11%	60%
304	Omega	Operations Research	501	40%	0%	0%	24%	2%	14%	60%
305	Research in Economics	Economics	140	40%	0%	0%	25%	6%	9%	60%
306	The Review of Austrian Economics	Economics	98	40%	0%	0%	27%	5%	8%	60%
307	Economics of Governance	Economics	53	40%	0%	0%	25%	6%	9%	60%
308	Corporate Reputation Review	Marketing	91	40%	0%	0%	26%	4%	9%	60%
309	Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice	Statistics	210	39%	0%	0%	23%	2%	14%	61%
310	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	Tourism and Hospitality	140	39%	0%	0%	27%	0%	11%	61%
311	Journal of Economics and Business	Finance	91	38%	0%	0%	27%	2%	9%	62%
312	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	Tourism and Hospitality	214	38%	0%	0%	31%	1%	5%	62%
313	Economic Systems	Economics	207	38%	0%	0%	24%	2%	12%	62%
314	Asian Business & Management	Management	93	38%	0%	0%	16%	12%	10%	62%
315	Tourism Management Perspectives	Tourism and Hospitality	277	37%	0%	0%	25%	1%	12%	63%
316	Global Finance Journal	Finance	308	36%	0%	0%	20%	2%	14%	64%
317	World Development Perspectives	Economics	223	36%	0%	0%	29%	3%	4%	64%
318	Public Relations Review	Marketing	281	36%	0%	0%	26%	1%	9%	64%
319	Risk Management	Finance	78	36%	0%	0%	23%	8%	5%	64%
320	Journal of Engineering and Technology Management	Management	131	36%	0%	0%	26%	3%	7%	64%
321	Research in International Business and Finance	Finance	1,207	36%	0%	0%	22%	2%	13%	64%
322	Economic Modelling	Economics	1,031	35%	0%	0%	25%	2%	9%	65%
323	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes	Management	105	35%	0%	0%	24%	3%	9%	65%
324	IMF Economic Review	Economics	100	35%	0%	1%	0%	8%	26%	65%
325	Journal of Air Transport Management	Operations Research	431	35%	0%	0%	26%	2%	7%	65%
326	Research in Transportation Business & Management	Operations Research	499	34%	0%	0%	27%	1%	6%	66%
327	Journal of Financial Services Marketing	Marketing	137	34%	0%	0%	12%	19%	3%	66%
328	Neural Computing and Applications	AI	3,369	34%	0%	0%	21%	7%	7%	66%
329	Economic Change and Restructuring	Economics	474	34%	0%	0%	10%	20%	3%	66%
330	Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making	Operations Research	66	33%	0%	0%	17%	11%	6%	67%
331	Neural Networks	AI	2,906	33%	0%	0%	11%	2%	19%	67%
332	Operations Research Forum	Operations Research	408	33%	0%	0%	17%	5%	11%	67%
333	Pattern Recognition	AI	3,322	32%	0%	0%	9%	2%	21%	68%
334	Tourism Management	Tourism and Hospitality	534	32%	0%	0%	20%	1%	11%	68%
335	Knowledge and Information Systems	AI	829	32%	0%	0%	17%	2%	14%	68%
336	International Review of Financial Analysis	Finance	2,107	32%	0%	0%	16%	1%	15%	68%
337	IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation	AI	584	32%	0%	0%	6%	8%	18%	68%
338	The Internet and Higher Education	Higher Education and Research	94	32%	0%	0%	22%	4%	5%	68%
339	Information Fusion	AI	2,044	32%	0%	0%	14%	1%	17%	68%
340	Decision Support Systems	Information Systems	427	32%	0%	0%	17%	4%	11%	68%
341	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	AI	1,446	32%	0%	0%	4%	0%	28%	68%
342	Journal of Combinatorial Optimization	Operations Research	405	31%	0%	0%	10%	9%	12%	69%
343	Electronic Commerce Research	Information Systems	417	31%	0%	0%	19%	10%	2%	69%
344	Atlantic Economic Journal	Economics	84	31%	0%	0%	17%	10%	5%	69%
345	Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science	Economics	133	31%	0%	0%	15%	10%	6%	69%
346	Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics	Accounting	117	31%	0%	0%	19%	0%	12%	69%
347	Computational Economics	Economics	858	31%	0%	0%	20%	3%	8%	69%
348	The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	Finance	326	30%	0%	0%	19%	3%	8%	70%
349	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	AI	2,685	30%	0%	0%	4%	2%	24%	70%
350	Cognitive Computation	AI	438	30%	0%	0%	21%	2%	7%	70%
351	International Economics and Economic Policy	Economics	143	30%	0%	0%	22%	1%	6%	70%
352	Emerging Markets Review	Finance	319	30%	0%	0%	14%	1%	14%	70%
353	Journal of Economics and Finance	Finance	132	30%	0%	0%	23%	2%	5%	70%
354	The North American Journal of Economics and Finance	Finance	570	29%	0%	0%	15%	1%	13%	71%
355	Operational Research	Operations Research	263	29%	0%	0%	23%	2%	5%	71%
356	International Journal of Hospitality Management	Tourism and Hospitality	944	29%	0%	0%	18%	1%	11%	71%
357	Computers & Industrial Engineering	Operations Research	2,448	29%	0%	0%	14%	1%	14%	71%
358	Indian Economic Review	Economics	101	29%	0%	0%	8%	10%	11%	71%
359	Journal of Policy Modeling	Economics	270	29%	0%	0%	20%	2%	6%	71%
360	Information & Management	Information Systems	386	28%	0%	0%	21%	1%	6%	72%
361	Asia Pacific Journal of Management	Management	222	28%	0%	0%	18%	6%	4%	72%
362	Advances in Accounting	Accounting	115	28%	0%	0%	12%	0%	16%	72%
363	Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review	Operations Research	1,263	28%	0%	0%	17%	2%	9%	72%
364	IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence	AI	1,151	27%	0%	0%	4%	3%	20%	73%
365	International Journal of Disclosure and Governance	Accounting	171	26%	0%	0%	16%	2%	8%	74%
366	Knowledge-Based Systems	AI	4,346	26%	0%	0%	11%	1%	14%	74%
367	Journal of Quantitative Economics	Economics	157	25%	0%	0%	9%	9%	8%	75%
368	Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services	Marketing	1,288	25%	0%	0%	20%	1%	5%	75%
369	Expert Systems with Applications	AI	10,390	25%	0%	0%	11%	1%	13%	75%
370	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	Finance	940	24%	0%	0%	11%	1%	13%	76%
371	Business Economics	Economics	140	24%	0%	0%	6%	15%	4%	76%
372	Information Technology and Management	Information Systems	92	24%	0%	0%	15%	5%	3%	76%
373	Journal of Multinational Financial Management	Finance	78	23%	0%	0%	12%	1%	10%	77%
374	Journal of Accounting Education	Accounting	88	23%	0%	0%	15%	1%	7%	77%
375	Journal of the Korean Statistical Society	Statistics	157	22%	0%	0%	11%	4%	7%	78%
376	Finance research letters	Finance	5,308	22%	0%	0%	11%	1%	11%	78%
377	Asia-Pacific Financial Markets	Finance	188	22%	0%	0%	13%	5%	3%	78%
378	China Economic Review	Economics	571	21%	0%	0%	5%	1%	15%	79%
379	Journal of Asian Economics	Economics	405	20%	0%	0%	3%	0%	17%	80%
380	Electronic Commerce Research and Applications	Information Systems	298	20%	0%	0%	10%	1%	8%	80%
381	Indian Journal of Labour Economics	Economics	181	19%	0%	0%	8%	7%	4%	81%
382	Journal of the Operations Research Society of China	Operations Research	204	19%	0%	0%	3%	2%	13%	81%
383	Applied Intelligence	AI	2,632	18%	0%	0%	10%	2%	6%	82%
384	Economic Analysis and Policy	Economics	1,219	18%	0%	0%	14%	0%	4%	82%
385	Information Processing & Management	AI	1,141	16%	0%	0%	10%	1%	6%	84%
386	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	Tourism and Hospitality	490	15%	0%	0%	3%	1%	10%	85%
387	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	AI	1,258	13%	0%	0%	2%	4%	7%	87%
388	Journal of global entrepreneurship research	Management	132	11%	0%	0%	9%	2%	1%	89%
–	Journal of Banking and Financial Technology	Finance	12	58%	0%	0%	42%	8%	8%	42%
–	Review of Derivatives Research	Finance	28	57%	0%	0%	46%	0%	11%	43%
–	The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review	Finance	29	55%	0%	0%	31%	14%	10%	45%

By category#

Open-access share of the papers per category and year
Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (so far)
Finance	41%	42%	41%	44%	45%	43%	41%	41%	43%	51%
Accounting	47%	42%	44%	47%	55%	48%	50%	55%	56%	58%
Economics	40%	41%	42%	47%	49%	55%	52%	54%	51%	51%
Health Economics and Policy	58%	62%	62%	69%	74%	78%	75%	79%	77%	79%
Management	38%	42%	44%	52%	53%	58%	59%	60%	62%	62%
Marketing	26%	27%	31%	38%	41%	45%	43%	41%	43%	39%
Information Systems	27%	30%	27%	39%	44%	56%	53%	55%	53%	50%
Tourism and Hospitality	28%	29%	29%	41%	44%	41%	39%	34%	34%	38%
Higher Education and Research	39%	39%	41%	49%	55%	63%	60%	59%	62%	58%
Operations Research	36%	36%	38%	40%	44%	49%	50%	49%	46%	47%
Statistics	39%	44%	46%	47%	56%	54%	53%	51%	48%	51%
AI	29%	31%	36%	33%	38%	36%	36%	37%	33%	30%

By year#

All tracked journals: papers per year by open-access status
Year	Papers	Open access	Diamond	Gold	Hybrid	Bronze	Green	Closed
2017	33,102	37%	1%	1%	6%	7%	22%	63%
2018	34,011	38%	1%	2%	6%	7%	23%	62%
2019	35,507	40%	1%	2%	8%	8%	22%	60%
2020	40,133	43%	1%	2%	11%	8%	22%	57%
2021	44,988	46%	1%	3%	15%	9%	19%	54%
2022	47,609	48%	1%	3%	19%	9%	16%	52%
2023	47,762	47%	1%	4%	22%	6%	14%	53%
2024	53,862	47%	1%	4%	26%	3%	13%	53%
2025	59,881	45%	1%	6%	25%	1%	11%	55%
2026 (so far)	53,069	45%	1%	6%	26%	2%	10%	55%

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access by journal. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Open access by journal},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}

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