What is Friendly Journals?

To advance open science and the fast dissemination of research, Preprints.org is striving for offering more and more free services for authors. This “Friendly Journals” service has been built for a direct connection between journals and Preprints.org.

With this service, the benefits for authors include the following:
  • Time saving: authors can save time in the submission process of Preprints.org or journals by automatically transferring some manuscript information from Preprints.org to “Friendly Journals” or from “Friendly Journals” to Preprints.org.
  • Journal recommendations: once authors have finalized their submission on Preprints.org, they can select one friendly journal that they are interested in. Preprints.org will recommend authors’ manuscripts to the corresponding friendly journal.

List of Friendly Journals

Journal Name Impact factor Cite score Launched year First decision(median)
Aerospace 2.6 3.0 2014 22.3 days
Agrochemicals 2022 18.12 days
Agronomy 3.7 5.2 2011 15.75 days
Algorithms 2.3 3.7 2008 15.01 days
Analytica 2020 15.63 days
Analytics 2022 21.2 days
Animals 3.0 4.2 2011 18.07 days
Antibodies 4.7 9.6 2012 17.68 days
Antioxidants 7.0 8.8 2012 13.87 days
Applied Biosciences 2022 37.67 days
Applied Nano 2020 23.46 days
Applied Sciences 2.7 4.5 2011 16.91 days
AppliedChem 2021 17.15 days
Aquaculture Journal 2021 22.3 days
Arthropoda 2023 28.95 days
Atmosphere 2.9 4.1 2010 17.74 days
Atoms 1.8 3.1 2013 23.27 days
Audiology Research 1.7 1.1 2011 22.9 days
Automation 2020 26.34 days
Axioms 2.0 2012 21.8 days
Behavioral Sciences 2.6 3.0 2011 21.51 days
Big Data and Cognitive Computing 3.7 4.9 2017 18.16 days
Bioengineering 4.6 4.2 2014 17.65 days
Biology 4.2 4.0 2012 18.68 days
Biomimetics 4.5 4.5 2016 17.19 days
Biophysica 2021 16.73 days
Brain Sciences 3.3 3.9 2011 15.56 days
Buildings 3.8 3.1 2011 14.62 days
Businesses 2021 23.75 days
Ceramics 2.8 3.0 2018 19.66 days
Children 2.4 2.0 2014 13.78 days
CivilEng 2.0 2020 37.73 days
Climate 3.7 5.2 2013 19.73 days
Clinics and Practice 2.3 2.0 2011 26.42 days
Clocks & Sleep 3.1 4.8 2019 24.93 days
Colorants 2022 27.84 days
Compounds 2021 20.63 days
Computers 2.8 4.7 2012 17.65 days
Condensed Matter 1.7 3.7 2016 20.25 days
Cryptography 1.6 3.6 2017 22.04 days
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 3.1 2.4 1999 13.5 days
Data 2.6 4.6 2016 22.02 days
Dermato 2021 42.32 days
Designs 3.2 2017 16.44 days
Diagnostics 3.6 3.6 2011 20.68 days
Digital 2021 22.73 days
Disabilities 2021 26.97 days
Diversity 2.4 3.1 2009 17.8 days
Drones 4.8 6.1 2017 17.89 days
Earth 1.6 2020 17.64 days
Ecologies 2020 19.81 days
Electricity 2020 20.29 days
Electronic Materials 2020 17.03 days
Electronics 2.9 4.7 2012 15.6 days
Encyclopedia 2021 24.63 days
Energies 3.2 5.5 2008 16.08 days
Environments 3.7 5.9 2014 23.73 days
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 3.2 3.5 2011 20.11 days
Fermentation 3.7 3.7 2015 14.27 days
Fibers 3.9 7.0 2013 24.13 days
Fire 3.2 3.5 2018 15 days
Fishes 2.3 1.9 2016 15.74 days
Fluids 1.9 2.8 2016 20.74 days
Forecasting 3.0 4.0 2019 28.48 days
Forests 2.9 4.5 2010 16.93 days
Fractal and Fractional 5.4 3.6 2017 18.94 days
Future Internet 3.4 6.7 2009 11.78 days
Future Pharmacology 2021 20.47 days
Gases 2021 24.02 days
Gastroenterology Insights 2.9 2.7 2009 32.58 days
Gastronomy 2023 20.68 days
Genes 3.5 5.1 2010 16.48 days
GeoHazards 2020 20.69 days
Geosciences 2.7 5.2 2011 23.55 days
Geriatrics 2.3 2.7 2016 22.38 days
Healthcare 2.8 2.7 2013 19.48 days
Hematology Reports 0.9 1.1 2009 38.92 days
Heritage 1.7 2.8 2018 16.89 days
Horticulturae 3.1 2.4 2015 14.72 days
Hydrology 3.2 4.1 2014 17.84 days
Infectious Disease Reports 3.2 3.2 2009 27.16 days
Information 3.1 5.8 2010 18 days
Infrastructures 2.6 4.3 2016 16.89 days
Inorganics 2.9 4.0 2013 12.79 days
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 5.4 2004 29.6 days
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 5.6 7.8 2000 16.26 days
International Journal of Translational Medicine 2021 14.2 days
Inventions 3.4 5.4 2016 17.38 days
IoT 5.2 2020 23.29 days
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3.4 6.2 2012 35.51 days
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 2.4 2.4 2014 20.25 days
Journal of Clinical Medicine 3.9 5.4 2012 17.9 days
Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy 2021 23.5 days
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses 2023 25.2 days
Journal of Functional Biomaterials 4.8 5.0 2010 13.33 days
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 3.7 2016 17.64 days
Journal of Fungi 4.7 4.9 2015 18.44 days
Journal of Imaging 3.2 4.4 2015 21.73 days
Journal of Intelligence 3.5 2.5 2013 32.75 days
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications 2.1 3.1 2011 22.22 days
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.9 3.7 2013 15.42 days
Journal of Molecular Pathology 2020 24.86 days
Journal of Nuclear Engineering 2020 23.49 days
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 3.5 7.6 2012 20.38 days
Kidney and Dialysis 2021 19.08 days
Land 3.9 3.7 2012 14.77 days
Life 3.2 2.7 2011 17.5 days
Liquids 2021 28.03 days
Livers 2021 21.95 days
Logistics 3.8 5.1 2017 25.35 days
Lubricants 3.5 4.1 2013 14.82 days
Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction 3.9 8.5 2019 19.93 days
Magnetochemistry 2.7 3.5 2015 15.81 days
Marine Drugs 5.4 9.6 2003 13.95 days
Materials 3.4 5.2 2008 13.93 days
Mathematical and Computational Applications 1.9 1996 22.52 days
Mathematics 2.4 3.5 2013 16.88 days
Membranes 4.2 4.4 2011 13.62 days
Metabolites 4.1 5.3 2011 13.22 days
Metals 2.9 4.4 2011 15 days
Micromachines 3.4 4.7 2010 16.14 days
Modelling 2020 15.82 days
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 2.5 4.3 2017 13.98 days
Muscles 2022 20.8 days
Nanomaterials 5.3 7.4 2011 13.55 days
Network 2021 18.24 days
NeuroSci 2020 20.37 days
Non-Coding RNA 4.3 9.6 2015 16.55 days
Nutrients 5.9 9.0 2009 14.48 days
Onco 2021 18.28 days
Oral 2021 27.67 days
Organics 2020 27.51 days
Organoids 2022 18.6 days
Osteology 2021 23.96 days
Pathogens 3.7 5.1 2012 16.43 days
Photonics 2.4 2.3 2014 15.46 days
Plasma 2018 32.4 days
Polymers 5.0 6.6 2009 13.65 days
Poultry 2022 25.09 days
Powders 2022 53.86 days
Processes 3.5 4.7 2013 13.67 days
Proteomes 3.3 5.7 2013 28.26 days
Publications 3.8 5.0 2013 34.96 days
Quantum Reports 3.3 2019 18.67 days
Receptors 2022 21.84 days
Recycling 4.3 5.4 2016 20.03 days
Remote Sensing 5.0 7.9 2009 22.96 days
Reports 0.9 2018 20.6 days
Risks 2.2 3.1 2013 20.44 days
Scientia Pharmaceutica 2.5 6.4 1930 22.74 days
Sclerosis 2023 11.43 days
Sensors 3.9 6.8 2001 17 days
Sexes 2020 37.54 days
Software 2022 19.33 days
Soil Systems 3.5 5.8 2017 27.68 days
Solar 2021 16.89 days
Spectroscopy Journal 2023 20.06 days
Standards 2021 45.64 days
Stats 1.3 0.3 2018 15.78 days
Stresses 2021 17.07 days
Surfaces 2.0 2018 15.65 days
Sustainability 3.9 5.8 2009 18.81 days
SynBio 2023 15.32 days
Systems 1.9 3.3 2013 16.81 days
Technologies 3.6 5.5 2013 19.65 days
Textiles 2021 20.55 days
Tourism and Hospitality 2020 24.61 days
Toxics 4.6 3.4 2013 14.73 days
Toxins 4.2 7.5 2009 18.41 days
Transplantology 1.0 2020 40.22 days
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 2.9 4.1 2016 19.38 days
Universe 2.9 3.6 2015 20.59 days
Uro 2021 14.13 days
Vaccines 7.8 7.0 2013 19.16 days
Vehicles 2.2 2.9 2019 22.18 days
Veterinary Sciences 2.4 2.3 2014 19.59 days
Viruses 4.7 7.1 2009 13.81 days
Vision 2.6 2017 27.77 days
Water 3.4 5.5 2009 16.51 days
Women 2021 19 days
World 2020 25.85 days
World Electric Vehicle Journal 2.3 3.7 2007 14.07 days
Youth 2021 24.64 days
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