Where Australian Research Council (ARC) Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortAustralian Research Council (Australia) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 583 journals we checked, most often in Australian Journal of Social Issues (28 of 171 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish Australian Research Council funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Australian Journal of Social Issues	28 of 171	SSCI	1.96	225 days
2	Media International Australia	26 of 170	SSCI	1.43	n/a
3	The Australian Educational Researcher	21 of 200	SSCI	4.39	209 days
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	14 of 200	SCIE	8.45	n/a
5	Austral Ecology	12 of 200	SCIE	1.36	215 days
6	Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry	12 of 200	SCIE SSCI	3.23	n/a
7	Australian Archaeology	12 of 71	AHCI SSCI	0.70	84 days
8	Australian Historical Studies	12 of 169	AHCI	0.15	n/a
9	Australian Journal of Politics & History	12 of 154	AHCI SSCI	0.17	37 days
10	Continuum	12 of 170	AHCI SSCI	1.22	171 days
11	Coral Reefs	12 of 200	SCIE	4.00	158 days
12	Housing Studies	12 of 200	SSCI	2.40	390 days
13	Insurance Mathematics and Economics	12 of 200	SCIE SSCI	1.55	n/a
14	Journal of Sociology	12 of 101	SSCI	2.44	n/a
15	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	12 of 156	SCIE SSCI	1.92	n/a
16	Trends in Plant Science	12 of 200	SCIE	8.74	n/a
17	Australian Geographer	11 of 47	SSCI	1.97	399 days
18	Journal of Education Policy	11 of 134	SSCI	2.88	275 days
19	Journal of Theoretical Biology	11 of 200	SCIE	1.92	n/a
20	Advanced NanoBiomed Research	10 of 200	ESCI	3.46	n/a
21	Climate of the past	10 of 200	SCIE	4.31	n/a
22	Conservation Letters	10 of 198	SCIE	5.45	195 days
23	Contemporary Drug Problems	10 of 124	ESCI	1.52	n/a
24	Global Change Biology	10 of 200	SCIE	11.27	157 days
25	The Australian Journal of Anthropology	10 of 139	SSCI	0.43	88 days
26	Australian Journal of Linguistics	9 of 49	AHCI SSCI	1.27	113 days
27	Global Environmental Change	9 of 200	SCIE SSCI	9.28	n/a
28	Psychology and Sexuality	9 of 175	SSCI	1.57	184 days
29	Quaternary Geochronology	9 of 83	SCIE	3.69	n/a
30	Quaternary Science Reviews	9 of 200	SCIE	3.28	n/a
31	Smart Materials in Manufacturing	9 of 81	Scopus	4.60	n/a
32	Soil Security	9 of 82	Scopus	5.59	n/a
33	Australian Economic Review	8 of 96	SSCI	0.76	46 days
34	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	8 of 126	SCIE	2.12	126 days
35	Australian Journal of Public Administration	8 of 87	SSCI	2.19	232 days
36	Behavioral Ecology	8 of 200	SCIE	2.44	n/a
37	Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society	8 of 200	SCIE	12.66	306 days
38	Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence	8 of 200	Scopus	31.06	n/a
39	Functional Ecology	8 of 200	SCIE	4.72	209 days
40	International Journal of Cultural Policy	8 of 176	AHCI SSCI	2.05	162 days
41	Learning Media and Technology	8 of 133	SSCI	5.31	252 days
42	New Phytologist	8 of 200	SCIE	8.10	109 days
43	One Earth	8 of 200	SCIE SSCI	10.81	n/a
44	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	8 of 200	SCIE	3.99	180 days
45	Statistics and Computing	8 of 200	SCIE	2.00	247 days
46	Systematic Biology	8 of 185	SCIE	6.87	n/a
47	Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research	7 of 200	ESCI	6.82	n/a
48	Advanced Sensor Research	7 of 200	ESCI	3.97	116 days
49	Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology	7 of 88	SCIE	2.29	120 days
50	Behaviour Research and Therapy	7 of 200	SSCI	3.02	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names Australian Research Council. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside Australian Research Council

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Natural Science Foundation of China National Science Foundation Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft National Key Research and Development Program of China Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada European Research Council Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Economic and Social Research Council Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Agence Nationale de la Recherche Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico National Institutes of Health European Commission Natural Environment Research Council National Health and Medical Research Council

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most Australian Research Council funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name Australian Research Council as a funder most often are Australian Journal of Social Issues, Media International Australia, The Australian Educational Researcher, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Austral Ecology. In all, 583 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my Australian Research Council grant?

These journals already publish work supported by Australian Research Council, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does Australian Research Council pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check Australian Research Council's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Australian Research Council or these journals.