Journals

The most current, up-to-date folklore scholarship is published in journals. But today most academic journals, including those published online, are locked behind paywalls by copyright laws. However, an increasing number of folklore studies journals are published in free or open access formats that anyone can read (browse those journal titles below). Search the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) for an up to date list of open access journals in folklore and related fields.

Open Folklore is working to improve access to journals by:

  • Working with publishers to digitize significant older journals in our field and make them freely available online
  • Providing information about existing open-access folklore studies journals.
  • Encouraging the development of new open-access journals
  • Developing an online tool that allows you to search a growing number of open-access journals in folklore studies

You can help by contacting us if you publish or have published books and would like help to make them freely available online, or if you have recommendations of books that are already open access or that should be open access.

Journals

Search the Directory of Open Access Journals for an up to date list of open access journals in folklore and related fields.

Journal Type Journalsort descending Publisher Country
Free & Open Access Aisthesis Instituto de Estética, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile
Free & Open Access Asian Ethnology Nanzan University Japan
Free & Open Access Cahiers de littérature orale Inalco France
Free & Open Access Canadian Folk Music/Musique folklorique canadienne Canadian Society for Traditional Music Canada
Free & Open Access Children's Folklore Newsletter (1979-1990) American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Children's Folklore Review (1990-2010) American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Cultural Analysis CA Editorial Collective and the Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Fol... USA
Digitized Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture (1977-1999) American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture (2012 - ) American Folklore Society Canada and USA
Free & Open Access Elore Finnish Folklore Society Finland
Free & Open Access Ethnologia Europaea Open Library of the Humanities United Kingdom
Free & Open Access Ethnologia Fennica (Finnish studies in ethnology) Association of Finnish Ethnologists Ethnos Finland
Free & Open Access Ethnomusicology Review Ethnomusicology Review USA
Free & Open Access Faro: tijdschrift over cultureel erfgoed (2008 - ) Faro: Flemish Interface Centre for Cultural Heritage Belgium
Free & Open Access FF Network Bulletin Folklore Fellows Finland
Free & Open Access Folklor/Edebiyat (2009 – ) Cyprus International University Turkey
Subscription Folklore The Folklore Society United Kingdom
Digitized Folklore and Folk Music Archivist IUScholarWorks Repository USA
Digitized Folklore Feminists Communication (1973-1977) American Folklore Society. Women's Section USA
Folklore Feminists Communication (1994-1997) American Folklore Society. Women's Section USA
Free & Open Access Folklore Forum (2008 - ) Trickster Press USA
Digitized Folklore Forum (1968-2008) Trickster Press USA
Digitized Folklore Historian (1984-2008) History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society USA
Digitized Folklore Women's Communication (1978-1993) American Folklore Society. Women's Section USA
Free & Open Access Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore Estonian Literary Museum Estonia
Free & Open Access Folklorica: Journal of the Slavic and East European Folkore Association Slavic and East European Folklore Association International
Free & Open Access HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory Network of Ethnographic Theory International
Digitized Indiana Folklore (1968-1980) Indiana University USA
Digitized Indiana Names Indiana State University USA
Free & Open Access International Journal of Intangible Heritage The National Folk Museum of Korea Korea
Free & Open Access J@rgonia Registered Association of Hela Researchers Finland
Digitized Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Newsletter Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section of the American Folklore Society USA
Digitized Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section of the American Folklore Society USA
Subscription Journal of American Folklore American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics University of Tartu, the Estonian National Museum, and the Estonian Literary ... Estonia
Free & Open Access Journal of Ethnomusicology National Folklore Support Centre India
Free & Open Access Journal of Folklore and Education Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education USA
Subscription Journal of Folklore Research Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University Bloomington USA
Free & Open Access Journal of Folklore Research Reviews (JFRR) Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Indiana University USA
Free & Open Access Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa Language and Popular Culture in Africa Netherlands
Digitized Keystone Folklore Pennsylvania Folklore Society USA
Digitized Keystone Folklore Quarterly Pennsylvania Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Locale: The Australasian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies Regional Food Research Network Australasia and Southern Cross University Australia
Free & Open Access Material Culture Review Cape Breton University Canada
Digitized Mid-America Folklore Mid-America Folklore Society USA
Digitized Mid-South Folklore Mid-America Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Midwestern Folklore (Back Issues) Hoosier Folklore Society USA
Digitized Midwestern Journal of Language and Folklore Hoosier Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Millî Folklor Geleneksel Yayıncılık Turkey
Free & Open Access Mississippi Folklife Mississippi Arts Commission USA
Digitized Mississippi Folklife (1995-1999) Mississippi Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Museum Anthropology Review MAR Editorial Collective and Indiana University Bloomington Libraries USA
Free & Open Access Narodna Umjetnost - Croatian Journal of Ethnology and Folklore Research Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research Croatia
Free & Open Access New Directions in Folklore NewFolk@AFS Section of the American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Oral Tradition Center for Studies in Oral Tradition USA
Digitized Papers in Anthropology Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma USA
Free & Open Access Pioneer America Society Transactions: P.A.S.T. Pioneer America Society USA
Free & Open Access Play and Folklore Museum Victoria Australia
Digitized Proverbium University of Vermont USA
Free & Open Access Public Programs Bulletin American Folklore Society USA
Free & Open Access Quotidian: Dutch Journal for the Study of Everyday Life Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Free & Open Access Revista Transcultural de Música | Transcultural Music Review Sociedad de Etnomusicología Spain
Free & Open Access RMN Newsletter Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki Finland
Digitized Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde (1897-2013) Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde Switzerland
Free & Open Access Studies in Oral Folk Literature Universitat Rovira i Virgili Spain
Free & Open Access Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America International
Free & Open Access Tradition Today: The e-Journal of the Centre for English Traditional Heritage Centre for English Traditional Heritage United Kingdom
Free & Open Access Uzance: Revue d’ethnologie européenne de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Ministère de la communauté française de Belgique, Secrétariat du Conseil d’et... Belgium
Free & Open Access Vokus. Volkskundlich-kulturwissenschaftliche Schriften (2000-2012) Institut für Volkskunde, Universität Hamburg Germany
Subscription Western Folklore Western States Folklore Society USA