Journals

* Open Access
+ Partial open access

United States

American Archivist+ (Society of American Archivists, 1938-)
Archeota* (SJSU iSchool)
Archival Issues+ (Midwest Archives Conference, 1976-)
ARSC Journal (Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 1967-)
Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals (2004-)
Information & Culture (2011-, formerly Libraries & the Cultural Record 2006-2011, multiple name changes 1966-2006)
Journal of Archival Organization (2002-)
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies(2014-)
Journal of the Society of North Carolina Archivists* (Society of North Carolina Archivists, 2002-)
Journal of Western Archives(2010-)
The Moving Image (The Association of Moving Image Archivists, 2001-)
The Primary Source(Society of Mississippi Archivists, 1979-)
Provenance* (Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, 1983-, formerly The Georgia Archive, 1972-1982)
RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage(2000-)
Records Management Journal (1989-)
Society of Florida Archivists Journal* (2018-)
Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship* (2019-)

International

Acesso Livre (Brazil National Archives)
African Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science
Arbido
(Switzerland)
Archeion* (Poland)
Archifacts (Archives and Records Association of New Zealand)
Archival Science: International Journal on Recorded Information+
Archivalische Zeitschrift+
 (Germany)
ARCHIV. theorie & praxis (previously Archivar, Germany)
Archivaria+
 (Association of Canadian Archivists)
Archives and Manuscripts* (Australian Society of Archivists)
Archives and Records(Archives and Records Association)
Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association
Arhivi (Archival Association of Slovenia)
Archivi+ (Italy)
COMMA (International Council on Archives) (2004-2023 issues)
Dirección General de Archivos y Bibliotecas. Boletín (1952-1974)
ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives+
Fontes Artis Musicae (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres)
Fonds d’Archives (Archives Society of Alberta)
The Indian Archives (National Archives of India)
International Journal of Digital Curation*
Irish Archives (Irish Society for Archives)
Istoricheskiĭ arkhiv (1955-1962)
JLIS.it —Italian Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science
Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material (formerly Restaurator. International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material)
Journal of Film Preservation (International Federation of Film Archives)
Journal of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives+
Journal of the South African Society of Archivists*
KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies*
La Gazette des Archives 
(Association des Archivists Français) (Past issues open access online)
Levéltári Közlemények 1923-2008 (Hungary)
New Zealand Libraries (1932-2011)
Norsk arkiforum (Norway)
Studies in Oral History (Australia)
VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture

Related/Allied Professions

The Book and Paper Group Annual (The American Institute of Conservation)
Journal of Digital Media Management
Journal of Documentation
 (1945-)
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (1977-2005 online)
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Manuscript and Text Cultures
Manuscript Studies, A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
The Oral History Review
 (Oral History Association)
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture

For library journals, see A Library Writer’s Blog

Past Journals

The American Jewish Archives Journal* (American Jewish Archives, Jacob Rader Marcus Center)
Archival Practice(2014-2016)
Archive Journal(2011-2019)
Archives of Maryland (1883-1972)
Journal of Documentary Reproduction (1938-1942)
Library and Archival Security 
(1975-2013) (incorporated into Journal of Archival Organization)
Ms. Archivist
(1970s)
Pennsylvania Archives* (1852-1935)
Practical Technology for Archives*
(2013-2018)
Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives (1969-2018) (now Prologue Magazine)
The Reading Room*
Special Libraries
* (1910-1996)
The Teaching with Primary Sources Journal
(2008-2016) (Library of Congress)

Other Resources

Eira Tansey’s compiled calendar of archives/library journal publishing frequency.

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