Eligible countries

Article publishing charge waivers and discounts

On this page you will find the full list of eligible countries for our article publishing charge (APC) discounts and waivers, for full open access journals.

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    Low-income countries eligible for article publishing charge waivers

    Corresponding authors with primary affiliation in countries that are defined by the World Bank as low-income economies and which also have a gross domestic product (GDP) of less than 100 billion US dollars, are entitled to 100% APC waiver when they publish in a full open access journal.

    • Afghanistan

    • Burkina Faso

    • Burundi

    • Central African Republic

    • Chad

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • Eritrea

    • The Gambia

    • Guinea-Bissau

    • Liberia

    • Madagascar

    • Malawi

    • Mali

    • Mozambique

    • Niger

    • Rwanda

    • Sierra Leone

    • Somalia

    • South Sudan

    • Sudan

    • Syrian Arab Republic

    • Togo

    • Uganda

    • Ukraine*

    • Republic of Yemen

    *The APC waiver has been temporarily increased to 100% due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Countries eligible for article publishing charge discounts

    Corresponding authors with primary affiliation in countries that are defined by the World Bank as low- or lower-middle income economies and which also have a gross domestic product (GDP) of less than 200 billion US dollars, are entitled to a 50% APC discount.

    • Angola

    • Algeria

    • Benin

    • Bhutan

    • Bolivia

    • Cabo Verde

    • Cameroon

    • Comoros

    • Republic of the Congo

    • Côte d’Ivoire

    • Djibouti

    • Ethiopia

    • Eswatini

    • Ghana

    • Guinea

    • Haiti

    • Honduras

    • Jordan

    • Kenya

    • Kiribati

    • Kyrgyz Republic

    • Lao PDR

    • Lebanon

    • Lesotho

    • Mauritania

    • Federated States of Micronesia

    • Mongolia

    • Morocco

    • Myanmar

    • Nepal

    • Nicaragua

    • Papua New Guinea

    • Samoa

    • São Tomé and Principe

    • Senegal

    • Solomon Islands

    • Sri Lanka

    • Tanzania

    • Tajikistan

    • Timor-Leste

    • Tunisia

    • Uzbekistan

    • Vanuatu

    • Zambia

    • Zimbabwe