Special Terms for Authors & Researchers (STAR)

Eligible countries

Special Terms for Authors & Researchers (STAR) is a unique Taylor & Francis initiative developed to provide authors and researchers in the Global South with free access to articles from our leading international and regional journals across subject areas.

On this page you can discover which countries are eligible.

Africa

  • Algeria

  • Angola

  • Benin

  • Botswana

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Cameroon

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Congo

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

  • Djibouti

  • Egypt

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Gabon

  • Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Guinea Bissau

  • Guinea

  • Ivory Coast

  • Kenya

  • Lesotho

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mali

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Morocco

  • Mozambique

  • Namibia

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Reunion

  • Rwanda

  • São Tomé and Principe

  • Senegal

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somelia

  • South Africa

  • Swaziland

  • Libya

  • Tanzania

  • Togo

  • Tunisia

  • Uganda

  • Zambia

  • Zanzibar

  • Zimbabwe

SAARC

  • Afghanistan

  • Bangladesh

  • Bhutan

  • India

  • Maldives

  • Nepal

  • Pakistan

  • Sri Lanka

South East Asia

  • Brunei

  • Cambodia

  • East Timor

  • Indonesia

  • Laos

  • Malaysia

  • Mongolia

  • Myanmar

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Philippines

  • Thailand

  • Vietnam

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Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Belize

  • Bolivia

  • Colombia

  • Dominica

  • Ecuador

  • El Salvador

  • Grenada

  • Guatemala

  • Guyana

  • Haiti

  • Honduras

  • Jamaica

  • Nicaragua

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

Pacific

  • American Samoa

  • Federated States of Micronesia

  • Fiji

  • French Polynesia

  • Guam

  • Kiribati

  • Marshall Islands

  • Nauru

  • New Caledonia

  • Niue

  • Palau

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Samoa

  • Soloman Islands

  • Tokelau

  • Tonga

  • Tuvalu

  • Vanuatu

  • Wallis and Futuna