Where the authors are affiliated decides the article processing charge (APC) waiver. Pick your country to see which of the 73 publishers and journals we checked waive the fee in full or give a discount, under which co-author rule and how to apply. Authors in 156 countries get a waiver or discount somewhere.
Countries with an APC waiver or discount
Afghanistan42 full7 discountAlbania12 full22 discountAlgeria7 full23 discountAngola27 full20 discountAntigua and Barbuda7 full15 discountArgentina4 discountArmenia13 full23 discountAzerbaijan11 full21 discountBahrain2 discountBangladesh26 full13 discountBelarus1 full6 discountBelau25 full5 discountBelize26 full6 discountBenin27 full21 discountBhutan27 full21 discountBolivia11 full34 discountBosnia and Herzegovina7 full21 discountBotswana10 full22 discountBrazil3 discountBrunei2 discountBulgaria1 full2 discountBurkina Faso42 full7 discountBurundi42 full7 discountCambodia27 full20 discountCameroon29 full19 discountCape Verde27 full8 discountCentral African Republic42 full7 discountChad42 full7 discountChile2 discountChina1 full1 discountColombia5 full18 discountComoros27 full21 discountCongo (Brazzaville)30 full22 discountCongo (Kinshasa)42 full7 discountCook Islands26 full2 discountCosta Rica3 discountCroatia2 discountCuba12 full17 discountDjibouti27 full21 discountDominica26 full5 discountDominican Republic1 full3 discountEcuador6 full18 discountEgypt8 full30 discountEl Salvador9 full20 discountEquatorial Guinea26 full5 discountEritrea42 full7 discountEstonia1 full2 discountEswatini27 full21 discountEthiopia41 full12 discountFiji13 full20 discountGabon8 full21 discountGambia42 full7 discountGeorgia12 full24 discountGhana32 full20 discountGrenada26 full5 discountGuatemala9 full19 discountGuinea27 full21 discountGuinea-Bissau42 full7 discountGuyana10 full15 discountHaiti27 full21 discountHonduras11 full34 discountIndia1 full9 discountIndonesia1 full5 discountIran3 full4 discountIraq9 full22 discountIvory Coast30 full22 discountJamaica7 full18 discountJordan9 full25 discountKazakhstan1 full3 discountKenya29 full23 discountKiribati27 full21 discountKosovo14 full21 discountKyrgyzstan30 full22 discountLaos29 full22 discountLatvia2 full2 discountLebanon27 full19 discountLesotho30 full22 discountLiberia42 full7 discountLibya7 full21 discountLithuania2 full2 discountMadagascar42 full7 discountMalawi45 full8 discountMalaysia3 discountMaldives29 full6 discountMali42 full7 discountMarshall Islands27 full6 discountMauritania27 full21 discountMauritius7 full21 discountMexico2 discountMicronesia27 full10 discountMoldova15 full21 discountMongolia9 full23 discountMontenegro7 full21 discountMorocco10 full37 discountMozambique42 full7 discountMyanmar30 full22 discountNamibia14 full34 discountNauru26 full2 discountNepal32 full20 discountNicaragua27 full21 discountNiger42 full7 discountNigeria13 full27 discountNiue26 full2 discountNorth Korea35 full7 discountNorth Macedonia11 full22 discountOman2 discountPakistan9 full29 discountPalestinian Territory31 full21 discountPapua New Guinea27 full21 discountParaguay9 full19 discountPeru5 full18 discountPhilippines2 full10 discountRussia3 discountRwanda42 full7 discountSaint Helena26 full2 discountSaint Kitts and Nevis8 full15 discountSaint Lucia26 full5 discountSaint Vincent and the Grenadines26 full5 discountSamoa27 full8 discountSaudi Arabia2 discountSenegal30 full22 discountSerbia4 full10 discountSeychelles7 full18 discountSierra Leone42 full7 discountSlovenia1 full1 discountSolomon Islands27 full21 discountSomalia42 full7 discountSouth Africa4 discountSouth Sudan42 full7 discountSri Lanka11 full23 discountSudan45 full8 discountSuriname26 full5 discountSyria42 full7 discountSão Tomé and Príncipe27 full21 discountTajikistan27 full21 discountTanzania30 full22 discountThailand5 discountTimor-Leste27 full21 discountTogo34 full14 discountTokelau26 full2 discountTonga27 full6 discountTunisia9 full37 discountTurkmenistan2 full3 discountTuvalu26 full5 discountTürkiye2 discountUganda45 full8 discountUkraine40 full4 discountUnited Arab Emirates2 discountUruguay2 discountUzbekistan14 full37 discountVanuatu27 full21 discountVenezuela10 full29 discountVietnam9 full25 discountYemen42 full7 discountZambia30 full22 discountZimbabwe32 full20 discount
Other countries
No publisher we checked has a country-based waiver for these countries. Hardship waivers on request, institutional agreements and journals without an APC are the usual options.
American Samoano country waiverAndorrano country waiverAnguillano country waiverAntarcticano country waiverArubano country waiverAustraliano country waiverAustriano country waiverBahamasno country waiverBarbadosno country waiverBelgiumno country waiverBermudano country waiverBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Sabano country waiverBouvet Islandno country waiverBritish Indian Ocean Territoryno country waiverCanadano country waiverCayman Islandsno country waiverChristmas Islandno country waiverCocos (Keeling) Islandsno country waiverCuraçaono country waiverCyprusno country waiverCzech Republicno country waiverDenmarkno country waiverFalkland Islandsno country waiverFaroe Islandsno country waiverFinlandno country waiverFranceno country waiverFrench Guianano country waiverFrench Polynesiano country waiverFrench Southern Territoriesno country waiverGermanyno country waiverGibraltarno country waiverGreeceno country waiverGreenlandno country waiverGuadeloupeno country waiverGuamno country waiverGuernseyno country waiverHeard Island and McDonald Islandsno country waiverHong Kongno country waiverHungaryno country waiverIcelandno country waiverIrelandno country waiverIsle of Manno country waiverIsraelno country waiverItalyno country waiverJapanno country waiverJerseyno country waiverKuwaitno country waiverLiechtensteinno country waiverLuxembourgno country waiverMacaono country waiverMaltano country waiverMartiniqueno country waiverMayotteno country waiverMonacono country waiverMontserratno country waiverNetherlandsno country waiverNew Caledoniano country waiverNew Zealandno country waiverNorfolk Islandno country waiverNorthern Mariana Islandsno country waiverNorwayno country waiverPanamano country waiverPitcairnno country waiverPolandno country waiverPortugalno country waiverPuerto Ricono country waiverQatarno country waiverReunionno country waiverRomaniano country waiverSaint Barthélemyno country waiverSaint Martin (Dutch part)no country waiverSaint Martin (French part)no country waiverSaint Pierre and Miquelonno country waiverSan Marinono country waiverSingaporeno country waiverSlovakiano country waiverSouth Georgia/Sandwich Islandsno country waiverSouth Koreano country waiverSpainno country waiverSvalbard and Jan Mayenno country waiverSwedenno country waiverSwitzerlandno country waiverTaiwanno country waiverTrinidad and Tobagono country waiverTurks and Caicos Islandsno country waiverUnited Kingdomno country waiverUnited Statesno country waiverUnited States (US) Minor Outlying Islandsno country waiverVaticanno country waiverVirgin Islandsno country waiverVirgin Islands (British)no country waiverWallis and Futunano country waiverWestern Saharano country waiverÅland Islandsno country waiver
Frequently asked questions
Which countries get an APC waiver?
Mostly low and lower-middle income countries, through the Research4Life Group A and B lists, EIFL partner countries or the World Bank income groups. Each publisher uses its own list, so open your country to see which publishers waive the fee there.
Is the waiver decided by my nationality?
No. Publishers use the country of the institution you are affiliated with, as written on the manuscript.
Before you submit
Source, method and date. Each publisher's rule was read from its official waiver page (linked on every row) and the country lists from Research4Life, EIFL, the World Bank income classification and the publishers' own lists. Last verified: 27 October 2026. Policies change, Research4Life updates its lists every January and the World Bank every July, and some waivers are temporary or decided case by case. The checker reads the published rules; it cannot promise a waiver. Confirm on the publisher's page before you submit. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with any publisher listed here; logos are trademarks of their owners, shown only to name the publishers whose rules we read.