APC Waiver for Authors in Puerto Rico: Publishers That Waive or Discount the Fee

For authors affiliated in Puerto RicoNo publisher we checked has a country-based APC waiver or discount for Puerto Rico. 8 others decide case by case on request. This is for the corresponding author's affiliation; co-authors elsewhere can change it, see the rule of each publisher below.

Check the waiver for your author team

The tables above are for a single author in Puerto Rico. Add your co-authors' countries and a journal to see what applies to your paper.

Co-authors (where they work)

Only the country is needed: without a journal you get every publisher's result for your author team. Free. No sign-up. Uses the publishers' published rules, last verified 27 October 2026.

Co-authors in other countries

With an international author team the same paper can be free at one publisher and charged at another. This is how the publishers above decide:

No publisher above applies a country rule for Puerto Rico, so the co-author rule does not change anything here.

Country lists that include Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is not on the Research4Life, EIFL or World Bank low and lower-middle income lists that most publishers use for waivers.

Publishers update these lists every year, so confirm with the journal before you submit. How the schemes work →

Case-by-case waivers

These publishers grant waivers or discounts on application, by need and available funds. Nothing is guaranteed, but you can ask at submission.

eLifeFrontiersIntechOpenMDPIPensoftTech Science PressTsinghua University PressUbiquity Press

No APC at all

Annual ReviewsCureusMedknow

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The Journal Finder matches your title or abstract to journals that published similar papers and, with the waiver filter on, keeps the journals that waive or discount the APC for Puerto Rico.

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Frequently asked questions

Do authors from Puerto Rico get an APC waiver?

No publisher we checked has a country-based waiver for Puerto Rico. Hardship waivers on request, institutional agreements and journals without an APC are the usual options.

Does the waiver still apply if my co-authors are in other countries?

It depends on the publisher. At many publishers only the corresponding author's affiliation counts; others need half, most or all authors in eligible countries. The table on this page shows the rule of each publisher, and the checker applies it to your author team.

Which country lists include Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico is not on the Research4Life, EIFL or low and lower-middle income World Bank lists that most publishers use.

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.