IET APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glanceIET journals are published with Wiley and follow Wiley's waiver policy. Half of all authors Applied automatically from the affiliation Part of Wiley

Check IET's waiver for your author team

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.

Which countries qualify at IET

Countries are matched by the author's institutional affiliation, not nationality.

100% waiver 74 countries Wiley full waiver list

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belau, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

100% waiver 10 countries Wiley Latin America pilot list, Latin America pilot

Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela

50% off 30 countries Wiley 50% list

Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Libya, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Co-authors from other countries

The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.

Wiley rule: responsible corresponding author plus at least 50% of all authors in eligible group

How to get the waiver

Automatic estimate after submission.

Programmes: IET journals published open access with Wiley: Wiley waiver lists; 15% IET member discount.

Official sources: theiet.org ↗ · authors.wiley.com (2) ↗

WileyHindawiBMJElsevierSAGEOxford University PressCambridge University PressPLOSCopernicus PublicationsMIT PressRoyal Society of ChemistryCell Press

Schemes used: Research4Life, Publisher country lists. All publishers and schemes →

Frequently asked questions

Does IET offer APC waivers?

IET journals are published with Wiley and follow Wiley's waiver policy. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at IET?

Authors affiliated in 84 countries qualify for a 100% waiver. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.

Does the IET waiver apply if my co-authors are from other countries?

The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.

How do I apply for an APC waiver at IET?

Automatic estimate after submission.

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.

Confidence of this entry: Medium.