IOP Publishing APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glance100%, 70% or 30% discount by World Bank income group (2026 pilot), automatic when all authors are eligible. Corresponding author + majority Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check IOP Publishing'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 IOP Publishing

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

100% waiver 1 country special country list, currently waived for Ukraine

Ukraine

100% waiver 26 countries IOP 100% list

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Kinshasa), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, North Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Yemen

70% off 50 countries IOP 70% list

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

30% off 44 countries IOP 30% list

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, South Africa, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu

Co-authors from other countries

Applied automatically when all authors are in eligible countries; on request when the corresponding author and the majority of co-authors are.

'applied automatically if all authors on an article are based in the eligible country'; on request 'if the article's corresponding author and the majority of co-authors are based in eligible countries'

How to get the waiver

Automatic if all authors eligible; otherwise request at submission.

Programmes: Own 2026 World Bank-tiered pilot: low 100%, lower-middle 70%, upper-middle 30%; discretionary; transformative agreements; Research4Life partner.

Official sources: publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org ↗ · ioppublishing.org (2) ↗

IOP Publishing journals on ScholarsColab

Each journal page shows its indexing, impact factor, review time, reviewer comments and this waiver.

AIP PublishingACMElsevierSpringer NatureWileyHindawiTaylor & FrancisSAGEOxford University PressCambridge University PressIEEEAmerican Chemical Society

Schemes used: World Bank income groups, Research4Life. All publishers and schemes →

Frequently asked questions

Does IOP Publishing offer APC waivers?

100%, 70% or 30% discount by World Bank income group (2026 pilot), automatic when all authors are eligible. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at IOP Publishing?

Authors affiliated in 27 countries qualify for a 100% waiver. Applied automatically when all authors are in eligible countries; on request when the corresponding author and the majority of co-authors are.

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

Applied automatically when all authors are in eligible countries; on request when the corresponding author and the majority of co-authors are.

How do I apply for an APC waiver at IOP Publishing?

Automatic if all authors eligible; otherwise request at 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.

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