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

At a glanceFull waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. Half of all authors Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check Wiley'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 Wiley

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.

Responsible corresponding author plus: 'at least 50% of all authors on the manuscript are affiliated with institutions in the same eligible country group'

How to get the waiver

Automatic estimate after submission, checked against all affiliations; fully open access only.

Programmes: Own list aligned to Research4Life; discretionary; ONOS publisher.

Official sources: authors.wiley.com ↗

Wiley journals on ScholarsColab

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

HindawiIETBMJElsevierSAGEOxford University PressCambridge University PressPLOSCopernicus PublicationsMIT PressRoyal Society of ChemistryCell Press

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

Frequently asked questions

Does Wiley offer APC waivers?

Full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at Wiley?

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 Wiley 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 Wiley?

Automatic estimate after submission, checked against all affiliations; fully open access only.

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: High.