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

At a glanceFull waiver for its Group A countries and a reduced APC for Group B countries. Corresponding author only Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check AIP 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 AIP Publishing

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

100% waiver 81 countries AIP Group A list

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

Discount 48 countries AIP Group B list, reduced APC

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belau, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

Co-authors from other countries

Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

Corresponding author's country; 'automatically applied'

How to get the waiver

Automatic at billing.

Programmes: Own Group A (full waiver) / Group B (discount) lists based on Research4Life and World Bank.

Official sources: publishing.aip.org ↗ · publishing.aip.org (2) ↗

AIP Publishing journals on ScholarsColab

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

ACMIOP PublishingSpringer NatureTaylor & FrancisSAGEOxford University PressCambridge University PressAmerican Chemical SocietyPLOSBioMed Central (BMC)Emerald PublishingDe Gruyter Brill

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

Frequently asked questions

Does AIP Publishing offer APC waivers?

Full waiver for its Group A countries and a reduced APC for Group B countries. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at AIP Publishing?

Authors affiliated in 81 countries qualify for a 100% waiver. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

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

Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

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

Automatic at billing.

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.