American Chemical Society APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glanceNo charge for World Bank low-income countries and a reduced price for lower-middle income countries. Corresponding author only Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check American Chemical Society'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 American Chemical Society

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

100% waiver 26 countries ACS Group A 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

Discount 52 countries ACS Group B list, reduced Group B price

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, 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, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Co-authors from other countries

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

Submitting corresponding author's affiliation

How to get the waiver

Automatic.

Programmes: Own World Bank-based special country pricing; ONOS (3 open access journals).

Official sources: acsopenscience.org ↗

American Chemical Society journals on ScholarsColab

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

Springer NatureTaylor & FrancisBioMed Central (BMC)Emerald PublishingDe Gruyter BrillKargerBentham ScienceAIP PublishingACMPeerJScientific ReportsSpringer Nature Discover journals

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

Frequently asked questions

Does American Chemical Society offer APC waivers?

No charge for World Bank low-income countries and a reduced price for lower-middle income countries. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at American Chemical Society?

Authors affiliated in 26 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 American Chemical Society 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 American Chemical Society?

Automatic.

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.