The Company of Biologists APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glanceFree open access publishing for corresponding authors in EIFL agreement countries. Corresponding author only Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check The Company of Biologists'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 The Company of Biologists

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

100% waiver 32 countries Company of Biologists EIFL list

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Congo (Brazzaville), Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestinian Territory, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Co-authors from other countries

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

'corresponding authors based in 33 developing and transition economy countries'

How to get the waiver

Automatic recognition.

Programmes: EIFL Read & Publish (33 countries, renewed 2027 to 2029); institutional Read & Publish.

Official sources: biologists.com ↗

The Company of Biologists journals on ScholarsColab

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

ACMSAGEOxford University PressPLOSDe Gruyter BrillWorld ScientificPortland PressMicrobiology SocietyEdward Elgar PublishingMDPIFrontiersInderscience

Schemes used: EIFL agreements, Institutional and read & publish deals. All publishers and schemes →

Frequently asked questions

Does The Company of Biologists offer APC waivers?

Free open access publishing for corresponding authors in EIFL agreement countries. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at The Company of Biologists?

Authors affiliated in 32 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 The Company of Biologists 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 The Company of Biologists?

Automatic recognition.

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.