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

At a glanceWaiver or discount for low and lower-middle income countries; percentages are not published. Corresponding author only Must be requested, usually at submission

Check Karger'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 Karger

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

Discount 25 countries World Bank low-income list, waiver or discount

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, Uganda, Yemen

Discount 46 countries World Bank lower-middle income list, discount

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

The publisher does not publish its exact country list; the groups above are the World Bank income groups it refers to.

Co-authors from other countries

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

Corresponding author

How to get the waiver

Request after acceptance; gold open access only.

Programmes: Own World Bank low/lower-middle income waiver or discount.

Official sources: karger.com ↗ · karger.com (2) ↗

Karger journals on ScholarsColab

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

Springer NatureTaylor & FrancisAmerican Chemical SocietyBioMed Central (BMC)Emerald PublishingDe Gruyter BrillBentham ScienceAIP PublishingACMPeerJScientific ReportsSpringer Nature Discover journals

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

Frequently asked questions

Does Karger offer APC waivers?

Waiver or discount for low and lower-middle income countries; percentages are not published. Must be requested, usually at submission.

Who gets a full APC waiver at Karger?

No country gets a guaranteed 100% waiver; the scheme gives discounts. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

Does the Karger 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 Karger?

Request after acceptance; gold 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: Medium.