EIFL agreements APC Waivers: Publishers and Eligible Countries

Countries

EIFL partner countries 35 countries

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

Source: eifl.net ↗. Each publisher may use its own version of these groups; the publisher pages below show the exact list each one uses.

Check 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.

Publishers and journals using this scheme

Publisher or journalWhat it givesWhose affiliation countsOfficial source
SAGEAutomatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a discount for Group B, by the corresponding author's affiliationCorresponding author onlysagepub.com ↗
Oxford University PressAutomatic waiver or discount in fully open access journals by an EIFL and Research4Life based country listCorresponding author onlyacademic.oup.com ↗
De Gruyter BrillAutomatic 80% discount for World Bank low-income and 30% for lower-middle income countriesCorresponding author onlydegruyterbrill.com ↗
World ScientificWaivers and discounts through the EIFL agreement, on request after acceptanceCorresponding author onlyeifl.net ↗
ACM100% waiver for authors in EIFL and Research4Life countries, plus hardship waivers and ACM Open institutional coverageCorresponding author onlyacm.org ↗
The Company of BiologistsFree open access publishing for corresponding authors in EIFL agreement countriesCorresponding author onlybiologists.com ↗
Microbiology SocietyAutomatic 100% waiver for Research4Life Group A and EIFL countries, 50% for Group BCorresponding author onlymicrobiologyresearch.org ↗
Edward Elgar PublishingEIFL agreement for 16 hybrid journals: full waiver for Ukraine and a fixed GBP 500 APC for other EIFL countriesCorresponding author onlyeifl.net ↗

Other schemes: Research4Life, World Bank income groups, Publisher country lists, Country-tiered APC pricing, National agreements (ONOS India), No APC (diamond and Subscribe to Open), Discretionary hardship waivers, Institutional and read & publish deals. APC waiver checker →

Frequently asked questions

What is EIFL agreements?

Electronic Information for Libraries negotiates APC waivers and discounts with publishers for authors in its partner countries.

Which publishers use EIFL agreements for APC waivers?

Among the publishers we checked: SAGE, Oxford University Press, De Gruyter Brill, World Scientific, ACM, The Company of Biologists, Microbiology Society, Edward Elgar Publishing. Each one decides its own percentages and co-author rule.

Does being on the list guarantee a waiver?

No. The list decides which countries can qualify; each publisher then applies its own rule on whose affiliation counts, on funding and on journal type. Check the publisher page and confirm with the journal before submitting.

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.