No APC (diamond and Subscribe to Open) APC Waivers: Publishers and Eligible Countries

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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
Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott)No general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APCCase by casewolterskluwer.com ↗
American Society for MicrobiologyAutomatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a partial waiver for Group BCorresponding author onlyjournals.asm.org ↗
Cureus journalNo universal APC; a paid editing service is required only for some papersCase by casecureus.com ↗
KeAiResearch4Life waiver (100% Group A, 50% Group B) set per journal, and many society-sponsored journals with no APCCorresponding author onlykeaipublishing.com ↗
Annual ReviewsSubscribe to Open: no article charges for anyoneCase by caseannualreviews.org ↗
MedknowMost journals charge no APC (platinum open access)Case by casewolterskluwer.com ↗

Other schemes: Research4Life, EIFL agreements, World Bank income groups, Publisher country lists, Country-tiered APC pricing, National agreements (ONOS India), Discretionary hardship waivers, Institutional and read & publish deals. APC waiver checker →

Frequently asked questions

What is No APC (diamond and Subscribe to Open)?

Journals funded by societies, institutions or subscriptions that publish open access without charging authors anything.

Which publishers use No APC (diamond and Subscribe to Open) for APC waivers?

Among the publishers we checked: Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott), American Society for Microbiology, Cureus, KeAi, Annual Reviews, Medknow. 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.