Special Country Pricing and Waivers
ACS Country Discount and Waiver Policy
ACS offers APC waivers to papers in ACS Gold Open Access journals whose main corresponding authors is based in countries classified by the World Bank as low-income economies as of July 2022.
Research articles whose corresponding authors are based in countries classified by the World bank as lower-middle-income economies receive discounts depending on origin, venue and license chosen with pricing between $500-900, as detailed in the table.
APC waivers apply to ACS fully open access journals only.
| Discounted Rate | Group A | Group B |
|---|---|---|
| ACS Central Science | $0 | $0 |
| ACS Omega | $0 | $ 500 |
| Au Journals (CC BY-NC-ND) | $0 | $ 700 |
| Au Journals (CC BY Upgrade) | $0 | $ 900 |
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Angola |
| Burkina Faso | Algeria |
| Burundi | Bangladesh |
| Central African Republic | Belize |
| Chad | Benin |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bhutan |
| Eritrea | Bolivia |
| Ethiopia | Cabo Verde |
| Gambia | Cambodia |
| Guinea | Cameroon |
| Guinea-Bissau | Comoros |
| Liberia | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Madagascar | Djibouti |
| Malawi | Egypt |
| Mali | El Salvador |
| Mozambique | Eswatini |
| Niger | Ghana |
| North Korea | Haiti |
| Rwanda | Honduras |
| Sierra Leone | India |
| Somalia | Indonesia |
| South Sudan | Kenya |
| Sudan | Kiribati |
| Syria | Kyrgyzstan |
| Togo | Lao PDR |
| Uganda | Lesotho |
| Yemen | Mauritania |
| Micronesia | |
| Mongolia | |
| Morocco | |
| Myanmar | |
| Nepal | |
| Nicaragua | |
| Nigeria | |
| Pakistan | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Philippines | |
| Republic of the Congo | |
| Samoa | |
| São Tomé and Principe | |
| Senegal | |
| Solomon Islands | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Tanzania | |
| Timor-Leste | |
| Tunisia | |
| Ukraine | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Vanuatu | |
| Vietnam | |
| West Bank and Gaza | |
| Zambia | |
| Zimbabwe |